Inheriting Syria [electronic resource] : Bashar's trial by fire / Flynt Leverett.
By: Leverett, Flynt Lawrence.
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BookPublisher: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2005Description: xv, 286 p. : ill., maps.Subject(s): Assad, Bashar, 1965- | Geopolitics -- Syria | Syria -- Politics and government -- 2000- | United States -- Foreign relations -- Middle East | Middle East -- Foreign relations -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books.Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-275) and index.
The Syrian paradox -- Hafiz's legacy, Bashar's inheritance -- Bashar and the possibilities of domestic reform -- Bashar and Syria's place in the regional order -- Options and recommendations for U.S. policy -- Appendixes -- Chronology of Bashar al-Asad's presidency, 2000-04 -- The statement of 99 and the statement of 1,000 -- UN Security Council resolution 1559.
"A detailed analytic portrait of Syria under the Asad dynasty, offering a new strategy for achieving American foreign policy and security objectives in the Middle East, largely independent of the Arab-Israeli peace process"--Provided by publisher.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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