Inheriting Syria

Leverett, Flynt Lawrence.

Inheriting Syria Bashar's trial by fire / [electronic resource] : Flynt Leverett. - Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2005. - xv, 286 p. : ill., maps.

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.


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Assad, Bashar, 1965-


Geopolitics--Syria.


Syria--Politics and government--2000-
United States--Foreign relations--Middle East.
Middle East--Foreign relations--United States.


Electronic books.

DS98.6 / .L48 2005eb