Syrian Foreign Policy And The United States

Author : Raymond A. Hinnebusch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Syria
ISBN : 0955968755

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Syrian Foreign Policy and the United States by Raymond A. Hinnebusch Pdf

Exploring the evolution of Syrian foreign policy under President Bashar al-Assad, this concise volume focuses on Syria¿s relationship with the United States. The authors consider the enduring determinants of Syrian policy, as well as such key issues as the country¿s involvement in Lebanon and its stance vis-à-vis the war in Iraq. They also assess the personal role of President al-Assad and the impact of external forces on internal reforms. They conclude with a look at the new scenario that is emerging as Syria seems intent on moving out of isolation from the international community.

Author : Bente Scheller
Publisher : Hurst
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2014-02-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781849045001

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The Wisdom of Syria's Waiting Game by Bente Scheller Pdf

Syrian foreign policy, always opaque, has become an even greater puzzle during the Syrian revolt. Irrespective of the regime's international isolation in the wake of its violent response to domestic protest, it has paid lip-service to international peace plans while unperturbedly crushing the rebellion. The rare televised appearances of President Assad have shown a leader detached from reality. Has he-in his own words-'gone crazy'? In this book long- time Syria analyst and former diplomat Bente Scheller contends that Bashar Assad's deadly waiting game is following its own logic: whatever difficulties the Syrian regime has faced, its previous experience has been that it can simply sit out the current crisis. The difference this time is that Syria faces a double crisis-internal and external. While Hafez Assad, renowned as an astute politician, adapted to new challenges, his son, Bashar, seems to have no alternative plan of action. Scheller's timely book analyses Syrian foreign policy after the global upheavals of 1989, which was at the time a glorious new beginning for the regime. She shows how Bashar Assad, by ignoring change both inside Syria and in the region, has sacrificed his father's focus on national security in favour of a policy of regime survival and offers a candid analysis of the successes and shortcomings of Syrian foreign policy in recent years.

Author : Francesco Belcastro
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2019-04-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429593895

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Syrian Foreign Policy by Francesco Belcastro Pdf

Examining Syrian foreign policy during the Ba’th years from 1963 to 1989, this book traces the alliances of the Levantine country from a historical perspective and in the context of recent political developments. Syrian Foreign Policy analyses the pivotal alliances of Damascus using a theoretical framework based on neoclassical realism, an approach which incorporates domestic factors succh as the role of ideology within a realist perspective. Covering Syria’s relations with Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Iran and the Soviet Union, it asks the question: what led to the formation of each alliance and what has caused either its break up or its continuation? Belcastro seeks to answer this questions, but also reflects on the country’s foreign policy today and its broader implications for Syria and the whole region. Making use of case studies to build upon a strong theoretical analysis, this book will be useful to students and scholars of Middle Eastern politics, as well as politics and International Relations more generally.

Author : J. K. Gani
Publisher : Springer
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137358356

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The Role of Ideology in Syrian-US Relations by J. K. Gani Pdf

A study of US-Syria relations, this book analyzes the legacy of mistrust between the two states and continuities and discontinuities over time. It challenges the purely realist and power-political explanation that is dominant and points to a politically embedded set of ideas rooted in anti-colonial Arab nationalist ideology.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105063544642

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Syria by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Dictatorship
ISBN : UCSD:31822038360855

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Confronting Damascus by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Peace-building
ISBN : STANFORD:36105050684195

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Syria After Geneva by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations Pdf

Author : Radwan Ziadeh
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780857719157

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Power and Policy in Syria by Radwan Ziadeh Pdf

As Bashar al-Asad rescinds emergency rule in the face of demonstrations and protests, Syria finds itself in a key position in a Middle East beset by regional tensions, the repercussions of the global 'war on terror' and popular uprisings. The bloodless coup by General Hafez al-Assad, in 1970, put in place a powerful autocratic machinery at the core of the state which continues till today under the control of his son Bashar. Here Radwan Ziadeh presents a fresh and penetrating analysis of Syria's political structure - a 'despotic' state monopoly, a bureaucratic climate marked by fear, and the administrative structure through which centralized control is exercised. With a focus on Syria's intelligence services which have significant influence in legal and policy decisions, and the conditions and patterns of foreign policy decision-making, particularly vis-a-vis the US, 'Power and Policy in Syria' is essential reading for all those interested in Syria, the modern Middle East, International Relations and Security Studies.

Author : Mona Yacoubian,Scott Lasensky
Publisher : Council on Foreign Relations
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780876094082

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Dealing with Damascus by Mona Yacoubian,Scott Lasensky Pdf

The authors develop a set of policy recommendations for an effective approach to the Syrian regime.

Author : Bahgat Korany,Ali El-Din Hillal Dessouki
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2019-07-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000301502

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The Foreign Policies Of Arab States by Bahgat Korany,Ali El-Din Hillal Dessouki Pdf

Middle East politics have been proverbial for their changeability. The 1970s ushered in petro-politics, for instance, but OPEC's international status declined markedly in the following decade. Similarly, the Arab world's ostracism of Egypt in the 1970s following its separate peace with Israel was turned around in the 1980s; the late 1980s also brought PLO acceptance of the State of Israel. Interstate relations were not the only arena to experience significant alterations; state-society relations also underwent dramatic changes, such as the acceleration of privatization in erstwhile socialist regimes. Then the 1990s opened with a political earthquake: the Gulf Crisis. The second edition of this highly acclaimed text offers a penetrating analysis of trends in Arab foreign policies since the book was originally published in 1984, including an early analysis of the effects of Iraq's invasion of Kuwait and the subsequent coalition victory over Iraq. In addition, the authors have included new chapters on Jordan—at the heart of the Arab world—and on the Sudan—the region's link to sub-Saharan Africa. Their inclusion allows a fuller understanding of the foreign policies of states that occupy crucial geopolitical positions but wield little tangible power. Moreover, in many of its chapters the book raises the crucial question of how the foreign policies of these countries can cope with the prevalence of political change.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 712 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1960
Category : United States
ISBN : OSU:32435022884928

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United States Foreign Policy by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations Pdf

Author : Committee on Foreign Relations United States Senate
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2011-11-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1477529306

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U. S. Policy in Syria by Committee on Foreign Relations United States Senate Pdf

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee meets today and our Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs meets to examine U.S. policy toward Syria. We know that Syrian men, women, and children have courageously-and that is an understatement-engaged in demonstrations for more than 6 months in their country. They seek basic democratic reforms and protection for human rights, but the Assad regime in Syria has responded with terrible, unspeakable violence.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations. Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Geopolitics
ISBN : PSU:000065512166

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Syria by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations. Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs Pdf

Author : Itamar Rabinovich
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Israel
ISBN : UCSC:32106019803136

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The View from Damascus by Itamar Rabinovich Pdf

Sheds new light on the recent history and current politics and policies of this important Middle Eastern country. Throughout the last hundred years Syria has been a crucial hub of Middle Eastern events: the birth place and 'pulsating heart' of Arab nationalism, the object of colonial and regional ambitions, it has transformed into a regional power exerting influence over Lebanon and the Palestinians, Iran's closest ally and a thorn in the side of the Bush Administration. Itamar Rabinovich is uniquely qualified to take a panoramic view of Syria's modern history and contemporary politics. As a scholar, he spent thirty-five years studying Syria in diplomatic archives and through the range of sources available to current research. As a diplomat, he was Yitzhak Rabin's chief negotiator with Syria and Israel's ambassador to Washington, and thus a key participant in some of the events addressed in this volume. The twenty-one essays cover the century from the eve of the First World War to the Bush Administration's row with Bashar al-Asad. They are focused on three principal themes: the notion of a Syrian entity and its translation into a Syrian state in its current boundaries; the conflict between rival concepts of the political community that inhabits the Syrian state; and issues of foreign policy with a particular emphasis on the Syrian-Israeli conflict and peace process. The main themes of Syrian history and politics are picked up at their inception and followed through the course of the twentieth century to the present day.

Author : Anna Borshchevskaya
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780755634644

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Putin's War in Syria by Anna Borshchevskaya Pdf

"Skillfully lays out Mr. Putin's approach to the Middle East." Wall Street Journal "Detailed and fascinating." Diplomatic Courier Putin intervened in Syria in September 2015, with international critics predicting that Russia would overextend itself and Barack Obama suggesting the country would find itself in a “quagmire” in Syria. Contrary to this, Anna Borshchevskaya argues that in fact Putin achieved significant key domestic and foreign policy objectives without crippling costs, and is well-positioned to direct Syria's future and become a leading power in the Middle East. This outcome has serious implications for Western foreign policy interests both in the Middle East and beyond. This book places Russian intervention in Syria in this broader context, exploring Putin's overall approach to the Middle East – historically Moscow has a special relationship with Damascus – and traces the political, diplomatic, military and domestic aspects of this intervention. Borshchevskaya delves into the Russian military campaign, public opinion within Russia, as well as Russian diplomatic tactics at the United Nations. Crucially, this book illustrates the impact of Western absence in Syria, particularly US absence, and what the role of the West is, and could be, in the Middle East.