Syria under Bashar al-Asad

Volker Perthes
Oxford University Press for the International Institute for Strategic Studies
 9780198567509
0-19-856750-2

Syria entered a new phase with the death of its long-serving leader, Hafiz al-Asad, and the accession of his son Bashar in 2000. While the new president has disappointed much of the hopes for political.

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opening which he himself has created, Syria is clearly undergoing a process of change. The author analyses the factors of economic and political change in the country, and gives a portrait of its new leadership.