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Agriculture and Reform in Syria
The University of St Andrews Centre for Syrian Studies was founded in November 2006. The mission of the Centre is to foster scholarship and dialogue about contemporary Syriaùparticularly in the areas of economic and political reform and security and foreign policy issuesùas well as exchanges between Syrian and other scholars. Centre fellows do research in St Andrews and Syria and their findings are disseminated through a website, periodic conferences, and a publishing program. The director of the Centre is Professor Raymond Hinnebusch, and the Centre is funded by the Asfari Foundation with offices in London and Aberdeen. --Book Jacket.
Syrian Foreign Policy and the United States
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.
Syrian Foreign Policy
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.
The State and the Political Economy of Reform in Syria
This volume explores the development of Syria's political economy under the Ba'th, particularly the role of the state in facilitating or obstructing economic development. Raymond Hinnebusch provides a brief overview of the literature and debates on the issue. His examination of Syria's political economy under populism (1963-2000) is followed by Soren Schmidt's analysis of the post-populist period since 2000.
The Syrian Uprising
Dynamics of an Insurgency. Casts light on the underlying causes and early developments of the civil war.
Turkey-Syria Relations
In 1997 Turkey and Syria were on the brink of war, engaged in a very real power struggle. Turkey was aligned with Syria's main enemy, Israel, and there were seemingly intractable differences on the issues of borders, the sharing of river waters and trans-border communities. In less than a decade, relations were transformed from enmity to amity. Border issues and water sharing quarrels were moving towards amicable settlement and the two states' policies toward the Kurdish issue converging. Turkey undertook to mediate the Syrian-Israeli conflict and close political and economic relations were developing rapidly between the two states. Yet, with the Syrian Uprising, relations returned to enmity...
Violent Non-state Actors and the Syrian Civil War
This book sheds new light on the security challenges for failed states posed by violent non-state armed actors (VNSAs). By focusing on the Syrian Civil War, it explores the characteristics, ideologies and strategies of the Islamic State (ISIS) and the People’s Protection Units (YPG), as well as the regional and geopolitical impacts of these VNSAs. The contributors also cover topics such as the re-imagination of borders, the YPG’s demands for national sovereignty, and the involvement of regional and global powers in the Syrian crisis. “This timely volume by regional scholars and experts examines various aspects of the emergence and expansion of violent non-state actors in the Syrian/Ira...
Social Change in Syria
Studying a rural village in northern Syria during a period of tremendous social and political change (1940s to 1970s), this book offers a unique perspective on how agrarian transformations in land distribution and its use deeply affected social and political relations among a rural community. Embedding the personal with the local and the global, this work traces the seeds of social, political and economic struggles that are still important and unfolding in Syria forty years on: changes in social relations brought about by land policy and technological modernization, divisions and connections between urban and rural locations, shifts in education and immigration. Thematically, the study is di...
Civil Society and the State in Syria
In recent years Syria has transferred many responsibilities for welfare functions to private charities and NGOs, while at the same time attempting to control those organizations. In this context, the authors of Civil Society and the State in Syria focus both on Christian charities and on the regime-sponsored NGOs that are attracting secular, urban Syrians. --
Changing Regime Discourse and Reform in Syria
Moving from the revolutionary rhetoric prominent in the early days of President Hafez al-Assad¿s regime to the present stance of the country¿s economic reformers and rising business class, this new study traces the evolution of Ba¿thist ideological discourse in Syria. The first part of the book focuses on the trend, over the course of the first Assad presidency, away from the idea of revolution toward the ¿disciplining logic¿ that stressed the need for production, sacrifice, and social peace. Turning to the current regime, the second part highlights the ongoing tensions between those that favor the encouragement of entrepreneurship and their opponents, who are championing a new form of Social Darwinism.
