02039    a2200349   4500001001100000005001700011008003900028020001800067037003600085040000700121041000800128072001400136072001500150072001400165072001400179072001500193072001200208072001300220072001200233072001200245072001500257072002100272072002500293100001500318245007500333250000600408260003200414300001000446520119700456700002101653999001501674113898349720250317100418.0250312042015GB                   eng    a9781138983496  bTaylor & FranciscGBP 45.99fBB  a01  aeng7 aJP2thema7 aGTM2thema7 aJB2thema7 aKC2thema7 a1FB2bisac7 aJP2bic7 aGTB2bic7 aJF2bic7 aKC2bic7 a1FB2bisac7 aSOC0530002bisac7 a320.5570956912bisac1 aMoshe Maoz10aSyria Under Assad (RLE Syria)bDomestic Constraints and Regional Risks  a1  aOxfordbRoutledgec20151126  a288 p  bOne of the most striking recent developments in the modern Middle East has been the transformation of Syria under Hafez al-Assad from a weak, vulnerable and internally divided state to a leading regional power. While this is increasingly acknowledged by observers of the Middle Eastern scene , the scholarly discussion of the origins, the scope, the durability and the implications of this change is only beginning to take place. Syria Under Assad addresses itself to this discussion. Based on a carefully selected collection of original articles, this volume focuses on the elements of Syria’s power, on Syria’s relations with each of its neighbours as well as on Syria’s relations with the superpowers. In the final analysis, conclude the editors, Syrian policies appear paradoxical. Its conduct ever since the advent of Hafez al-Assad exhibits subtle and hard-nosed pragmatism. Yet, in order to consolidate the domestic legitimacy of the Alawi Ba’athist regime, Syria has been impelled to articulate its foreign policy goals in the far-flung rhetoric of the Ba’athist ideology. As a result Syria is widely perceived of as a menace and, treated as such, it often responds in kind.1 aAvner Yaniv4A01  c3096d3096