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Informationen zum Autor Radwan Ziadeh is a Visiting Scholar at Lehigh University, Pennsylvania and was formerly with the Carr Centre for Human Rights at Harvard University. He is the founding director of the Syrian Centre for Political and Strategic Studies in Washington D.C and has been a Senior Fellow at the United States Institute of Peace. He is the recipient of the MESA Academic Freedom Award (2009 Vorwort Suitable for those interested in Syria, the modern Middle East, International Relations and Security Studies, this title presents a fresh 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. Zusammenfassung Suitable for those interested in Syria, the modern Middle East, International Relations and Security Studies, this title presents a fresh 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. Birth of the Third Republic and Establishing Syrian Authoritarianism2. Inheriting Syria from Father to Son: Hafez al-Asad’s Last Days3. Damascus Spring: The Rise of the Opposition in Syria4. Bashar al-Asad and Foreign Policy5. The Challenge of Political Islam: Muslim Brotherhood and Democracy NotesBibliographyIndex
