Syria: Hot Spots in Global Politics

ISBN-13: 9781509522408 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 304 str.

Samer N. Abboud

Opis

With more than 500,000 people killed and at least half the population displaced, Syria's conflict is the most deadly of the 21st century. Russia's decision to join the war has broken the long military and political stalemate but it looks unlikely to deliver any of the core demands that spawned the original uprising against the Ba'athist regime.

Recenzje

"Samer Abboud s  Syria  is an indispensable reference on the uprising and brutal conflict that has raged in Syria since 2011. Abboud is masterful in providing an account that is at once accessible, balanced and analytically sophisticated. He explains clearly how a wartime order took hold in Syria after 2011, who its key actors are, their roles in the conflict,and how the likely imposition of an authoritarian peace under the Assad regime is unlikely to deliver either stability or security to a country ravaged by violence." Steven Heydemann, Smith College "This second edition of Abboud s small classic carries his valuable analysis forward. Bringing together the phases and dimensions of the Syrian conflict in a uniquely convincing and comprehensive way, Abboud explores how the failure of diplomacy left a stalemate, and how the stalemate was broken by Russian intervention, and yet today the conflict remains frozen but not resolved.   Raymond Hinnebusch, University of St Andrews

Spis treści

Introduction Chapter One: The Rise and Fall of the Ba′ath Party Chapter Two: The Syrian Uprising Chapter Three: Continued violence and the emergence of armed opposition Chapter Four: Before AleppoÉStalemate and Fragmentation Chapter Five: After AleppoÉBreaking the Stalemate Conclusion: The Coming Authoritarian Peace References

O autorze

Samer N. Abboud is Associate Professor of Global Interdisciplinary Studies at Villanova University.