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. Here, the author analyses the factors of economic and political change in the country, and gives a portrait of its new leadership.
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. Here, the author anal...
Syria under Asad has been one of the key regional powers of the Middle East. Though its political development has been a much-debated subject, there has been no comprehensive study in English of the country's political economy and its evolution since 1970 to the present day. Beginning with an account of economic development and of changing development strategies, Perthes discusses the factors which in the late 1980s precipitated a change in direction from the socialist orientation of the earlier Ba'thist years to ""infitah"" and a larger role for the private sector. He pays particular...
Syria under Asad has been one of the key regional powers of the Middle East. Though its political development has been a much-debated subject, there h...
Die Wahrnehmung Irans wird derzeit von den Tiraden Ahmadinejads und dem Nuklearprogramm dominiert. Das Klischee von verblendeten Mullahs verstellt dabei den Blick auf ein Land, dem zentrale Bedeutung fr den Nahen und Mittleren Osten zukommt. Dagegen skizziert Volker Perthes die differenzierten strategischen Positionen, die Radikale und Realisten innerhalb der iranischen Eliten einnehmen. Europischen Politikern empfiehlt er eine Politik, die das wechselseitige Vertrauen frdert und die Sicherheitsinteressen Irans wie seiner Nachbarn ernstnimmt. Damit liefert er einen fundierten Beitrag zu einer...
Die Wahrnehmung Irans wird derzeit von den Tiraden Ahmadinejads und dem Nuklearprogramm dominiert. Das Klischee von verblendeten Mullahs verstellt dab...