BAR Shmuel <br/><br/>
Bashar's Syria :  the regime and its strategic worldview / 
Shmuel Bar 
 -  2006 
<br/><br/> This special issue of the journal presents an extended analysis of the political, economic, security and international relations of Syria. Shows what has changed as a result of the transfer of power from Hafez al-Asad (who managed to create and maintain stability in the state) to his son Bashar (who early on tried a reformist agenda) and the changing external circumstances.  Draws distinctions between the styles and organizations of the "old guard" and the "young guard". 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>SYRIA--GOEVERNMENT AND POLITICS<br/>SYRIA--INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS<br/>SYRIA--INTERNAL SECURITY