TY  - BOOK
AU  - BAR Shmuel
TI  - Bashar's Syria: the regime and its strategic worldview 
PY  - 2006///
KW  - SYRIA
KW  - GOEVERNMENT AND POLITICS
KW  - INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
KW  - INTERNAL SECURITY
N2  - 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"
ER  -