Product Description: The Arab Uprisings that began in 2010 removed four presidents and made more mobilized mass publics an increased factor in the politics of regional states. The main initial problematic of the Arab Uprising was how to translate mass protest into democratization and ultimately democratic consolidation; yet four years later, there was little democratization...read more

Product Description: This book provides a comprehensive analysis of Middle East international politics in the light of international relations theory. It assesses the impact of international penetration, including the historic formation of the regional state system, the continued role of external great powers, and the incorporation of the region into the international capitalist market...read more

An agent of the Confederacy is sent to the jungle planet of Charon to assassinate its ruler and finds himself changed into a strange half-animal creature

Product Description: Exploring the evolution of Syrian foreign policy under President Bashar al-Assad, this concise volume focuses on Syria's relationship with the United States. The authors consider the enduring determinants of Syrian policy, as well as such key issues as the country's involvement in Lebanon and its stance vis-a-vis the war in Iraq...read more

Product Description: This volume explores the development of Syria's political economy under the Ba'th, particularly the role of the state in facilitating or obstructing economic development. Raymond Hinnebusch provides a brief overview of the literature and debates on the issue...read more

This study examines the development of the Syrian state as it has emerged under thirty-five years of military-Ba'thist rule and, particularly, under President Hafiz al-Asad. It analyzes the way in which the fragility of the post-independence state, unable to contain rising nationalist struggle and class conflict, opened the way to the Ba'th party's rise to power and examines how the Ba'th's 'revolution from above' transformed Syria's socio-political terrain. (view table of contents)