Demystifying Syria

Demystifying Syria offers an extraordinary insight into the shifting relations between the Ba‘th party and the armed forces, civil law, social structure, burgeoning private enterprise, internal political opposition, the European Union and its relation to Syria. This book goes beyond the headlines to offer a detailed portrait of the political, economic, social and diplomatic dynamics that shape this pivotal and fiercely independent Middle Eastern state.Contributors include: Salwa Ismail, Bassam Haddad, Zohair Ghazzal, Baudouin Dupret, Souhail Belhadj, Thomas Pierret, Myriam Ababsa, Julie Gauthier, Joe Pace, Joshua Landis, Anja Zorob, Bassel F. Salloukh, Fred H. Lawson