The Economy of the Syrian Regime: Approaches and Policies 1970-2024
When Hafez al-Assad seized power in Syria, his regime adopted socialist economic slogans in keeping with its Baathist roots
When Hafez al-Assad seized power in Syria, his regime adopted socialist economic slogans in keeping with its Baathist roots
Lebanon’s catastrophe gives Damascus leverage at home and abroad
Syria’s PYD conference made unusual changes to party policy
Russia hoped that its 2015 intervention would turn the tide on its declining influence in the region
The Syrian regime has dealt cautiously with the concept of decentralization since the revolution in 2011
The Syrian regime is changing the way it recruits to its army, depleted by years of war, desertions and the failures of the conscription and reserve models.
The regime’s aversion to civil society has a new address.
The regime revamps its image with party and parliamentary reforms
Sovereign sukuk are another attempt to plug a gaping deficit
A major operation shifts the balance of power in Eastern Syria
Iran’s plans for a beachhead in Tartous may run aground
Only a handful of MPs remain on the hollowed-out UN body.
