Büchs, Annette - German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) - 2009
This paper seeks an explanation for the resilience of the Syrian authoritarian regime under Hafez and Bashar Al-Asad … unequal parties, with the weaker party under constant threat of exclusion and/or coercion in the event of noncompliance. It … congruency and thus produces a convergence of forces which manifests in the regime’s ability to exceed the mere sum of its …