This volume contains three essays analytically describing Syria's military, diplomatic, and economic relations with Eastern European countries during the Cold War (when Syria was closely allied with t
With current events perhaps suggesting an answer to the question of confrontation or co-optation posed in the subtitle, this volume collects three essays, each based on contemporary fieldwork, examini
This volume collects three separately-authored essays examining different aspects of the ongoing uprising/insurgency against the rule of Bashar al-Asad in Syria. German diplomat Wieland conducts a cou