8vo. x, 292 pp., 3 figures, cloth in d/w, biblio, index, copy in mint condition, Durham Middle East Monographs Series, Ithaca Press, Reading, 1999.

Synopsis

The author offers a better understanding of how the structural determinants of the international political system have affected Syria’s foreign policy since the advent of the New World. Despite the separate agreements, Syria has resisted capitulation and remained resolute in fulfilling its objectives of preserving security, maximising power, containing Israel, and extending its hegemony throughout the Levant. Adjusting to the New World Order had enabled Syria to attend to its foreign policy objectives. [Introduction].