Abstract

WIELAND, Carsten. SYRIA'S CHALLENGES AFTER THE ELECTION YEAR IS BASHAR AL-ASAD PART OF THE PROBLEM OR PART OF THE SOLUTION IN THE MIDDLE EAST?. Pap.polit. [online]. 2007, vol.12, n.1, pp.209-236. ISSN 0122-4409.

The months after the parliamentarian elections of April 22, 2007, could be decisive for young Syrian president Bashar al-Asad. Although the term "election" by the Baath Party may not mean much in a dictatorial system like Syria's, many things have changed since Asad came to power and started his first seven-year-term in July 2000, a few weeks after his father Hafez al-Asad had died amidst crucial peace talks with Israel about the Israeli occupied Golan Heights. Before turning to the current conditions and challenges of the Baathist regime in Syria, we will look at some historical notes on the emergence of the Baath party and its relevance today.

Keywords : Syria; Middle East; terrorism; Israel; USA; Baath; pan-Arabism; secularism; Bashar al-Asad.

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