Brunetti, Irene (A.A. 2024/2025) The rise, rule and ruin of a regime: Syria’s political evolution from independence to civil war. Tesi di Laurea in Social and economic development of the Mediterranean countries, Luiss Guido Carli, relatore Michele Petrone, pp. 196. [Master's Degree Thesis]

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From independence to Baʿthism. The end of the French mandate and the birth of the Syrian Republic. The 1948 Arab-Israeli war and its impact on Syria. The Pan-Arabist dream. The rise of the Baʿth party. The Six-Day war defeat. Hafez al-Assad’s rise to power: the last coup and the corrective movement. The rule of Hafez al-Assad: creating Suriyatu al-Assad. Understanding the Syrian regime: a new political order. Fatrat Al Ahdath: the “period of the events” (1976-1982). Syria’s foreign policy (1970-2000). Bashar al-Assad’s Syria: continuity, authoritarianism and crisis. Bashar al-Assad’s arrival to power: Jumlukiya, the hereditary republic. Syria’s foreign policy (2000-2011): regional alignments and rivalries. An assessment of Bashar al-Assad’s first decade to power. The Syrian uprising and the internationalised civil war. The Arab uprisings and the Syrian spark. From uprising to civil war. Internationalisation of the conflict and foreign intervention. Stalemate and regime survival without victory. Epilogue: the ruin of the Assad regime.

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Bibliografia: pp. 178-196.

Thesis Type:	Master's Degree Thesis
Institution:	Luiss Guido Carli
Degree Program:	Master's Degree Programs > Master's Degree Program in International Relations (LM-52)
Chair:	Social and economic development of the Mediterranean countries
Thesis Supervisor:	Petrone, Michele
Thesis Co-Supervisor:	Corrao, Francesca Maria
Academic Year:	2024/2025
Session:	Extraordinary
Deposited by:	Alessandro Perfetti
Date Deposited:	02 Jul 2026 08:08
Last Modified:	02 Jul 2026 08:08
URI:	https://tesi.luiss.it/id/eprint/46299

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