Syria: Prospects for Reform

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2006-04-27

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Ohio State University. Mershon Center for International Security Studies

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Ellen Lust-Okar is one of a few scholars who have examined the prospects for political reform and democratization in Syria. Given the delicate stability of Syria's authoritarian regime and the weakness of the political opposition in the country, Lust-Okar believes that the prospects for democratization in Syria are dim. However, she argues, it would be counterproductive for the United States to push for regime change in Syria, in part because of the difficulty and instability encountered in trying to establish democracy in Iraq.

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Syria, democracy, political reform

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http://hdl.handle.net/1811/30188

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