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Six years into his administration, how significant are the reforms Bashar Assad put in place?
The Syrian president?s supporters blame a set of external factors including pressures from the West for the slow pace of reform. His detractors believe he is simply not interested in implementing serious reforms |
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| Ammar Abdulhamid | Tharwa Project |
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| Rather than trying to list the series of phantom reforms and promises of reforms that Bashar has introduced into our lives over the last six years, or embark on another debunking of the whole concept of voodoo economics, I will simply mention the following impressions:
? Every time I call home these days, people talk about the worsening human rights situ...... |
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| Murhaf Jouejati | George Washington University |
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| How significant are the reforms that Bashar Assad put in place during his six-year tenure? Could these ultimately lead to democracy in Syria? The best way to assess the Syrian leader?s reforms is to use the criteria that Marina Ottaway, a noted expert on democratization, outlines in her recent study ?Evaluating Middle East Reform: How Do We Know When It Is S...... |
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| Does one treat a gaping wound as one would a life-threatening disease? The former may need immediate surgery and a number of quick steps to stop the bleeding, save limbs in risk of amputation, and minimize permanent effects. For the latter, a more gradual but harsh and focused therapy may be the best solution to cure the patient. Obviously, diagnosis will...... |
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| Sami Moubayed | SyrianHistory.com |
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| The Syrians were promised many things when President Bashar al-Asad came to power in the summer of 2000. With varying degrees of success, progress has been achieved in the political, educational, and economic sectors. Reform is slow and sluggish, but it is tangible and can be felt by Syrian citizens who knew how Syria was 10-years ago. With all their shortco...... |
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| Joshua Landis | Syria Comment |
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| All of the authoritarian regimes of the Middle East have been resistant to structural reform. This explains why long term growth rates among the MENA countries have lagged behind all other regions of the globe save sub-Sahara Africa. All the same, Middle Eastern governments are plastic, within limits that do not threaten regime collapse, and have been evolvi...... |
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AMMAR ABDULHAMID
AYMAN ABDEL NOUR
GHAYTH ARMANAZI
IBRAHIM HAMIDI
IMAD MOUSTAPHA
JOSHUA LANDIS
MURHAF JOUEJATI
PATRICK SEALE
RIME ALLAF
SAMI MOUBAYED
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