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How did Syria perform over the past 40 years compared to its neighbors?
Compare the Assads' achievements to those of their neighbors. Consider the following areas: Economics, international relations, security, national pride, human rights. |
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| Imad Moustapha | Syrian Ambassador, USA |
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| How did Syria fare?
I think this is a very important question, yet, I have serious reservations about the way it was formulated: ?How did Syria perform over the past 40 years compared to its neighbors?. I think that comparing Syria?s performance to that of neighboring countries is un-scientific and may be selective as well as misleading.
Why un-scientific? Because if you want to compare two countries to each other you have to take into acco...... |
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| Comparing the Syrian regime's accomplishments to those of its neighbors does not give us a realistic picture; given the poor performance around the region, it would be like grading on a curve and the score might not be accurate on certain parameters.
But even if Syria's overall comparative record were rated favorably, it would be a poor consolation to its people. While there are certainly nuances in the region, mainly on the economic front, ...... |
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| Ammar Abdulhamid | Tharwa Project |
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| Continued commitment to Arab nationalism on part of Syria?s leaders over the last forty years, and while not necessarily fake, served more often to divert people?s attention from the serious lack of internal development and the increasing authoritarian predilections of the regime and its minoritarian character.
Moreover, and this commitment notwithstanding, Syria?s Baathist leaders have consistently failed to establish normal economic and dipl...... |
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| Joshua Landis | Syria Comment |
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| If the Assad regime has prided itself on anything, it has been security. Many Syrian social goals have been sacrificed on the alter of security ? economic growth, freedom of speech and assembly, and openness to the rest of the world ? to name just a few. Most recently, Bashar al-Asad announced during an interview on Sky TV that considering the conditions Syria finds itself in, his number one goal was security and that reform would have to come se...... |
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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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