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Introduction Introduction
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The Domestic Environment The Domestic Environment
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Sociopolitical Structures: Personality Cult, Sectarianism, Opposition Sociopolitical Structures: Personality Cult, Sectarianism, Opposition
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Economic Performance: Stagnation and Its Likely Effects Economic Performance: Stagnation and Its Likely Effects
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Military Capability: Burdens of Overextension Military Capability: Burdens of Overextension
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Foreign Policy Orientation Foreign Policy Orientation
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Ideological Nature of the Regime Ideological Nature of the Regime
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The Decision-Making Process The Decision-Making Process
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Deinstitutionalizing Foreign Policy Decision Making Deinstitutionalizing Foreign Policy Decision Making
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Foreign Policy Behavior Foreign Policy Behavior
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author Environment: Sticks without Carrots author Environment: Sticks without Carrots
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Russia Russia
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Europe Europe
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China China
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United States United States
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Regional Environment: Withstanding Disintegration Regional Environment: Withstanding Disintegration
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Conclusion: Explaining the Rigidity in Syria's Foreign Policy Conclusion: Explaining the Rigidity in Syria's Foreign Policy
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Notes Notes
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12 The Challenge of Restructuring: Syrian Foreign Policy
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Published:July 2010
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Abstract
This chapter emphasizes the interplay between three conjunctural structures: the state, the regional setting, and the international system. Structuralism perceives international relations as the sum of systematic interactions within and around the main behavioral unit in international relations, that is, the state. The discussion holds that Syrian foreign policy is currently marked by considerable rigidity and that it is thus incapable of responding to the rapid and far-reaching transformation in its external environment with comprehensive restructuring comparable to other Arab states. There are three possible explanations for this rigidity in Syria's international behavior. One relates to the cognitive factors influencing the regime; another attributes the apparent inflexibility to a wait-and-see policy; and the third explanation argues that Syria's foreign policy stagnation is propelled by a domestic crisis of legitimacy.
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