Accession Number:

ADA151679

Title:

Syria and Iraq: Relations and Prospects

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

CENTER FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT BINGHAMTON NY

Personal Author(s):

• Brown, Frank

Report Date:

1984-05-01

Pagination or Media Count:

125.0

Abstract:

Topics studied include 1 The political history of the Fertile Crescent region, with special emphasis on the background of contemporary Syrian- Iraqi relations. 2 A comparative analysis of Syrian and Iraqi political, military, ideological, economic, and ethno-religious structures, and the dynamic interaction within and between the two states. 3 Analysis of the structural dynamics of the Bath Arab Socialist Party in both its Syrian and Iraqi configurations, with particular focus on the complex osmosis between the party apparatus, the military elite, the state bureaucracy and the ethno-religious- economic substructure. 4 Identification and explication of the determinants of Syrian and Iraqi foreign policies and strategic perceptions, concentrating on the crucial linkages between domestic politics and foreign policies. 5 A longitudinal analysis of the patterns of Syrian-Iraqi relations 1958-1984 and the consequences of these patterns for the ruling elite, party factions, military establishment, regional conflicts, superpower relationships, and the propensities of unitydisunity between the two states.

Descriptors:

• *INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
• *IRAQ
• *MIDDLE EAST
• *STRATEGIC AREAS
• *SYRIA
• CULTURE
• ECONOMICS
• FOREIGN POLICY
• GOVERNMENT(FOREIGN)
• HISTORY
• MILITARY FORCES(FOREIGN)
• POLITICAL SCIENCE
• RELIGION

Subject Categories:

• Humanities and History

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE