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SYRIA - Changes Coming.
(From Political Risk Services)
Syria's forced retreat from Lebanon is a fiasco for the government of President Assad, and his political survival may well hinge on his ability to shore up his position vis-a-vis the Baath Party hierarchy and build a foundation of popular support. Assad rose to power not as a strongman, like his father, but as a reformer, and it is only by pursuing the path of reform that he can achieve those goals. The president insists that he remains committed to liberalization in both the political and economic spheres. He is preparing an ambitious program of economic liberalization, and has promised sweeping changes at a Baath Party congress scheduled for June. However, no disturbance of the ...
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