Al-Assad as Michael Corleone
Hafez al-Assad, with his collaborative strategies, his power of control and cruelty, corresponds to Vito Corleone.
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A New Phase in The Syrian Revolution
The Syrian regime, with its latest move, has cleared the path for Turkey to be a more legitimate and involved actor of the current crisis.
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The results of this litmus test will be utilized in the new Middle East numerous times!
“Should al-Assad step down, disaster will ensue.” This assumption not only asserts that a region with al-Assad is possible, but it insists that it would in fact be better. Is that really so?
The massacre in Houla last week demonstrated once again that not much has changed since the uprisings started in Syria. The Baathist regime continues to kill in front of the whole world.
The practice of universal suffrage in Egypt, without limitations on gender and ethnicity, is a hopeful sign for the region.”
The Luckiest Dictator in the Middle East
The final leg of support for the Syrian Ba’ath regime’s geopolitical comfort zone was the political climate generated by the other dictatorships in the area.
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US-Turkey Relations: Arab Spring and the Search for Model Partnership
The Arab uprisings in early 2011 provided the US and Turkey with an opportunity and a necessity to discover new forms of cooperation and policy coordination due to the urgency for action on the ground.
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Syria has become one of the few friends Iran has left, after it was blatantly sanctioned by the West, the U.S and other states in the region after the Islamic revolution.
Israel wants regime change in Syria, as much as it wanted a change in Egypt, the heart of the Camp David order, of which the Syrian regime is branch.
America will only then - if indeed it wants - be free from the three answers or the single al-Assad answer outlined above!
When the AK Party came to power in 2002, the people were finally able to say “stop” to the gang that took the state hostage during the 1990s.
Syria, which is the most wounding issue we face today, has turned into yet another test for the global platforms.
The worry is not about the possibility of a war breaking out; it is about the hope of building a new regional order in the near future fading away.
The “New Egypt” will be shaped to a great extent by a “negotiation” process between the army and the political actors in opposition. It is likely that Egypt’s transition to democracy will be a long and difficult process.
The wave of uprisings that spread through North Africa, and the Middle East have brought our region to an interesting junction in terms of the proxy wars.
The new paradigm in relations seems to be working so far in critical issue areas, including Syria and NATO’s missile shield.
Following the leak of the Palmer Report to the New York Times, Turkey declared that it considered the report null and reduced its diplomatic relations with Israel to the second Secretary level.
Conspiracy theories are instruments of creative thinking. Yet, there is a huge difference between creative thinking and insisting on selective facts that only align with a theory.
In the wake of the Arab League’s embargo against Syria, a new period is ahead for the Baathist regime.
