Syria Hot Spots in Global Politics

"Samer Abboud's Syria is an indispensable reference on the uprising and brutal conflict that has raged in Syria since 2011. Abboud is masterful in providing an account that is at once accessible, balanced and analytically sophisticated. He explains clearly how a wartime order took hold in Syria after 2011, who its key actors are, their roles in the conflict,and how the likely imposition of an 'authoritarian peace' under the Assad regime is unlikely to deliver either stability or security to a country ravaged by violence."
Steven Heydemann, Smith College
 
"This second edition of Abboud's small classic carries his valuable analysis forward. Bringing together the phases and dimensions of the Syrian conflict in a uniquely convincing and comprehensive way, Abboud explores how the failure of diplomacy left a stalemate, and how the stalemate was broken by Russian intervention, and yet today the conflict remains frozen but not resolved."
Raymond Hinnebusch, University of St Andrews