Inheriting Syria Bashar's Trial by Fire

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

1. The Syrian Paradox

2. Hafiz's Legacy, Bashar's Inheritance

3. Bashar and the Possibilities of Domestic Reform

4. Bashar and Syria's Place in the Regional Order

5. Options and Recommendations for U.S. Policy

Appendix A. Chronology of Bashar Al-Asad's Presidency, June 2000 to December 2004

Appendix B. The Statement of 99 and the Statement of 1,000

Appendix C. UN Security Council Resolution 1559

Notes

Index