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Why Tehran Won't Abandon Assad(ism)
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When the Arab Spring reached the Mediterranean shores of Syria in early 2011, there was an ephemeral exuberance that Bashar Assad's dictatorship would be replaced with a democratic order. Today, Sy...
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“The collaboration, rooted in the 1979 Revolution, was a pragmatic strategy designed to mitigate the two countries ' shared vulnerability and isolation, and to overcome the threats posed by Iraq.”
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“Accordingly, a logic of deterrence and balancing the existential Iraqi threat during the Iran -Iraq War shaped the foundation of the Iran -Syria partnership.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Milani, M.
- Corresponding author
- Milani, Mohsen
- Venue
- The Washington Quarterly
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2013-10
- Volume
- 36
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 79-93
- ISSN
- 0163-660X (ISSN-L)
- 1530-9177
- OpenAlex
- W2061736018
- Cited by
- 20
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 2 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 1
- FWCI
- 5.16
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The Washington Quarterly (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Middle East Politics and Society
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › International Relations and Foreign Policy
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts
- Keywords
- Bashar al-Assad, Syrian civil war, Iran-Syria relations, Arab Spring, regime change, Iranian foreign policy, authoritarianism
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