Incremental Change in Syria

Volker Perthes teaches at the American University of Beirut and is currently at the Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik in Ebenhausen, Germany. His publications include Staat und Gesellschaft in Syrien, 1970-1989 (Hamburg: Deutsches Orient-Institut, 1990) and Regionale Auswirkungen des zweiten Golfkrieges (Bonn and Duisburg: Institute for Development and Peace, 1991).