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Author(s): Amjed Rasheed
ISBN(s): 9781032384030, 1003344887
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Year: 2023
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ISBN 10: 1003344887 

ISBN 13: 9781032384030

Author: Amjed Rasheed

This book examines the perplexing twists and turns in Syria-Iraq relations which since the establishment of modern Syria and Iraq after World War I have zigzagged between cooperation and hostility countless times. It questions why both countries switched regional and international alliances, but never formed one of their own, and assesses the role played by structural forces such as geopolitics, ideology, and regime survival. It also argues that a key factor was the individual personalities – the agency role – of Hafez Assad and Saddam Hussain, both of whom had a monopoly of power, similar ambitions and leadership styles, and great mistrust of each other, with the result that they clashed. It goes on to show how both were caught between commitment to pan-Arabism and the imperative for regime survival, and how this led them both to weaken pan-Arabism instead and construct sectarian polarisation to ensure regime survival. The book concludes that their ruthless fight left a heavy legacy where in both countries regime survival overshadowed state consolidation and nation-building, with both countries divided into smaller communities of faiths and ethnicities at war with each other.

Table of contents: 

Introduction: The analytical framework
IR theory and IR-WANA
The rational approach
The constructivist approach
The reflective approach
The agency role of leaders
Plan of the book
Note
References
Part I Age of the monarchy
1 The Hashemite monarchy and its quest to rule Syria
The creation of the modern state in Syria and Iraq
Faisal the King of Iraq
The rise of Iraqi nationalism
Conclusion
References
Part II Age of revolution
2 Post–World War II pan-Arabism competition
Pan-Arab unity
Egypt, Syria, and Iraq unity negotiations
The Ba’ath split
Hafez Assad as the new president of Syria
The impact of the 1973 war
Face-to-face in Lebanon
The impact of the Egypt-Israel peace treaty
The collapse of unity negotiations
Conclusion
References
Part III Age of authoritarians
3 Iran-Iraq War
The foundations of the Syria-Iran alliance
The war
Blocking the Kirkuk-Baniyas pipeline
Assad’s victory in the Fez II Summit of 1982
The occupation of al-Faw
Al-Jafr meeting
The Amman Summit of 1987
Conclusion
References
4 Kuwait crisis
Post-war Iraq
Face-to-face in Lebanon, again
Saddam’s rage against the Gulf monarchies
The invasion of Kuwait
The aftermath of the crisis
Syrian-Iraqi détente
The death of Assad
Conclusion
References
Part IV Age of denomination
5 The occupation of Iraq and the Syrian quest for survival
The war on Iraq
Syria’s rejection of the war on Iraq
Syria sponsors terrorism inside Iraq
The Iraqi civil war
The Iraqi Refugee Crisis in Syria
Conclusion
References
6 The Arab uprisings in Iraq and Syria
Sectarianisation from above
Sectarian politics in Iraq
Sectarian politics in Syria
The rise and the fall of the Islamic State (IS) Caliphate
The Iraqi factor
The Syrian factor
The fall of Mosul
The birth of Popular Mobilisation Forces
Power politics concealed with sectarian politics
Conclusion
Note
References
Part V Conclusion
7 Conclusion

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