Date of Award

1-1-2010

Document Type

Masters Thesis

Degree Name

M.A.

Organizational Unit

Josef Korbel School of International Studies

First Advisor

Joseph Szyliowicz, Ph.D.

Second Advisor

Daniel McIntosh, Ph.D.

Keywords

Bashar Al-Assad, Decision making, Leadership analysis, Syria

Abstract

This thesis is intended to identify the distinctive traits of Syrian leadership. Its purpose is to better serve policy makers as they confront the challenges Syria presents. The first section identifies major research on decision making and leadership analysis. The second section is an analysis of Syria's leadership components. The third section uses several quantitative methods to identify the leadership traits of President Bashar Al-Assad. A psychological leadership profile of the figurehead creates added complexity to the structural analysis, but is relevant because it has the capability of allowing actual policy makers to deal with their Syrian counterpart. Bashar Al-Assad is found to be a complex dictator by both Middle Eastern and world standards, who is likely to respond to challenges slowly, and with an eye towards his domestic constituency. His regime will continue as long as he can find the right balance between reform and conservation.

Publication Statement

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Rights Holder

Taylor Reed

Provenance

Received from ProQuest

File Format

application/pdf

Language

en

File Size

134 p.

Discipline

International relations, Personality psychology

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