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Economic Development and Foreign Policy, The Case of Syria 1949-1954

Mehmet ÇATI
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183–210
Publication Date
2016-01-22
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Adopting a political economy approach to examine a period of instability marked by three military coups, this paper presents socioeconomic needs of the country as a source of foreign policy and identifies the acquisition of external resources as a key foreign policy objective.

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Objective & Hypothesis:This paper aims to enhance our understanding the relationship between economic development and foreign policy in Syria in the post-independence period.
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Key Findings & Data:In this endeavour, Syria has been taken as a state of the global South that was bound to be preoccupied with its condition of underdevelopment, dependence, vulnerability and permeability.
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This paper aims to enhance our understanding the relationship between economic development and foreign policy in Syria in the post-independence period. In this endeavour, Syria has been taken as a state of the global South that was bound to be preoccupied with its condition of underdevelopment, dependence, vulnerability and permeability. Adopting a political economy approach to examine a period of instability marked by three military coups, this paper presents socioeconomic needs of the country as a source of foreign policy and identifies the acquisition of external resources as a key foreign policy objective.

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This paper aims to enhance our understanding the relationship between economic development and foreign policy in Syria in the post-independence period. In this endeavour, Syria has been taken as a state of the global South that was bound to be preoccupied with its condition of underdevelopment, dependence, vulnerability and permeability. Adopting a political economy approach to examine a period of instability marked by three military coups, this paper presents socioeconomic needs of the country as a source of foreign policy and identifies the acquisition of external resources as a key foreign policy objective.

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ÇATI, M. (2016). Economic Development and Foreign Policy, The Case of Syria 1949-1954. Sosyoekonomi, Cilt: 24 - Sayı: 27, 183–210. https://ajindex.com/articles/139519

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