Reshuffle Points To Continuity

March 2006 | Political Risk Analysis

On February 11, President Bashar al-Assad reshuffled his cabinet, appointing a new vice-president, foreign minister and interior minister. As the anniversary of the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik al-Hariri drew near and US-led international pressure built once more on Damascus, Assad's appointments were a defiant signal that Syrian policy, both foreign and domestic, would not change. We therefore expect the behaviour of the Ba'athist regime to remain contradictory, by turns reformist, conservative, combative and

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