Asia Opinion

By Rachel Bronson Washington Quarterly, Autumn 2000, 23:4 pp. 91-105 Witithin hours of Hafiz al-Asad’s death on June 10, 2000, Syrian vice president Abdelhalim Khaddam designated Asad’s son, Dr. Bashar al-Asad, chief of staff of the armed forces. On June 17, the...