ABSTRACT
This chapter builds on the analysis of the case studies carried out in the previous six chapters. The first section sums up the main points of the analysis. In order to do so, it goes back to Syria’s overall foreign policy and its relation to alliances policies. The second section of the chapter looks at the alliances of Syria after 1989. Changes in the global distribution of power had great effects on regional politics and particularly the foreign policy of Damascus. Following the collapse of the USSR, Syria had to find ways to cope with the ‘American moment’ in the region. Alliances were central to this re-shaping of Syrian strategy, particularly as the region was destabilised by aggressive American foreign policy and the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
