In recent years, Syria has initiated two processes of fundamental transition. The first is a transition from a statist economy to greater liberalization or, to use a more accurate term, infitah (open-door policy). The second of these transitions is...
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In recent years, Syria has initiated two processes of fundamental transition. The first is a transition from a statist economy to greater liberalization or, to use a more accurate term, infitah (open-door policy). The second of these transitions is from a state of belligerency with Israel to one of coexistence with the possible eventuality of peace. Although not organically linked, the two reinforce one another. The interplay among the dynamics both have created profoundly shapes state and society in Syria, as it has the politics of the Eastern Mediterranean. See less 
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The trade deficit that year was estimated at $1 billion, and oil revenues and exploration activities had begun to recede.
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