Arap İsyanları Sonrası Suriye’nin Sosyo-politik Dönüşümüne Eşitsiz ve Bileşik Gelişmeci Bir Yaklaşım: “Savaş Ekonomisi” ve “Yeniden İnşa” Süreçlerinde Uluslararası ve Yerel Dinamiklerin Etkileşimi1.

This study utilizes Leon Trotsky’s Uneven and Combined Development approach to analyze Syria’s sociopolitical transformation in the post-Arab-Revolts period by focusing on the concept of the “international”. Existing analyses examine Syria’s sociopolitical transformation the in the post-Arab-Revolts period by focusing on the resilience of the authoritarian Bashar Assad regime and the dynamics of neoliberal transformation, due to methodological nationalism and lacking of a holistic framework. In this respect, the main argument of this study is to present the effects of interaction between international and local dynamics on Syria’s sociopolitical transformation. To this end, the study analyzes the outcomes of two distinctive processes - “War Economy” and “Reconstruction” - which are thought to be decisive regarding Syria’s sociopolitical transformation in the post-Arab Revolts period. The conclusion of the study is two-fold. Firstly, the neoliberal political-economic dynamics are effective in understanding Syria’s socio-political transformation - similar to the pre-Arab Revolts period. Secondly, the merging of the dynamics of sociopolitical transformation with the global and regional geopolitical competition process has further exacerbated the social unevenness and repression. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]