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During the last 75 years, the Syrian population has increased dramatically, and the demographic-economic factor is a prime lever in political decision-making and change in both internal affairs and foreign relations. This work traces such a critical connection in the light of President Asad's policies.</div></div></div><div class="search_box_wrapper"></div></td> </tr></table><div id="summary-second-column"></div></div></div></div></div><div class=vertical_module_list_row><h3 class=about_title><a name="about_author_anchor"></a>About the author <span style="color:#666; font-weight:normal">(1999)</span></h3><div id=about_author class=about_content><div id=about_author_v><div class=textmodulecontent>Onn Winckler is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Middle Eastern History at the University of Haifa. He is the author of Demographic Developments and Population Policies in Ba'thist Syria, and co-editor of Modern Syria, as well as the author of a book on Jordanian demographic developments. </div></div></div></div><div class=vertical_module_list_row><h3 class="about_title">Bibliographic information</h3><div class="about_content" id="metadata_content" style="padding-bottom:.3em"><div class="metadata_sectionwrap"><table id="metadata_content_table"><tr class="metadata_row"><td class="metadata_label">Title</td><td class="metadata_value"><span dir=ltr>Demographic Developments and Population Policies in Ba驶athist Syria</span><br><a class="primary" href="https://www.google.com.sg/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=bibliogroup:%22Demographic+Developments+Series%22&source=gbs_metadata_r&cad=2"><i><span dir=ltr>Demographic Developments Series</span></i></a><br><a class="primary" 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