"In 1960, as economic troubles began to rise, President Nasser found himself with a much larger problem: what political system should the UAR use? Rather than risk extreme political gridlock and potentially total collapse, Nasser reluctantly agrees to work with the Ba'ath Party in Syria. The Ba'ath Party and Nasser's party, the Arab Socialist Union (ASU), agree to push towards federalization rather than centralization. Setting up a limited democracy with secular, Nasserist, or Ba'athist parties allowed, the UAR expands throughout the Arab World, taking in Iraq and North Yemen, until finally the Arab-speaking peoples of Asia and Africa are united under one economically-bustling, secular federation that wields much power on the world stage."@en . "Eagle of the Nile"@en . . "In 1960, as economic troubles began to rise, President Nasser found himself with a much larger problem: what political system should the UAR use? Rather than risk extreme political gridlock and potentially total collapse, Nasser reluctantly agrees to work with the Ba'ath Party in Syria. The Ba'ath Party and Nasser's party, the Arab Socialist Union (ASU), agree to push towards federalization rather than centralization."@en . . . .