MIDDLE EAST IN WORLD AFFAIRS
- Course
- INRE556 - MIDDLE EAST IN WORLD AFFAIRS
- Department
- International Relations - English - Master
- Course Type
- Course
- Status
- Required
- Language
- English
- Credit
- 3
- ECTS
- 8
- T+P+L
- 3 + 0 + 0
- Course Coordinator(s)
- -
- Prerequisite
- -
Course Description
This Course offers the students of IR a contemporary history and politics of the Middle-Eastern states. This course will examine the nationalist ideologies, processes of nation-building and political change with a particular emphasis on the Fertile Crescent region of the Middle-East. This course will provide an academic background on the Middle East politics through referring basically to issues of legitimacy and stability, leadership, political elites, ideologies and social movements. The topics which will be covered include the Palestinian Question, the Arab-Israeli conflict, intra-Arab rivalries and the role of the military in politics.
MIDDLE EAST IN WORLD AFFAIRS
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Course outcomes
- 01 the student is expected to 1) identify (2 SOLO points) main periods and problems in Middle East history,
- 02 2) to analyze and evaluate them (4 + 5 SOLO points) and
- 03 3) to debate (5 SOLO points) them in world political context. AV.SOLO: 4
Course Syllabus
| Week | Topic |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | introduction to the course and subject |
| Week 2 | empires to modern nation-states |
| Week 3 | empires to modern nation-states-2 |
| Week 4 | Islamic legacy |
| Week 5 | Turkey |
| Week 6 | Iran, Iraq |
| Week 7 | continue |
| Week 8 | Syria and Lebanon |
| Week 9 | continue |
| Week 10 | Israel and Palestine |
| Week 11 | continue |
| Week 12 | Egypt |
| Week 13 | Gulf states |
| Week 14 | Patterns of Continuity and Change Since the 1991 Gulf War |
| Week 15 | America’s Troubled Moment in the Middle East |
Reference Books & Course Materials
- 01 Tarıq Ismael& Jacqueline S. Ismael, (2011), Government and Politics of the Contemporary Middle East-Continuity and Change, Routledge
- 02 Karl Yambert (Ed) (2006) The Contemporaray Middle East, A Westview Reader, Westview Press
Learning Outcomes
- L01 historical background and current situation of the Middle East countries
- L02 conflicts within the region
- L03 democratic development and authoritarianism in the region
- L04 the role of religion in the Middle East politics.
Program Outcomes
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