PSCI 245
Politics of the Middle East Spring 2017
Division II
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This introductory course deals with both the domestic and regional politics of the Middle East. Focusing on Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and Syria, it considers the forces that situate, define, and motivate politics inside these countries and between them. It will examine the history of the region and how states came to be created and boundaries drawn between them, the formation of states and their bases of support and sources of resistance, religious and ethnic conflicts, and the political economy of the countries and the region. It also will engage the on-going civil wars in several countries, state breakdown and the rise of ISIS, geopolitics and the rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran.
The Class: Format: lecture
Limit: 19
Expected: 19
Class#: 3933
Grading: no pass/fail option, yes fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation: two papers, with a total length of 20 pages
Extra Info: may not be taken on a pass/fail basis
Prerequisites: none
Enrollment Preferences: Political Science majors
Distributions: Division II
Attributes: PSCI Comparative Politics Courses
PSCI International Relations Courses

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