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POLS 444 THE MIDDLE EAST IN WORLD POLITICS Syllabus can be found at:  pols.boun.tr

POLS 444 THE MIDDLE EAST IN WORLD POLITICS Syllabus can be found at:  www.pols.boun.edu.tr     MEETING PLACE:  IB210, IB210, IB201 MEETING TIME: T: 1, 2; Th: 2 O FFICE HOUR: T: 1 2 :00-1 3 :00; Th. 11:00-12:00 OFFICE: IIBF 411   Assistant: Ekin Kurtiç ekin.kurtic@boun.edu.tr.

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POLS 444 THE MIDDLE EAST IN WORLD POLITICS Syllabus can be found at:  pols.boun.tr

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  1. POLS 444 THE MIDDLE EAST IN WORLD POLITICS Syllabus can be found at:  www.pols.boun.edu.tr     MEETING PLACE: IB210, IB210, IB201 MEETING TIME: T: 1, 2; Th: 2 OFFICE HOUR:T: 12:00-13:00; Th. 11:00-12:00 OFFICE: IIBF 411   Assistant: Ekin Kurtiç ekin.kurtic@boun.edu.tr

  2. Reading material from syllabus  • Textbooks: • L. Fawcett (ed.), International Relations of the Middle East (Oxford University Press, 2005). Required • C. Smith, Palestine and the Arab-Israeli Conflict (St. Martin’s, 2010). required • Supplementary: • J. Schwedler and D. Gerner, Understanding the Contemporary Middle East (Lynne Rienner, 2008) • F. Halliday, The Middle East in International Relations: Power, Politics and Ideology (Cambridge University Press, 2006).

  3. General Reading Academic journals such as the Arab Studies Quarterly; Journal of Palestine Studies; International Journal of Middle East Studies; Middle East Journal; Middle Eastern Studies; Israel Studies; etc... Major international relations journals and useful websites such as Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, International Affairs, Washington Quarterly etc… Middle East Research and Information Project at www.merip.org as well as the web page of Middle East Review of International Affairs http://meria.idc.ac.il/ are useful sources for research on the Middle East. Bitterlemons-International The International Crisis Group

  4. Rights and obligations:  • lectures and reading material, • no smoking, no talking, no cellular phones, no eating-drinking, no texting, no googling etc... • mid-term (12April) 30 % and final 35 %, group presentation and short paper (25 %) attendance (10 %)

  5. POLS444 – DEBATE TOPICS Group 1 – 8 March How to study the Middle East after the Iraq war and the Arab Spring? Group 2 – 22March Can we expect more democracy with the Arab Spring or will we go back to an Arab Winter? Group 3 – 29 March Israel: the domestic front after the Arab Spring? Group 4 – 5 April Assessing 9/11 a decade later Group 5 – 15 April Syria caught between the Arab Spring and Counter-Revolution Group 6 – 3 May Gulf States and the Arab Spring Group 7 – 10 May Iran: presidential elections, the nuclear issue and the challenges of the Arab Spring Group 8 – 17 May Is Turkey a model for the Arab Spring?

  6. Course Focus • Study emergence of the state system in the Middle East • Examine the causes and evolution of the Arab-Israeli and Gulf conflicts • Survey “drivers” of international relations of the Middle East • Examine the relationship between domestic politics and international relations of the Middle East • Discuss the “Arab Spring” and its implications

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