Int'L Pol of Middle East

PREREQUISITE: POL-UA 700 or POLSC-AD 170. SAME AS MEIS-UA 752.

Course meets in person

Systematic study of the international politics of the Middle East, emphasizing the period since World War II. Emphasis on the relationship among patterns of inter-Arab, Arab-Israeli, and great-power politics, and on the relationship between domestic and external politics. Attempts to relate the Arab-Israeli conflict to interregional politics, the place and role of Turkey and Iran, and the problems in the Persian Gulf.