POL 377 International Relation of the Middle East

This course situates the Middle East (North Africa, the Levant, the Arabian Peninsula, Iran, and Turkey) in international relations scholarship. In doing so, it covers (a) sovereignty, (b) alliances, (c) international organizations (especially, the Arab League and the Gulf Cooperation Council), (d) main conflicts in the region (in particular, the Arab-Israeli conflicts and the Iraq wars), and (e) foreign policies of few select countries in the region.