This course is available on the BSc in International Relations, BSc in International Relations and Chinese, BSc in International Relations and History and BSc in Politics and International Relations. This course is not available as an outside option. This course is available with permission to General Course students. This course has a limited number of places (it is capped).
This course is available on the BSc in International Relations, BSc in International Relations and Chinese, BSc in International Relations and History and BSc in Politics and International Relations. This course is not available as an outside option. This course is available with permission to General Course students. This course has a limited number of places (it is capped).
This course is delivered through a combination of classes and lectures totaling a minimum of 40 hours across Michaelmas Term and Lent Term. This year, some or all of this teaching will be delivered through a combination of online lectures and in-person classes/classes delivered online.
Two essays of 1,500 words each and 2 presentations in the MT and LT.
Students are strongly advised to read before the beginning of the course: Fawaz A. Gerges, Making the Arab World: Nasser, Qutb, and the Clash That Shaped the Middle East F. Halliday, The Middle East in International Relations: Power, Politics and Ideology Madawi al-Rasheed, A Most Masculine State: Gender, Politics and Religion in Saudi Arabia Fawaz A. Gerges, The Superpowers and the Middle East: Regional and International Politics Louise Fawcett, International relations of the Middle East Course readings include: Nazih Ayubi, Over-stating the Arab State: politics and society in the Middle East Lisa Anderson, ?The State in the Middle East and North Africa? Comparative Politics, October 1987 R Hinnebusch & A Ehteshami (Eds), The Foreign Policies of Middle East States B Korany & A Dessouki (Eds), The Foreign Policies of Arab States John Chalcraft, Popular Politics in the Making of the Middle East Madawi al-Rasheed, Demystifying the Caliphate Fanar Haddad, Sectarianism in Iraq: Antagonistic Visions of Unity Fawaz A. Gerges (ed.), The New Middle East: Protest and Revolution in the Arab World Z. Lockman, Contending Visions of the Middle East: The History and Politics of Orientalism
Take-home assessment (100%) in the ST.