GOVT 2623

GOVT 2623

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2017-2018.

This course examines the history and politics of the Middle East and its central place in world affairs from the turn of the twentieth century down to the present. Beginning with the end of the Ottoman Empire and European colonization and domination of the entire region following WWI, we will study the emergence of Arab, Turkish, Persian nationalisms and Zionism, social and religious reform, the discovery of oil and its strategic importance in world political economy, the role of the region in the Cold War between the US and the Soviet Union, the conflict between Israel, the Palestinians and the Arab states, the political use of Islam and 9/11/01 and its aftermath, the Arab uprisings of the last few years and the civil wars that followed, and the American sponsored nuclear agreement with Iran. Assigned readings and film viewing will be supplemented with translated primary sources for use in class and section meeting discussions.

When Offered Summer.

Breadth Requirement (GB)
Distribution Category (HA-AS)
Course Attribute (CU-ITL)

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Syllabi: none
  •   Summer Special Session 2.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: NES 2619

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  1272 GOVT 2623   LEC 001

  •  1273 GOVT 2623   DIS 201

    • MTWRF McGraw Hall 366
    • Jul 16 - Aug 3, 2018
    • Brann, R

  •  1274 GOVT 2623   DIS 202

    • MTWRF McGraw Hall 365
    • Jul 16 - Aug 3, 2018
    • Brann, R

  •  1275 GOVT 2623   DIS 203

    • MTWRF McGraw Hall 145
    • Jul 16 - Aug 3, 2018
    • Brann, R