International Politics of the Middle East

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Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours. Examination of interactions among states of the region, the region’s non-state actors and outside powers in the post-World War II period; topics include power distributions within the region and globally, effects of transnational ideological and identity movements, domestic political institutions in the region’s states, regional economic systems, outside power policies in the region, war and peace decisions, alliance and alignment patterns, and regional modes of statecraft. Prerequisites: International Affairs major; junior or senior classification.