Strategic Survey-Middle East

Catalog description

This course is a detailed and systematic examination of the key military strategic issues affecting the Middle East. It also covers the ongoing strategic competition in Central Asia. A heavy focus will be placed on the role of this region in U.S. national security policy and grand strategy. The course broadly outlines the most pressing current security issues in the Middle East such as political instability, terrorism and radicalization through salafi-jihadi ideologies, and the conflictual competition between Iran and Saudi Arabia.