POL 347 - Middle East Politics

POL 190 or consent of instructor. (3).

Examination of the politics of Middle East since the fall of the Ottoman Empire to the present. Focus on foreign intervention, state building, nationalism, military regimes, the “Arab Spring,” democratization, politics of religion/identities, and the intractable Arab-Israeli conflict. Also listed as MES 347. Graded ABCDE. [“”]