Credits: 30 credits
Semester: Semester B
Timetable: Tuesdays 10:00-11:00 & 11:00-12:00 & 16:00-17:00
Contact: Prof Christopher Phillips
Availability: Optional module for MA & MRes International Relations and MSc International Public Policy students
Description:
This module will use the analytical tools of International Relations to study the Middle East. It will do this by examining the interaction of the post-colonial states that make up the region with the trans-national forces of Islam and Arab nationalism on one hand and European and American interventions on the other. The result of these interactions is a series of fierce but weak Middle Eastern states, vulnerable to both the international system and their own populations.
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