POLITICAL ECONOMY AND REGIONAL INTEGRATION IN AFRICA AND MIDDLE EAST (4 Credits)

Learning outcomes:

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to: identify International Relations and the Middle East; discuss the emergence of Middle East into the modern state system; demonstrate the Middle East and Africa and International political economy; analyze the Africa and Middle East issues based on IR theories.

Topics:

1. International Relations and the Middle East;
2. Ottoman Empire History;
3. The Arab Spring: Changes and Challenges;
4. Post-Arab Spring Political Changes in the Middle East;
5. Arab Politics: Identity and Evolution of Pan-Arabism;
6. Middle East and the Geopolitical Context;
7. Identity and Foreign Policy;
8. Socio, Political Threats and Conflicts the New High Politics;
9. The Middle East and Africa Issues and International Relations Theories;
10. Threats and Alliance in the Middle East;
11. Legitimation, Regime Survival, and Shifting Alliances in the Arab League;
12. Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa Cooperation;
13. Review the Materials based on International Relations Theory.