REGIONAL INTEGRATION IN AFRICA AND MIDDLE EAST (2 SCU)

Learning Outcomes:

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to: identify the history and its distinct characteristics of the MENA countries in the terms of social, political, economy and cultural; describe the dynamics of political economy as well as social dynamics in MENA countries; analyze socio-economic and political development of the MENA countries in the international cooperations.

Topics:

1. The Middle East and International Relations;
2. Foreign Policymaking in the Middle East: Complex Realism;
3. The Arab–Israeli Conflict;
4. The Rise and Fall of the Oslo Peace Process;
5. The International Politics of the Gulf;
6. The Arab Spring: The ‘People’ in International Relations;
7. The United States in the Middle East;
8. Russia, China, and the Middle East;
9. Europe in the Middle East;
10. Oil and Political Economy in the International Relations of the Middle East;
11. Regionalism and Alliances in the Middle East;
12. North Africa and Middle East Cooperations;
13. Conflict in Africa.