IR 6657 - Middle Eastern Security

3 Semester Hour(s)

This course provides an examination of Middle Eastern security issues using international relations and comparative politics theories. Topics include conflict between Sunni and Shi’a Muslims, conflicts involving ethnic and religious minorities such as Kurds and Druze, democratization, relations and tensions with the West including recent military and development operations, and Saudi Arabia’s “special relationship” with the United States, and conflict involving non-state actors, and nuclear politics with Iran.