Key Issues in the Middle East

Tuesdays, 4.00 - 5:30 - Mar 14, 21, 28, Apr 4

Location:  Mayborn Museum  

The Middle East is critical internationally, and specifically to the United States, for a wide range of factors: the struggle between authoritarianism and democracy, the role of religion and how it is exploited by the extremists, the region’s political economy, and the impact of oil production for the world. This course, taught by Joanne Held Cummings, will focus primarily on the Arab core (the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant, and Egypt), as well as North Africa, Turkey and Iran. In addition, attention will be given to what China and Russia seek in that region, creating a challenge to the United States and the European Union.