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Syllabus can be found at:  pols.boun.tr  MEETING PLACE:  YD06 ; YD06 ; IB3 01

Syllabus can be found at:  www.pols.boun.edu.tr  MEETING PLACE:  YD06 ; YD06 ; IB3 01 MEETING TIME: T: 2 ; T : 3; Th2 O FFICE HOUR: T: 1 2 :00-1 3 :00; Th. 11:00-12:00 OFFICE: IIBF 411   Assistant: ekin.kurtic@boun.edu.tr. Reading material from syllabus . Textbooks:

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Syllabus can be found at:  pols.boun.tr  MEETING PLACE:  YD06 ; YD06 ; IB3 01

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  1. Syllabus can be found at:  www.pols.boun.edu.tr  MEETING PLACE: YD06; YD06; IB301 MEETING TIME: T: 2; T: 3; Th2 OFFICE HOUR:T: 12:00-13:00; Th. 11:00-12:00 OFFICE: IIBF 411   Assistant: ekin.kurtic@boun.edu.tr

  2. Reading material from syllabus  • Textbooks: • L. Fawcett (ed.), International Relations of the Middle East (Oxford University Press, 2005). Required • C. Smith, Palestine and the Arab-Israeli Conflict (St. Martin’s, 2010). required • Supplementary: • J. Schwedler and D. Gerner, Understanding the Contemporary Middle East (Lynne Rienner, 2008) • F. Halliday, The Middle East in International Relations: Power, Politics and Ideology (Cambridge University Press, 2006).

  3. General Reading academic journals such as the Arab Studies Quarterly; Journal of Palestine Studies; International Journal of Middle East Studies; Middle East Journal; Middle Eastern Studies etc... Major international relations journals and useful websites such as Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, International Affairs, Washington Quarterly etc… Middle East Research and Information Project at www.merip.org as well as the web page of Middle East Review of International Affairs http://meria.idc.ac.il/ are useful sources for research on the Middle East. Bitterlemons-International The International Crisis Group

  4. Rights and obligations:  • lectures and reading material, • no smoking, no talking, no cellular phones, no eating-drinking, no texting, no googling etc... • mid-term (25 November) 30 % and final 40 %, • Participation and debate presentation (10 %) • Short essay (20 %)

  5. POLS444 – DEBATE TOPICS Group 1 – March 17 How to study the Middle East and will it be different after the “revolutions” in Egypt and Tunisia? Group 2 – March 24 Israel: the domestic front after the revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia Group 3 – March 31 Iraq: challenges to unity and governance Group 4 – April 7 Iran: domestic politics and the nuclear issue Group 5 – April 14 Why little democracy in the Middle East and will it be different after the “revolutions” in Egypt and Tunisia?

  6. POLS444 – DEBATE TOPICS Group 6 – April 21 Gulf states: globalization as a means to security Group 7 – May 5 Syria: will there be reform? Group 8 – May 12 Lebanon between Iran, Syria and Israel Group 9 –May 19 Is there a role for Turkey in the Middle East

  7. Course Focus • Study emergence of the state system in the Middle East • Examine the causes and evolution of the Arab-Israeli and Gulf conflicts • Survey “drivers” of international relations of the Middle East • Examine the relationship between domestic politics and international relations of the Middle East

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