Politics 216 - Middle East Politics
Fall
2019
01
4.00
Sohail Hashmi
MW 11:00AM-12:15PM
Mount Holyoke College
108558
Dwight Hall 202
shashmi@mtholyoke.edu
108558,108650
Introduction to the peoples and politics of the Middle East. Begins with the historical situation of the region in the early twentieth century and challenges to the Ottoman Empire. Traces how the clash of nationalisms and imperialisms shaped the emergence of independent states before and after World War II, the rise of Pan-Arab and Zionist ideologies, the subsequent Arab-Israeli conflicts, the intra-Arab disputes, and the superpower rivalry and its influence on regional politics.
Prereq: POLIT-116.