Politics 226 - The United States, Israel, and the Arabs

U.S., Israel & the Arabs

Spring
2025
01
4.00
Sohail Hashmi

MW 10:00AM-11:15AM

Mount Holyoke College
126492
Clapp Laboratory 218
shashmi@mtholyoke.edu
Surveys the constants and variables in U.S. foreign policy toward Israel and the Arabs since the end of World War II to the present. Analysis of domestic determinants of U.S. policy, including lobbies, ideology, and the international system. Consideration of U.S. policy in the Arab-Israeli conflict, intra-Arab disputes, and the Gulf War.

Prereq: POLIT-116.

Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.