IREn5022 Middle East Crossroads

Fakulta sociálních studií
jaro 2021
Rozsah
1/1/0. 4 kr. Ukončení: zk.
Vyučující
Mgr. Eva Taterová, M.A., Ph.D. (přednášející)
Garance
prof. PhDr. Zdeněk Kříž, Ph.D.
Katedra mezinárodních vztahů a evropských studií – Fakulta sociálních studií
Kontaktní osoba: Olga Cídlová, DiS.
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Katedra mezinárodních vztahů a evropských studií – Fakulta sociálních studií
Rozvrh
Čt 12:00–13:40 U23
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Cíle předmětu
The Middle East went through turbulent political and socio-economic changes during the second half of the 20th century which fundamentally affected not only geostratical situation of the region but in some cases also had the significant impacts on global politics. The issues such as decolonization, military conflicts, religious radicalism and extremism, and last but not least the oil shocks have shaped the current international relations. This course aims to introduce and to discuss some of these important crossroads in a context of the development of the region in 20th and 21st centuries.
Osnova
  • March 4: Introduction: scope of the course, organization of the course, and course requirements
  • March 11: Looking Back: Middle East in last 100 years.
  • March 18: Carving up the Middle East in and after WWI: Was Europe lucky, evil, or smart?
  • March 25: The Pragmatic Superpowers: Winning the Cold War in the Middle East.
  • April 1: The Suez Crisis: New Saladin of the Arab World and a final confirmation of European decline.
  • April 8: Iranian Revolution 1978: Great Satan, Little Satan demonizing epithets and the spread of anti-western propaganda in the Middle East.
  • April 15: Kurdish Issue and Palestinian Issue: Do all nations deserve their own state?
  • April 22: 1990s as the Decade of Hope: Does peace even have a chance in the Middle East?
  • April 29: Online Essay
  • May 6: Global Jihadism: Clash of civilization confirmed?
  • May 13: Interpreting the Arab Spring: Can democracy work in the Middle East?
  • May 20: Current events in the Middle East
  • May 27: Final exam
Literatura
  • HAMMING, T. R. “Global Jihadism after the Syria War.” Perspectives on Terrorism, vol. 13, no. 3, 2019, pp. 1–16.
  • KURŞUN, A. M. Deconstructing the Sykes-Picot myth: Frontiers, boundaries, borders and the evolution of ottoman territoriality. All Azimuth (2019), 9(1), 83-104. Online: http://www.allazimuth.com/2019/03/29/deconstructing-the-sykes-picot-myth-frontiers-bo
  • LEWIS, B. The Middle East: A Brief History of the Last 2,000 Years. Simon and Schuster (2009), S. 387-417.
  • SELIKTAR, O. – REZAEI, F. Iran, Revolution, and Proxy Wars. Palgrave (2020), s. 1-20.
  • GREWAL, S. – MONROE, S. “Down and Out: Founding Elections and Disillusionment with Democracy in Egypt and Tunisia.” Comparative Politics, vol. 51, no. 4, 2019, pp. 497–518.
  • BARAK, O. “The Failure of the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process, 1993-2000.” Journal of Peace Research, vol. 42, no. 6, 2005, pp. 719–736.
  • GLAVIN, T. “NO FRIENDS BUT THE MOUNTAINS: The Fate of the Kurds.” World Affairs, vol. 177, no. 6, 2015, pp. 57–66. CIPRUT, J. V. The Kurds: Neither the Twin of Palestine Nor the Clone of Israel. Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, 2017.
  • KATZ, M. When the Friend of My Friends Is Not My Friend: The United States, US Allies, and Russia In the Middle East. Atlantic Council, 2019.
  • PODEH, E. “The Struggle over Arab Hegemony after the Suez Crisis.” Middle Eastern Studies, vol. 29, no. 1, 1993, pp. 91–110.
  • FULLER, G. E. “The Middle East in US-Soviet Relations.” Middle East Journal, vol. 44, no. 3, 1990, pp. 417–430.
Výukové metody
Lectures, class discussion, presentation, online essay, final exam.
Metody hodnocení
Presentation: 30 points
Online essay: 20 points
Final exam: 50 points (5 open questions)

Grades
A: 92 - 100
B: 84 - 91
C: 76 - 83
D: 68 - 75
E: 60 - 67
F: less than 60 points
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
Informace učitele
Education at FSS MU assumes that students are familiar with study regulations and they refrain from fraudulent fulfilment of their obligations, especially plagiarism, that is, appropriation of somebody else’s thoughts for one’s own and publication of thoughts of other authors without proper quotation. Plagiarism represents a most serious offence in the academia as it contradicts the mission of the university and meaning of studying. From legal point of view, plagiarism equals a theft of someone else’s intellectual property. Fraudulent fulfilment of students’ obligations is not tolerated under any circumstances and each such case will be punished by conditional expelling from the university. Students are strongly encouraged to familiarize themselves with the issue of plagiarism and the ways how to avoid it.
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