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POL623|U.S.-MiddleEastRelations
PoliticsandInternationalRelations FallSemester,2016-2017 CourseInformation:CourseConvener:Dr.SamerShehataCourseType:ProgramElectiveCreditValue:3Pre-requisites:N/ACo-requisites:N/ACourseDuration:14weeks;Semester4TotalStudentStudyTime:126hours,including42contacthoursoflecturesandseminars.InstructorContactInformation:
SamerShehataDIAcademicBuilding,First,Floor,Office#70Tel:40356914Email:[email protected]:Wednesdays9:15-11:15a.m.ClassMeeting:Sundays,3:00-6:00pm,ClassRoom3,AcademicBuilding
ExpectedVacation:18December–QatarNationalDay CourseDescription:ThecourseisintendedtoprovidestudentswithacriticalandscholarlyintroductiontothehistoryofU.SforeignpolicytowardtheMiddleEast,withparticularemphasisontheperiodsinceWorldWarII,theperiodofgreatestU.S.involvementintheregion.Thisisacross-disciplinarycoursethatemploysvariousapproachesfromhistory,politicalscience,securitystudies,politicaleconomy,andculturalstudiestounderstandmorebroadlythehistoryandpresentcircumstancesofU.S.–MiddleEastrelations.Thesubjectistooexpansivetocovercomprehensivelyinonesemesterandwewillbeunabletodojusticetomanyofthedifferenttopicscovered.Bytheendofthecourse,however,studentsshouldhaveasolidhistoricalunderstandingofthemajoreventsandinteractionsinthehistoryofU.S-MiddleEastrelationsoverthelastseventyyears.StudentswillalsobecomefamiliarwithandevaluatesomeofthemajortheoriesconcerningthecharacterofU.S.relationswiththeMiddleEastduringthisperiod,includinghowU.S.nationalsecurityinterestshavebeendefined.StudentswillexamineU.S.policiestowardtheregionintheimmediatepost-WorldWarIIperiod,duringtheColdWarandhowArabnationalism(s),oil,Israel,Islamistpolitics,“terrorism,”andthe2011ArabuprisingshaveaffectedU.S.policytowardthe
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region.ThecoursewillexaminethehistoryofU.S.involvementintheArab-Israeliconflict,U.S.policytowardtheMiddleEastintheaftermathoftheSeptember11,2001attacks,debatesandcompetingdefinitionsof“terrorism,”theU.S.-ledwaronIraq(andAfghanistan),the“waronterrorism,”and“democracypromotion”inAmericanforeignpolicy,andotherissues.Wewillalsoexaminehowpeopleandstatesintheregionviewed(andreactedto)Americanpolicies.
CourseLearningOutcomes(CLOs):
CLOMatrixTable
TypeofCourseLearningOutcome CourseLearningOutcomes(CLOs)
ProgramLearningOutcomes(PLOs)
Knowledge and Understanding
CLO1:AbilitytodiscussthebasichistoricaloutlineofUS-MiddleEastrelationsCLO2:AssessdebatesaroundU.S.foreignpolicyand“strategicinterests”andhowthesehaveshapedU.S.policyCLO3:InterpretdifferenthistoricalperiodsinU.S–MiddleEastrelationsCLO4:RecountandexplainvariousU.S.presidentialdoctrinestowardtheMiddleEastCLO5:CriticallyassessandevaluatethesuccessandfailureofparticularU.S.policiestowardtheregionCLO6:DemonstrateabasicunderstandingofhowUSpolicytowardtheMiddleEastismadeCLO7:Criticallyevaluatedifferentdefinitionsof“terrorism”andtheirimplicationsCLO8:Recountdifferenttheories
PLO1:Showawarenessofroleofforeignactorsinshapingpoliticsintheregion.CLO1-9fulfillthisPLO.
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aboutthecausesofthe2003US-ledwaronIraqCLO9:DiscusstherelationshipbetweenparticularstatesintheregionandtheU.S.historically
IntellectualSkills
CLO10:TheabilitytocriticallyanalyzedifferenttypesoftextsCLO11:CompareandevaluatecompetingargumentsCLO12:Examineaquestion,policy,ornationalorinternationalissuefrommultipleperspectivesCLO13:AbilitytoperformindependentresearchinbothEnglishandArabic
TBA
PracticalSkills
CLO14:Developtheabilitytoeffectivelysearchfor,locate,andanalyzeinformationandtopresentanalysiseffectivelybothorallyandinwritinginArabicandEnglish.CLO15:Engagecriticallyandprofessionallywithpeersandtheirideas
PLO1:applybibliographicandreferencingskillsCLO1fulfillsPLO1
Transferrable/keyskills
CLO16:AbilitytowriteacademicpapersinEnglishandArabicCLO17:Abilitytoconductpresentationstoone’speersandsupervisorsbasedonindependentresearchandanalysisCLO18:Abilitytoworkinsmallgroupsinordertocompleteanassignment
PLO1:CommunicateclearlyinArabicandEnglishbothorallyandinwriting)PLO2:Learntocollaborateeffectivelywithcolleaguesandworkinateam.CLO2and3fulfillPLO2.
CourseResources:AvailableonMOODLE
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CourseFormatandTeachingMethods:Thiscourseisbasedonweeklylectures(approximatelyonehour)andseminardiscussion(approximatelytwohours).Eachweekisassignedonetopic.LectureswillintroducethehistoryoftherelationshipbetweentheUnitedStatesandtheMiddleEastfromthebeginningofthe19thcenturythroughthepresentcoveringmajortreatise,agreements,politicalmovements,conflicts,andwars.LectureswillpresentdifferentU.S.policiestowardtheregionduringthisperiod,includingAmericanpresidentialdoctrines(e.g.,Truman,Eisenhower,Nixon,CarterandBushdoctrines).Lectureswillalsodiscusscompetingconceptionsof“nationalsecurity”andhowU.S.nationalsecurityhasbeendefinedhistoricallyandhowthismanifesteditselfconcretelythroughparticularpolicies.Attimes,powerpointpresentations,audio-visualresources,andelectronicmediawillbeutilizedtofurtherstudentunderstanding.Wewillconductatwo-hourseminareachweekfollowingthelecturebasedontheassignedreadings.Theseminarswillfocusontheclosereading,discussion,andanalysisoftheassignedtexts.Itistherefore,crucialthatstudentscometotheseminarshavingreadtheassignedreadingscloselyandbefullypreparedtodiscussthem.Theseminarsaspiretocreateanopen,respectful,andinvitingenvironmentinwhichallopinionsandperspectivescanbefreelydiscussed.Assessment:
1) Presentation(20%):Eachstudentwillpresenta15-20minutepresentationonaclass(weekly)topic.Thesubjectandreadingscoveredandthedateofthepresentationwillbedeterminedinconsultationwiththeinstructorinthefirstweeksofthesemester.Thepresentationswillprovidestudentswithanopportunitytohonetheirpublicspeakingandpresentationskills.Itwillalsoprovideanopportunitytoleadadiscussionaboutahistoricalperiodoreventanditsanalysiswithpeers.StudentsareallowedtousePowerPointbuttheyarenotrequiredtodoso.Studentsarerequiredtoturninareportbasedontheirpresentation.Thiscantaketheformofadetailedoutlineoftheirpresentation,aPowerPointpresentation,orawrittenversionoftheirpresentation.DueafterpresentationbyoneweekorlatestbyWeek11.
2) BookReview(15%):Studentsarerequiredtowriteaone-thousand(1000)wordbookorarticlereviewinEnglish.Theitemtobereviewedshouldbeselectedfromthe“OptionalFurtherReadings”listedundereachweek’stopic.Pleasenote,iftheFinalResearchPaperwillbesubmittedinEnglish,thisassignmentmustbesubmittedinArabic.DueWeek5.
3) PolicyMemo(25%):StudentsarerequiredtowriteapolicymemoassessingU.S.nationalsecurityinterestsintheMiddleEast.ThememoshouldoutlinethestrategicinterestsoftheUnitedStatesintheregionaswellasthemajorthreatstothoseinterests.Thememoshouldincludespecificpolicyrecommendationsforhandlingthreatsandsafeguardinginterests.Thememoshouldbenolongerthan1500words.DueWeek8
4) FinalResearchEssay(40%):Studentsarerequiredtocompletearesearchessayonatopicoftheirchoice,inconsultationwiththeinstructor.ThetopicmustexaminesomeaspectofU.S.-MiddleEastrelations.Theessayshouldbe2500wordsinlength,notincludingbibliographicmaterial.DueWeek13
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SubmissionMethodofAssessmentItems:Submissionofallwrittenassignmentsistobedonethrough“Turnitin”viaMOODLE.
Citation:
Students in theSchoolof Social SciencesandHumanitiesmustuse the “ChicagoManualof Style” forreferencesandbibliographiesintheirassignments,unlessotherwisespecifiedbythecourseinstructor.
CourseSyllabusPlan:
WEEK1(October2)INTRODUCTION:GeneralOverviewofCourseThemes&Mechanics
WEEK2(October9)EARLYAMERICANENCOUNTERS–U.S.&MiddleEastbefore1945
RequiredReading:• DouglasLittle,“PrefacetotheThirdEdition,”“Introduction,”andChapter1,American
Orientalism:TheUnitedStatesandtheMiddleEastSince1945(pp.ix–42).• RobertJ.Allison,“AmericansandtheMuslimWorld--FirstEncounters,”Chapter17inThe
UnitedStatesandtheMiddleEast(eds.).OptionalFurtherReading:
• RashidKhalidi,Introduction,pp.ix-xivandChapter1,“TheLegacyoftheWesternEncounterwiththeMiddleEast,”ResurrectingEmpire(BeaconPress:Boston)2004,pp.1-36.
• JamesGelvin,“TheIronicLegacyoftheKingCraneCommission,”Chapter1inTheUnitedStatesandtheMiddleEast(eds.).
WEEK3(October16)US&theMIDDLEEASTduringtheColdWar:Anti-Communism,Oil,andPolitics
RequiredReading:• RashidKhalidi,“TheSuperpowersandtheColdWarintheMiddleEast,”inTheUnitedStates
andtheMiddleEast(eds.).• MarkGasiorowski,“USForeignPolicyTowardIranduringtheMossadeqEra,”inTheUnited
StatesandtheMiddleEast(eds.).• MichaelHudson,“ToPlaytheHegemon:FiftyYearsofU.S.PolicyTowardtheMiddleEast,”
MiddleEastJournal,vol.50.,No.3,Summer1996.OptionalFurtherReading:
—الوطن العربي في السیاسة االمریكیة • مركز دراسات الوحدة العربیة —*مركز دراسات الوحدة العربیة • السیاسة االمریكیة تجاه العرب: كیف تصنع؟ و من یصنعھا؟
(فواز جرجس)• DouglasLittle,Chapters2and5inAmericanOrientalism:TheUnitedStatesandtheMiddleEast
Since1945(pp.43–76;pp.117-155;157-192).
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• RashidKhalidi,IntroductionandChapter2in,SowingCrisis:TheColdWarandAmericanDominanceintheMiddleEast,(BeaconPress),pp.1-39;pp.40-69.
• “TheSecretCIAHistoryoftheIranCoup,1953,”ed.,byMalcolmByrne,NationalSecurityArchive,ElectronicBriefingBookNo.28,November29,2000(includingoriginaldocumentsand“CIAClandestineServiceHistory,”Availableat:http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB28/
• JamesRisen,“SecretsofHistory:TheCIAinIran,”NewYorkTimes,April16andJune18,2000.(History,AnalysisandPhotos).Availableat:http://www.nytimes.com/library/world/mideast/041600iran-cia-index.html
• PeterL.Hahn,CrisisandCrossfire:TheUSandtheMiddleEast,pp.1-18,pp.137-146(Iran,Israel)
• SalimYacoub,ContainingArabNationalism:TheEisenhowerDoctrineandtheMiddleEast(UNCPress,2004)
• “U.S.PropagandaintheMiddleEast:TheEarlyColdWarVersion,”JoyceBattle,ed.,NationalSecurityArchiveElectronicBriefingBookNo.78,December13,2002:Availableat:http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB78/essay.htm
WEEK4(October23)OIL&GASintheArabian/PersianGulfandAmericanInterests
RequiredReading:• RashidKhalidi,Chapter3‘TheMiddleEast:GeostrategyandOil,’ResurrectingEmpire(Beacon
Press:Boston)2004,pp.74-117.• GiacomoLuciani,“OilandPoliticalEconomyintheInternationalRelationsoftheMiddleEast,”in
Fawcett(ed.),InternationalRelationsoftheMiddleEast(Oxford,2009),pp.81-103.
OptionalFurtherReading:مروان بحیري • — -١٩٧٩النفط العربي و التھدیدات االمریكیة بالتدخل ( ١٩٧٣ ( • DanielYergin,“Oil:TheStrategicPrize,”inMicahL.SifryandChristopherCerf,eds.,TheGulf
WarReader:History,Documents,Opinions(TimesBooks),1991,pp.21-26.• RobertVitalis,America’sKingdom:MythmakingontheSaudiOilFrontier.London:Verso,2009
(selections).• F.GregoryGauseIII,“From‘OvertheHorizon’to‘IntotheBackyard:’TheUS-SaudiRelationship
intheGulf,”Chapter19inTheMiddleEastandtheUnitedStates(eds.).• F.G.GauseIII,TheInternationalRelationsofthePersianGulf,chapters1-2,andpp.57-87.
WEEK5(October30)TheARAB-ISRAELIConflict&theUnitedStates
RequiredReading:• DouglassLittle,Chapter3and8inAmericanOrientalism(pp.77-117;pp.267-306).• JohnMearsheimerandStephenWalt,“TheIsraelLobby,”LondonReviewofBooks,volume28,
No.6,March2006.Availableat:http://www.lrb.co.uk/v28/n06/john-mearsheimer/the-israel-lobby
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• RobertO.Freedman,“GeorgeW.Bush,BarrackObamaandtheArabIsraeliConflict,”Chapter15,TheUnitedStatesandtheMiddleEast(eds.).
OptionalFurtherReading:
—الوحدة العربیة مركز دراسات • فلسطین و السیاسة االمریكیة من ویلسون الي كلینتون (تحریر میخئیل سلیمان)
• RashidKhalidi,ResurrectingEmpire(BeaconPress:Boston)2004,Chapter4,“TheUnitedStatesandPalestine,”pp.118-151.
• JohnJ.MearsheimerandStephenM.Walt,TheIsraelLobbyandU.S.ForeignPolicy• (2007),especiallychapters1-7andconclusion.• PeterL.Hahn,CrisisandCrossfire,pp.147-157(Johnson,ArabLeague,Israel,UN242,PLO,
Kissinger)• WilliamQuandt,PeaceProcess:AmericanDiplomacyandtheArab-IsraeliConflict(Brookings,
2005),pp.74-85.• FawazGerges,“The1967Arab-IsraeliWar:USActionsandArabPerceptions,”TheUnitedStates
andtheMiddleEast(eds.).• MelaniMcAlister,“TheGoodFight:IsraelAfterVietnam,1972-1980,”EpicEncounters:Culture,
Media,andUSInterestsintheMiddleEastsince1945(pp.155-197).
WEEK6(November6)GULFWARSI&II&theUNSanctionsRegime/U.S.&Iraq
RequiredReading:• GarySick,“TheUnitedStatesinthePersianGulf:FromTwinPillarstoDualContainment,”in
DavidW.Lesch,ed.,TheMiddleEastandtheUnitedStates.• DouglasLittle,Chapter7,AmericanOrientalism:TheUnitedStatesandtheMiddleEastSince
1945,(UniversityofNorthCarolinaPress),ThirdEdition,2008(especiallypp.252-266).• Wikileaks,“Saddam’sMessageofFriendshiptoPresidentBush,”Created7.25.1990.Available
at:http://213.251.145.96/cable/1990/07/90BAGHDAD4237.html• PresidentBush’s“NewWorldOrder,”speechtoCongress(March6,1991)(extracts)
OptionalFurtherReading:• AviShlaim,WarandPeaceintheMiddleEast:AConciseHistory(Penguin,1995),pp.89-103.• RosemarySaidZahlan,“TheImpactofUSPolicyontheStabilityoftheGulfStates:AHistorian’s
View,”Ch.20inJ.Kechichian(ed.),Iran,IraqandtheGulfStates(Palgrave,2001),pp.351-65.• MelaniMcAlister,“MilitaryMulticulturalismintheGulfWarandAfter,1990-1999,”Epic
Encounters(Chapter7,pp.235-265).• JoyGordon,InvisibleWar:TheUnitedStatesandtheIraqSanctions(HarvardUniversityPress)
2012selections(possiblychapters1,2,3,10,and12).• G.GauseIII,TheInternationalRelationsofthePersianGulf(chapter4,pp.88-135).
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WEEK7(November13)SEPTEMBER11,AlQaeda&theU.S.“WaronTerrorism”
RequiredReading:• AhmedRashid,“OsamaBinLaden:HowtheU.S.HelpedMidwifeaTerrorist,”September13,
2001,TheCenterforPublicIntegrity.• OsamaBinLaden’s“LettertoAmerica,”November24,2002:Availableat:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2002/nov/24/theobserver• StatementsbyOsamabinLadenonOctober7,2001
Availableat:http://www.pbs.org/newshour/terrorism/international/binladen_10-7.html• PresidentGeorgeW.Bush,“StatementbythePresidentinhisaddresstotheNation,”
September11,2001,Availableat:http://www.opm.gov/guidance/09-11-01GWB.htm• “ExecutiveSummary,”The9/11CommissionReport(NationalCommissiononTerroristAttacks
upontheUnitedStates)Availableat:Availableat:http://govinfo.library.unt.edu/911/report/911Report_Exec.pdf
• JaneMayer,“OutsourcingTorture:theSecretHistoryofAmerica’s“extraordinaryrendition”program,NewYorker,February14,2005.Availableat:http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2005/02/14/050214fa_fact6?currentPage=all
FurtherOptionalReading:
—جالل امین ٢٠٠١عولمة القھر: الولیات المتحدة و العرب و المسلمون قبل و بعد احداث سبتمبر RecommendedFilms:Film:TargetAmerica(Frontline)http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/target/Film:LookingforAnswers(Frontline)2001.http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/terrorism/Film:HuntingBinLaden(Frontline)1999/2001.http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/binladen/Film:TrailofaTerrorist(Frontline)2001.http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/trail/Film:InSearchofAlQaeda(Frontline)2002http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/search/Film:SaudiTimeBomb(Frontline)2001.http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/saudi/Film:CampaignAgainstTerror:oneyearlater,thebehindthescenesstoryofhowtheU.S.andworldrespondedtotheSept.11thterroristattacks(Frontline)2002.http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/campaign/Film:GunningForSaddam:ShouldSaddamHusseinbeAmerica’snexttargetinthewaronterrorism?(Frontline)http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/gunning/
WEEK8(November20):The2003IRAQWARRequiredReading:
• [Film]GunningForSaddam:ShouldSaddamHusseinbeAmerica’snexttargetinthewaronterrorism?(Inclass)
• NoEndinSight(film)2007.(Inclass)
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• AbbasKadhim,“OptingforthelesserEvil:USForeignPolicytowardIraq,1958-2008,”inRobertE.Looney,ed.,HandbookofUS-MiddleEastRelations(Routledge)2009,pp.467-483.
• GeorgeW.Bush,StateoftheUnionAddress,2002.Availableat:Availableat:http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2002/01/20020129-11.html
OptionalFurtherReading:—محمد واءل القیسي مكانة العراك في االستراتیجیة االمریكیة تجاه الخلیج (مركز الجزیرة للدراسات)
NOVEMBER27–NOCLASS–READINGWEEK
WEEK9(December4)The2003IRAQWAR&Aftermath
RequiredReading:• PhilipH.Gordon,“Bush’sMiddleEastVision,”Survival(Spring2003):155-165.• SteveA.Yetiv,“TheIraqWarof2003:WhyDidtheUnitedStatesDecidetoInvade?”Chapter20
inTheUnitedStatesandtheMiddleEast(eds.).• AliR.Abootalebi,“WhatWentWronginIraq,”Chapter21inTheUnitedStatesandtheMiddle
East(eds.).• GeorgeBush,PresidentBushDiscussesFreedominIraqandtheMiddleEast,Remarksbythe
Presidentatthe20thAnniversaryoftheNationalEndowmentforDemocracy,November6,2003.
• “LosingHeartsandMinds:UnderstandingAmerica’sFailureinIraq”inGeorgetownJournalofInternationalAffairs,Winter/Spring2005,Availableat:http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/geojaf6&div=15&g_sent=1&collection=journals
• SeymourHersh,"TortureatAbuGhraib."TheNewYorker,May10,2004.Availableat:http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2004/05/10/040510fa_fact?currentPage=all
• MichaelT.Kaufman,“WhatDoesthePentagonSeein‘BattleofAlgiers’?”TheNewYorkTimes,September7,2003;Availableat:http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/07/weekinreview/the-world-film-studies-what-does-the-pentagon-see-in-battle-of-algiers.html
WEEK10(December11)U.S.&IRAN
RequiredReading:• G.GauseIII,TheInternationalRelationsoftheMiddleEast,chapter3,esp.pp.45-57.• ManouchehrDorrajandHamidZangenesh,”MissedOpportunitiesandPoliticalBlunders:the
taleofUS-Iranrelations,”inRobertE.Looney,ed.,HandbookofUS-MiddleEastRelations(Routledge)2009,pp.484-501.
• MarkL.Haas,“IdeologyandIran’sAmericanPolicies,1997-2008,”Chapter24inTheUnitedStatesandtheMiddleEast(eds.).
• TheIranPrimer(U.S.InstituteforPeace),December2010&Updated.VariousChapterstobeselected.Availableat:http://iranprimer.usip.org/
DECEMBER18–QATARNATIONALDAY
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WEEK11(December25)U.S&theGULFSTATES:SaudiArabia,Qatar,Bahrain
RequiredReadings:• DavidE.Long,“US-SaudiArabiadiplomaticrelations,”(ch.30)• JillCrystal,“USRelationswithQatar,”(ch.29)• JeffreyB.Nugent,“US-BahrainRelations,”(ch.32)[ALLREADINGSavailableinRobertLooney(ed.),HandbookofUS-MiddleEastRelations(Routledge)2009.]
FurtherReading:
• “HousePassesBillAllowing9/11LawsuitsagainstSaudiArabia;WhiteHouseHintsatVeto,”NewYorkTimes,September9,2016.Availableat:http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/10/us/politics/house-911-victims-saudi-arabia.html?_r=0
• “FightbetweenSaudisand9/11familiesescalatesinWashington,”NewYorkTimes,September21,2016.Availableat:http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/22/us/politics/9-11-saudi-bill-veto-obama.html
• “ObamaVetoes9/11Billbutcongressionaloverrideisexpected,”NewYorkTimes,September23,2016http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/24/us/politics/obama-veto-saudi-arabia-9-11.html
WEEK12(January1)TheU.S.andtheARABUPRISINGS:Tunisia,Egypt,Libya
RequiredReading:• NaderHashemi,“TheArabSpring,U.S.ForeignPolicy,andtheQuestionofDemocracyinthe
MiddleEast,”DenverJournalofInternationalLawandPolicy,41,2012-2013.• RyanLizza,“TheConsequentialist:HowtheArabSpringRemadeObama’sForeignPolicy,”The
NewYorker,May2,2011.• AaronDavidMiller,“ForAmerica,AnArabWinter,”WilsonQuarterly(Summer2011):36-42.• MarkL.Haas,“TheUnitedStatesandtheArabSpring:ThreatsandOpportunitiesina
RevolutionaryEra,”(chapter28)inTheUnitedStatesandtheMiddleEast(eds.)(2013UpdatedEdition).
FurtherOptionalReading:
• PierreMAtlas,U.S.ForeignPolicyandtheArabSpring:BalancingValuesandInterests,”DigestofMiddleEastStudies,November1,2012.
• NicholasKitchen,“TheContradictionsofHegemony:TheUnitedStatesandtheArabSpring,”LondonSchoolofEconomics.
WEEK13(January8)U.S.&SYRIA(&ISIS)
RequiredReading:• DavidW.Lesch,“FightorTalk:US-SyrianRelationsSince2000,”inLeschandHaas(eds.),The
MiddleEastandtheUnitedStates• NatalieNougayrede,“TheDevastationofSyriawillbeObama’sLegacy,”Guardian,September
22,2016
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/sep/22/syria-obama-us-president-putin-russia?CMP=share_btn_tw
• FredericHoff(onSyriaandUSforeignpolicy)• TBD(dependingondevelopmentsinSyria)
OptionalReading:• JeffreyGoldberg,“HillaryClinton:‘Failure’toHelpSyrianRebelsLedtotheRiseofISIS,”The
Atlantic,10August2014(15pgs.)• AnthonyCordesman,“WinningtheCampaignAgainsttheIslamicState:KeyStrategicand
TacticalChallenges.”CenterforStrategicandInternationalStudies,29August2014.• AnthonyCordesman,“TheImplodingU.S.StrategyintheIslamicStateWar?”Centerfor
StrategicandInternationalStudies,October23,2014.• “WesternJihadisinSyria,”AlJazeeradocumentary–People&Power,2015.Availableat:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OD_A3CHzvjQ&feature=youtu.be• JoshRogin,“WhiteHouseworkedsecretlytodelaySyriaSanctionsBill,”WashingtonPost,
September20,2016,https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/josh-rogin/wp/2016/09/20/white-house-worked-secretly-to-delay-syria-sanctions-bill/
INDICATIVEREADINGLIST:
DavidW.LeschandMarkL.Haas(editors)TheMiddleEastandtheUnitedStates:History,PoliticsandIdeology(WestviewPress),FifthEdition,(Updated2013edition).
DouglasLittle,AmericanOrientalism:TheUnitedStatesandtheMiddleEastSince1945,(UniversityofNorthCarolinaPress),ThirdEdition,2008.
DeepaKumar,IslamophobiaandthePoliticsofEmpire(HaymarketBooks),2012.
ZacharyLockman,ContendingVisionsoftheMiddleEast:TheHistoryandPoliticsofOrientalism(Cambridge)2004.
RobertE.Looney,ed.,HandbookofUS-MiddleEastRelations(Routledge)2009.
RashidKhalidi,ResurrectingEmpire(BeaconPress:Boston)2004.
RashidKhalidi,BrokersofDeceit:HowtheU.S.hasunderminedPeaceintheMiddleEast,(BeaconPress),2013.
MahmoodMamdani,GoodMuslim,BadMuslim:America,theColdWar,andtheRootsofTerror(Harmony),2005.
RobertE.Looney,ed.,HandbookofUS-MiddleEastRelations(Routledge)2009.
JohnMearsheimerandStephenWalt,TheIsraelLobby&U.S.ForeignPolicy(Farrar,StrausandGiroux),2008.
RobertVitalis,America’sKingdom:MythmakingontheSaudiOilFrontier.London:Verso,2009.
FawazA.Gerges,AmericaandPoliticalIslam:ClashofCulturesorClashofInterests?(Cambridge)1999.
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JasonBrownlee,DemocracyPrevention:ThePoliticsoftheU.S.-EgyptianAlliance(Cambridge),2012.
TheIranPrimer(U.S.InstituteforPeace)
ChalmersJohnson,Blowback:TheCostsandConsequencesofAmericanEmpire(HenryHolt&Co.),2000.
NasserAruri,DishonestBroker:TheRoleoftheUnitedStatesinPalestineandIsrael(SouthEndPress),2003.
JoyGordon,InvisibleWar:TheUnitedStatesandtheIraqSanctions(HarvardUniversityPress)2012.
SteveColl,GhostWars:TheSecretHistoryoftheCIA,Afghanistan,andBinLaden,fromtheSovietInvasiontoSeptember10,2001,Penguin,2005.(ThePenguinPress).
MicahL.SifryandChristopherCerf,eds.,TheGulfWarReader:History,Documents,Opinions(TimesBooks),1991.
MichaelT.Klare,BloodandOil:TheDangersandConsequencesofAmerica’sGrowingPetroleumDependency(MetropolitanBooks),2004.
JohnCooley,UnholyWars:Afghanistan,AmericaandInternationalTerrorism(PlutoPress),2002.
FawazA.Gerges,ObamaandtheMiddleEast:TheEndofAmerica’sMoment?(Palgrave)2012.
StephenZunes,Tinderbox:U.S.ForeignPolicyandtheRootsofTerrorism(CommonCouragePress),2002.
PeterL.Hahn,MissionAccomplished?TheUnitedStatesandIraqSinceWorldWarI(Oxford),2011.
PeterL.Hahn,CrisisandCrossfire:TheUnitedStatesandtheMiddleEastSince1945.(PotomacBooks),2005.
SalimYaqub,ContainingArabNationalism:TheEisenhowerDoctrineandtheMiddleEast(UniversityofNorthCarolinaPress)2004.
د. ایمن نور الدین عمر العالقات العربیة — ١٩٤٥و ینعكاساتھا السیاسیة و العسكریة و االقتصادیة ) —االمریكیة - -٢٠٠٥(
صناعة الكراھیة في العالقات العربیة —مركز دراسات الوحدة العربیة االمریكیة -
—مركز دراسات الوحدة العربیة صورة العرب في عقول االمریكیین (میخئیل سلیمان)
—مركز دراسات الوحدة العربیة السیاسة االمریكیة تجاه العرب: كیف تصنع؟ و من یصنعھا؟ (فواز جرجس)
FILMS:
Films(Frontline):ReturnoftheTaliban(2006);TheWarBriefing(2008);Obama’sWar(2009);BehindTalibanLines(2010)Film:TheGulfWar(1996)(Frontline)http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gulf/
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Film:TheWarbehindClosedDoors:aDefiningMomentattheGulfWar’sEnd(Frontline,2003)Film:SpyingonSaddam(Frontline)http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/unscom/Film:SurvivalofSaddam(Frontline)http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/saddam/Film:TargetAmerica(Frontline)(VHS5813inlibrary)http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/target/Film:HuntingBinLaden(Frontline)1999/2001.http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/binladen/Film:TrailofaTerrorist(Frontline)2001.http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/trail/Film:InSearchofAlQaeda(Frontline)2002http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/search/Film:SaudiTimeBomb(Frontline)2001.http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/saudi/Film:LookingforAnswers(Frontline)2001.http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/terrorism/Film:CampaignAgainstTerror:oneyearlater,thebehindthescenesstoryofhowtheU.S.andworldrespondedtotheSept.11thterroristattacks(Frontline)2002.http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/campaign/
Film:GunningForSaddam:ShouldSaddamHusseinbeAmerica’snexttargetinthewaronterrorism?(Frontline)-http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/gunning/
Film:Bush’sWar(Frontline,2008);
Film:Endgame(Frontline,2007);
Film:GangsofIraq(Frontline,2007);
Film:PrivateWarriors(Frontline,2005);
Film:Rumsfeld’sWar(Frontline,2004);
Film:Truth,WarandConsequences(Frontline,2003)
Film:ThreeKings(1999)(WrittenanddirectedbyDavidO.Russell.BasedonastorybyJohnRidley)115minutes.
Film:Syriana(2005).
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AdditionalCourseInformation: IhighlyrecommendviewingallFRONTLINEepisodeshavingtodowithU.S.involvementintheMiddleEast.Course Syllabus Change: Please note that the syllabus is subject to change at the discretion of theinstructor with proper advance notice to students. This might occur as a result of visiting lecturers,spendingmoretimeonaparticulartopicthanpreviouslyassumed,orotherreasons.
ClassAttendancePolicy
Allstudentsareexpectedtoattendallclassesregularlywithoutanyabsence.Recordsofclassattendancearekeptbytheinstructor.Formoreinformation,pleaserefertotheDI“AttendancePolicy”thatdefinesstudent,faculty,andDIrightsandresponsibilitieswithrespecttoclassattendanceathttps://www.dohainstitute.edu.qa/Documents/AcademicPolicies/DIAcademicPolicies_Attendance_1015.pdf.
GradingPolicy
TheDI adopts a standardized system for grading and recording the students’ academic progress. Thegradingscaleisasfollows:
NumericalGrade
LetterGrade
GradePoints
CourseLetterGradeClassification
90-100 A 4.00
Distinction. Outstandingperformance showingcomprehensive, in-depthunderstandingofsubjectmatter.
86-89 B+ 3.5
Very Good. Clearly above averageperformance with very goodknowledge and understanding ofsubject matter and with nodeficiencies.
80-85 B 3.00
Good.Aboveaverageperformancewith goodknowledgeofprinciplesand facts at least adequate tocommunicate intelligently in thediscipline.
76-79 C+ 2.5Satisfactory. Basic understandingof knowledge of principles andfactswithpossibledeficiencies.
70-75 C 2.00Pass. Marginal performance withdefinitedeficiencies.
0-69 F 0.00 Unsatisfactory.Fail
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ForinformationonDIgradingprocedures,suchaschanginggradesormeritclassificationsintheGradePoint Average, please refer to the DI’s full Grading System Policy athttps://www.dohainstitute.edu.qa/Documents/AcademicPolicies/DIAcademicPolicies_Grading_1015.pdf.
CourseResitsandRepeatsandStudentAppeals
CourseResits:AttheDI,studentswhohavemissedorfailedtopassanassessmentforacoursewhethertheassessmentwasanexaminationorcourseworkcanapplyforaresitforthatspecificassessment.Nostudents are automatically registered for resit assessments, even if they missed an assessment formedical reasons or extenuating circumstances. Formore information on the course resit procedures,please refer to the Resits Policy athttps://www.dohainstitute.edu.qa/Documents/AcademicPolicies/DIAcademicPolicies_Resits_1015.pdf.”
“CourseRepeats:UndernocircumstancesdoestheDIallowstudentstorepeatacoursewhetherfailedorpassed.Studentswillmakeuseof the resitoption topassor improve theirgrades inacourse.Formore information on the course repeat procedures, please refer to the DI Resits Policy athttps://www.dohainstitute.edu.qa/Documents/AcademicPolicies/DIAcademicPolicies_Resits_1015.pdf.”
“StudentAppeals:EnrolledstudentsattheDIhavetherighttoappealagainstdecisionsmadebyanExaminationCommittee,DisciplinaryCommittee,oranyotherequivalentbodythatmayaffecttheiracademicprogress,providedsuchappealsarebasedongroundsstatedbytheDIintheStudentAcademicAppealsPolicy.Pleaserefertothepolicyformoreinformationaboutthegroundsforappeal,processoftheappeal,andoutcomesathttps://www.dohainstitute.edu.qa/Documents/AcademicPolicies/DIAcademicPolicies_StudentAcademicAppeals_1015.pdf.
AcademicIntegrityandMisconduct
TheDIexpectsall itsstudentstocomplywiththeprinciplesoftheDIAcademicCodeofGoodPracticePolicy which include, but are not limited to intellectual honesty; high ethical standards of academicconduct;submittingoriginalwork;acknowledgingtheworkandeffortsofotherindividualsandmakingappropriate references; undertaking honest research; and relying on one’s own efforts in completingexaminationsandallotherformsofassessment.TheDItakesacademicmisconductveryseriouslyandstudentsfoundguiltyofitwillbepenalized.Studentsaregiventhechancetoappealinwritingagainstany decision taken by the disciplinary committee. For more information on managing academicmisconductanditsconsequences,andstudentappeals,pleaserefertotheDIAcademicCodeofGoodPractice Policy athttps://www.dohainstitute.edu.qa/Documents/AcademicPolicies/DIAcademicPolicies_AcademicCodeofGoodPractice_1015.pdf.
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StudentCourseSurveys
Student course surveys are part of a process by which DI aims to improve teaching and learning.Studentsarestronglyencouragedtoparticipateinprovidingfeedbackontheircourseanditsqualityofinstructionby completing anonline student course survey. The survey is usually openduring the lasttwoorthreeweeksofasemester.Studentswillbeinformedofwhenandhowtocompletethesurveyinduetime.
StudentwithDisabilities
Special needs or any disability-related concerns and requests must be submitted by students to theEnrollment and Student Affairs Department in good time to allow for facilitating such requests. Thecourseinstructormustalsobepreviouslyinformedofanyrequestsandaccommodations.
CourseReadingsAccessandLibraryResources
CoursereadingsareavailableattheDILibraryanditsstaffmayassistinfindingtherelevantresourcesfor studies and research. For more information, please visit the library page athttps://www.dohainstitute.edu.qa/EN/Library/Pages/Introduction.aspx.
ClassConduct:Pleasedonotcheckyourmobilephoneinclass.Itisdisrespectfultotheinstructorandotherstudentsanddisruptive.