17.405 / 17.406 Seminar on Politics and Conflict in the Middle East, Fall 2003

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Choucri, Nazli
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Seminar on Politics and Conflict in the Middle East
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Abstract
This course focuses on evolution of contemporary politics and economics. The subject is divided into four parts: Context: historical and strategic perspectives, theoretical issues, and sources and forms of conflict; Continuity: detailed analysis conflicts systems and their persistence, as well as regional competition and recent wars – focusing on specific countries and cases; Complexity: highlighting situation specific strategic gains and losses; and Convergence: focusing future configurations of conflict and cooperation. Throughout the course, special attention is given to sources and transformations of power, population dynamics and migration, resources and energy, as well as implications of technological change.
Date issued
2003-12
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https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/148302
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Political Science
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17.405-Fall2003
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17.405
17.406
IMSCP-MD5-f7436ed4a99ed9aca09bb321f676818b
Keywords
middle east, contemporary politics, conflict resolution, economics, history, domestic policy, regional politics, power, war, peace, negotiation, Iraq, nation state, arab, israel, lebanon, jordan, palestine, persian gulf, saudia arabia, turkey, iran, egypt, sudan, north africa, international relations, political science, conflict, cooperation, population dynamics, migration, natural resources, energy, 17.405, 17.406
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