Academic Catalog

MES505 GEOPOLITICAL READINGS ON THE MIDDLE EAST

Course Code: 8320505
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(0-0)
ECTS Credit: 10.0
Department: Middle East Studies
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Graduate
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Offered Semester: Fall and Spring Semesters.

Course Content

The course will cover analysis of Middle East through the lenses of geopolitical approaches and will focus on basic texts on the Middle East and try to reach an understanding of the Middle East based on `geopolitical discourses`. It seeks to expose how alternative readings of the Middle East and its `security problem` might be possible.