Arab World Iran & Turkey in the International Politics

This course addresses the interaction between the Arab and Muslim Worlds, in the Arab East, and the world political system. Emphasis is on the shrinking stage and the containment of the Islamic political system and its submission to the European hegemony system up to the WWII. The course also addresses the stage of European hegemony, disintegration and its replacement by the American hegemony and the then American-Soviet competition. The course, in addition, covers foreign policies in the countries of the region and the influence of the predominant states’ policies over the Arab East.