ECTS - War and Peace in the Middle East
War and Peace in the Middle East (IR419) Course Detail
| Course Name | Course Code | Season | Lecture Hours | Application Hours | Lab Hours | Credit | ECTS |
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| War and Peace in the Middle East | IR419 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Pre-requisite Course(s) |
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| none |
| Course Language | English |
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| Course Type | N/A |
| Course Level | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
| Mode of Delivery | Face To Face |
| Learning and Teaching Strategies | Lecture, Discussion, Question and Answer, Problem Solving. |
| Course Lecturer(s) |
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| Course Objectives | to understand how war and conflict has shaped Middle Eastern regional politics in general and how it has affected the parties to the conflicts in particular. |
| Course Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Content | The origins of wars and conflicts and their consequences on the regional politics; the war and peace periods in the Middle East; objectives of individual states both inside and outside the region; the influences of Cold War on the peace and conflicts in the Middle East. |
Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies
| Week | Subjects | Preparation |
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| 1 | Bölgesel Sistemler ve Çatışmalar | Ayoob , Mohammed (l995). The Third World Security Predicament. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, pp. 1-20. |
| 2 | Explaining War and Peace | Holsti, K. J. (l992). "International Theory and war in the Third world," In Job, Brian, ed., The Insecurity Dilemma: National Security of Third World States. Boulder: Rienner, pp. 37-62. (E-Reserve). |
| 3 | Types of Regional War and Peace | Holsti, K. J. (l996). War, The State, and the State of War. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press, ch. 7, esp. pp. 147-49. |
| 4 | The Great Powers and Regional Conflicts | Miller, Benjamin (Autumn 2001). “Between War and Peace: Systemic Effects on the Transition of the Middle East and the Balkans from the Cold War to the Post-Cold War era.” Security Studies, 11, no. 1, pp. 1-52 |
| 5 | The Origins and the Nature of the Arab/Palestinian-Israeli Conflict | Rabinovich, Itamar, Waging Peace: Israel and the Arabs l948-2003. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, LLC, pp. 11-24. |
| 6 | The Cold War in the Middle East | Miller , Benjamin States, Nations and Great Powers: The Sources of Regional War and Peace (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007), Ch. 5, pp. 205-236. |
| 7 | The Arab-Israeli Wars l948-1982 | Morris ,Benny (2001).Righteous victims: a history of the Zionist-Arab conflict, 1881- 2001. (New York: Vintage Books), pp. 259-346. |
| 8 | Midterm | None |
| 9 | The Peace Process l974-2000 | Rabinovich, Itamar, Waging Peace: Israel and the Arabs l948-2003. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, LLC, pp. 24-164. |
| 10 | The Security Policies of key Arab states and Inter-Arab relations | Gause, F. Gregory (l992). "Sovereignty, Statecraft, and Stability in the Middle East." Journal of International Affairs 45: 441-6 |
| 11 | The Post-Cold War US Hegemony in the Middle East | Hudson, Michael C. 1996. ‘To Play the Hegemon: Fifty Years of U.S. Policy Toward the Middle East’, Middle East Journal 50(3): 329-343 |
| 12 | The Gulf war, the 2003 Iraq war, and their Consequences | Fred Halliday, The Middle East in International Relations (Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press, 2005), “After the Cold War: the maturing of the Greater West Asian Crisis,” pp. 130-166. |
| 13 | State, Nationalism, and War and Peace in the Middle East | Miller, Benjamin 4 (October-December 2006). "Balance of Power or the State-to-Nation Balance: Explaining Middle East War-Propensity." Security Studies vol. 15, no.4.. pp. 658-705. |
| 14 | Current Conflict Issues | None |
| 15 | General Summary | None |
| 16 | Final Exam | None |
Sources
| Course Book | 1. Rabinovich, Itamar (2004). Waging Peace: Israel and the Arabs l948-2003. Princeton University Press. |
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Evaluation System
| Requirements | Number | Percentage of Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance/Participation | 1 | 10 |
| Laboratory | - | - |
| Application | - | - |
| Field Work | - | - |
| Special Course Internship | - | - |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | - | - |
| Homework Assignments | - | - |
| Presentation | - | - |
| Project | - | - |
| Report | - | - |
| Seminar | - | - |
| Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury | 1 | 40 |
| Final Exam/Final Jury | 1 | 50 |
| Toplam | 3 | 100 |
| Percentage of Semester Work | 60 |
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| Percentage of Final Work | 40 |
| Total | 100 |
Course Category
| Core Courses | X |
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| Major Area Courses | |
| Supportive Courses | |
| Media and Managment Skills Courses | |
| Transferable Skill Courses |
The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications
| # | Program Qualifications / Competencies | Level of Contribution | ||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | Acquiring the skills of understanding, explaining, and using the fundamental concepts, theory and methodology of international relations | X | ||||
| 2 | Having an interdisciplinary perspective that combines other related disciplines | X | ||||
| 3 | Having adequate knowledge about the history of international relations and being able to examine international actors, events and historical processes | X | ||||
| 4 | Acquiring the ability of analytical thinking, critical analysis and developing rational argument | X | ||||
| 5 | Acquiring the ability to make analytical interpretations about the contemporary global issues; the current and future positions of regional and international actors | X | ||||
| 6 | Being able to use professional English to transfer her/his knowledge about the international relations using verbal, written and visual communication methods effectively | X | ||||
| 7 | Understanding the importance of several topics such as professional ethics, sustainability, environmental awareness, social responsibility, cultural, social and universal values; being able to manifest and analyze the legal results of these issues | X | ||||
| 8 | Being able to analyze the issues by using the qualitative and quantitative research techniques of international relations | X | ||||
ECTS/Workload Table
| Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Total Workload |
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| Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| Laboratory | |||
| Application | |||
| Special Course Internship | |||
| Field Work | |||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Presentation/Seminar Prepration | |||
| Project | |||
| Report | |||
| Homework Assignments | |||
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | |||
| Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury | 1 | 15 | 15 |
| Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Total Workload | 125 | ||