Postgraduate Module Descriptor

POLM082: International Relations of the Middle East

This module descriptor refers to the 2017/8 academic year.

Module Content

Syllabus Plan

Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover some or all of the following topics:

Studying the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) from an international relations perspective

The MENA regional system

Application of IR theories to the MENA

Regionalism in the MENA

Foreign policy analysis

The Gulf sub-region

The Levant sub-region & Israel-Palestine conflict

The Maghreb sub-region

External actors (1): the US and China

External actors (2): the EU and Russia

The impact of the 2011 uprisings

Learning and Teaching

This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:

Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities	Guided independent study	Placement / study abroad
22	278	0

...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:

Category	Hours of study time	Description
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities	22	11 x 2 hour seminars
Guided independent study	100	Reading for seminars
Guided independent study	178	Completion of course work

Online Resources

This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).

Indicative Reading List

This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.

Fawcett, L. (ed.) (2013) International Relations of the Middle East (3^rd ed.) (Oxford University Press).
Hinnebusch, R. (2015) The International Politics of the Middle East (2^nd ed.) (Manchester University Press).
Halliday, F. (2005) The Middle East in International Relations (Cambridge University Press).
Hinnebusch, R. and A. Ehteshami (eds.) (2014) The Foreign Policies of Middle East States (2^nd ed.) (Lynne Rienner).
Korany, B. and A.E.H. Dessouki (eds.) (2008) The Foreign Policies of Arab States: The Challenge of Globalization (3^rd ed.) (AUC Press).
Adler, E., F. Bicchi, B. Crawford and R.A. del Sarto (eds.) The Convergence of Civilizations: Constructing a Mediterranean Region (University of Toronto Press).
Barnett, M.N. (1998) Dialogues in Arab Politics: Negotiations in Regional Order (Columbia University Press).
Braveboy-Wagner, J.A. (ed.) (2003) The Foreign Policies of the Global South. Rethinking Conceptual Frameworks (Lynne Rienner).
Cleveland, W. (2004) A History of the Contemporary Middle East (Westview).
Ferabolli, S. (2014) Arab Regionalism: A Post-Structural Perspective (Routledge).
Fürtig, H. (ed.) (2014) Regional Powers in the Middle East: New Constellations after the Arab Revolts (Palgrave Macmillan).
Hinnebusch, R. (2003) The International Relations of the Middle East (Manchester University Press).
Ismael, T.Y. and G.E. Perry (eds.) (2014) The International Relations of the Contemporary Middle East. Subordination and After (Routledge).
Mason, R. (ed.) (2014) The International Politics of the Arab Spring: Popular Unrest and Foreign Policy (Palgrave Macmillan).
Milton-Edwards, B. (2006) Contemporary Politics in the Middle East (Polity Press).
Nonneman, G. (ed.) (2005) Analyzing Middle East Foreign Policies and the Relationship with Europe (Routledge).
Salloukh, B. and R. Brynen (eds.) (2004) Persistent Permeability? Regionalism, Localism and Globalization in the Middle East (Ashgate, 2004).
Telhami, S. and Barnett, M.N. (eds.) (2002) Identity and Foreign Policy in the Middle East (Cornell University Press).
Zoubir, Y.H. and H. Amirah (eds.) (2008) North Africa: Politics, Region, and the Limits of Transformation (Routledge)
Zoubir, Y.H. and G. White (eds.) (2015) North African Politics: Change and Continuity (Routledge).