Předmět Geopolitics of the Middle East (JPM426)

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Cíl

The course aims to provide an understanding of the geopolitical context in which Middle Eastern states were formed and evolved since roughly 1950 until the failure of the Arab spring. After a historical periodization the lectures will focus on geopolitical factors of state formation and nation building, global economy, regional political and confessional dynamics.

Literatura

Literature links: to JStor stable link. If the link does not work, log in into JStor and look for the article. Session 3 NationalismFouad Ajami: The End of Pan-ArabismBashkin, Orit, HYBRID NATIONALISMS: WATAN AND QAWM VISIONS IN IRAQ UNDER ABD AL-KARIM QASIM, 1958-61R. STEPHEN HUMPHREYS, THE STRANGE CAREER OF PAN-ARABISM,  in: BETWEEN MEMORY AND DESIRE, The Middle East in a Troubled Age, University of California Press 1999 Session 4 Cold WarCoup d'État in Iran -  E.Abrahamian: The 1953 Coup in Iran; Mark J. Gasiorowski: The 1953 Coup D'etat in IranP. Slugglet: Cold War in the Middle EastN. Ashton: The Eisenhower Doctrine Session 5 IslamismPOMEPS: Islamist Social ServicesJacob Olidort: The Politics of "Quietist" SalafismMona al-Ghobashy: Metamorphosis of Muslim BrotherhoodZiad Munson: ISLAMIC MOBILIZATION: Social Movement Theory and the Egyptian Muslim BrotherhoodB. Zollner: Prison Talk: The Muslim Brotherhood's Internal Struggle during Gamal Abdel Nasser's Persecution, 1954 to 1971 Session 4  Middle East after 1991R. Jervis: Understanding the Bush Doctrine Samuel Huntigton: The Lonely SuperpowerDavid Rieff: Were Sanctions Right?Michael Schwartz: Cities under siege in IraqAndrew Cockburn: Worth it Session 7 Militaries and authoritarianismBarry Rubin: The Military in Contemporary Middle East PoliticsE. Bellin: The Robustness of Authoritarianism in the Middle East: Exceptionalism in Comparative PerspectiveMarshall, Stacher: Egypt's Generals and Transnational CapitalRobert Springborg: The President and the Field Marshall: Civil-Military Relations in Egypt Today Session 8 Oil, rents K. Chaudry: Economic Liberalization and the Lineages of the Rentier State Barnes, Jaffe: The Persian Gulf and the Geopolitics of Oil Session 9 Reform and export of democracyA. Hamzawy, N. Brown: The Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood: Islamist Participation in a Closing Political EnvironmentAsef Bayat: Activism and social development in the Middle EastMerlyna Lim: Clicks, Cabs, and Coffee Houses: Social Media and Oppositional Movements in Egypt, 2004-2011 Session 10 Arab SpringLarbi Sadiki: Popupar Uprisings and Arab DemocracyPOMEPS: Reflections on the Arab UprisingArab Human Development Report: Arab Spring: Demographics in a region in transitionStephan-Linz: Democratization theory and the "Arab Spring"Nathan Brown: Egypt’S Failed TransitionSteven Heydemann: Syria and the Future of AuthoritarianismEva Bellin: Drivers of Democracy: Lessons from Tunisia  Session 11 Religion, identity and sectarianismPOMEPS: Rethinking Islamist PoliticsPOMEPS: The Politics of SectarianismUSIP The Sunni-Shia Relations After the Iraq WarSteven Heydemann: Syria’s Uprising: sectarianism, regionalisation, and state order in the LevantG. Abdo: Salafists and Sectarianism: Twitter and Communal Conflict in the Middle East Session 12 Return of Geopolitics CFR: Saudi Arabia and the New Middle East Stéphane Lacroix: Saudi Islamists and the Arab SpringGuido Steinberg: Qatar and the Arab SpringAna Echagüe: Emboldened yet vulnerable: the changing foreign policies of Qatar and Saudi Arabia     Monographs:Fred Halliday, The Middle East in International Relations. Power, Politics and Ideology, Cambridge, 2005Raymond Hinnebusch, The International Politics of the Middle East, Manchester University Press, 2003Marc Lynch, The Arab Uprisings Explained. New Contentious Politics in the Middle East, Columbia University Press, 2014 Articles with links:Katerina Dalacoura,  The Arab Uprisings Two Years On: Ideology, Sectarianism and the Changing Balance of Power in the Middle East, Insight Turkey Vol. 15 / No 1 / 2013, pp. 75-89Nick Danforth, Stop Blaming Colonial Borders for the Middle East's Problems, The Atlantic, Sept. 11, 2013Fouad Ajami, The End of PanArabism, Foreign Affairs, 1978/9Eva Bellin, The Robustness of Authoritarianism in the Middle East: Exceptionalism in Comparative Perspective, Comparative Politics, Vol. 36, No. 2 (Jan., 2004), pp. 139-157Toby Craig Jones, America, Oil, and War in the Middle East, The Journal of American History June 2012Lisa Wedeen, Beyond the Crusades: Why Samuel Huntington (and Bin Ladin) are Wrong, SSRCMichael L. Ross, Does oil hinder democracy? World Politics 53 (April 2001),Hanna Batatu, Some Observations on the Social Roots of Syria's Ruling, Military Group and the Causes for Its Dominance , Middle East Journal, Vol. 35, No. 3 (Summer, 1981), pp. 331-344Juan Cole,  Marsh Arab Rebellion: Grievance, Mafias and Militias in Iraq, 2008Olivier Roy, The Transformation of the Arab World, JoD, July 2012

Požadavky

The course consists of 6 bi-weekly sessions with 12 lectures. Attendance is required. Each class starts with a lecture followed by a discussion.Participants will choose an area of interest in the first session from the list of the topics and will be given specific reading suggestions. Each participant will prepare a discussion entry for one of the sessions and write an essay at the end (2500 words). Participants are expected to participate actively during discussions.Evaluation: attendance (10%); discussion entry (20%); general participation (20%); final essay (50%).

Garant

PhDr. Michael Romancov, Ph.D.