Dr Katerina Dalacoura CBG.9.14

This course is available on the BSc in International Relations, BSc in International Relations and Chinese, BSc in International Relations and History and BSc in Politics and International Relations. This course is available with permission as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit and to General Course students.

Students must have completed International Political Theory (IR200) or Foreign Policy Analysis (IR202) or an equivalent course.

The course applies the theories and conceptual tools of the discipline of International Relations to the study of the Middle East region. It uses the empirical material offered by the history, politics, political economy and international politics of the region to explore these concepts and theories. More specifically, it concentrates on the areas of foreign policy analysis, international political economy, gender, the study of international norms and conflict and peace studies. It explores the applicability of various International Relations theories (for example, realism and neo-realism; neo-liberalism; constructivism; English School; neo-Marxism and structuralism; and post-colonialism) to the study of the region.

This course is delivered through a combination of classes and lectures totaling a minimum of 40 hours across Michaelmas Term and Lent Term. This year, some or all of this teaching will be delivered through a combination of online lectures and in-person classes/classes delivered online.

Two essays of 1,500 words each.

• Raymond Hinnebusch and Anoushiravan Ehteshami (eds.), The Foreign Policies of Middle Eastern States (Lynne Rienner, 2014);
• Raymond Hinnebusch, The International Politics of the Middle East (Manchester University Press, 2003);
• Fred Halliday, The Middle East in International Relations: Power, Politics, and Ideology (CUP, 2005);
• Shibley Telhami and Michael Barnett, Identity and Foreign Policy in the Middle East (Cornell University Press, 2002);
• Michael Barnett, Dialogues in Arab Politics (Columbia University Press,1998);
• Louise Fawcett (ed.) The International Relations of the Middle East (Oxford University Press, 2019).

Take-home assessment (100%) in the ST.

Department: International Relations

Total students 2019/20: 25

Average class size 2019/20: 14

Capped 2019/20: Yes (30)

Value: One Unit