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1 POL623 | U.S.- Middle East Relations Politics and International Relations Fall Semester, 2016 - 2017 Course Information: Course Convener: Dr. Samer Shehata Course Type: Program Elective Credit Value: 3 Pre-requisites: N/A Co-requisites: N/A Course Duration: 14 weeks; Semester 4 Total Student Study Time: 126 hours, including 42 contact hours of lectures and seminars. Instructor Contact Information: Samer Shehata DI Academic Building, First, Floor, Office # 70 Tel: 40356914 Email: [email protected] Office Hours: Wednesdays 9:15 -11:15 a.m. Class Meeting: Sundays, 3:00-6:00 pm, Class Room 3, Academic Building Expected Vacation: 18 December – Qatar National Day Course Description: The course is intended to provide students with a critical and scholarly introduction to the history of U.S foreign policy toward the Middle East, with particular emphasis on the period since World War II, the period of greatest U.S. involvement in the region. This is a cross-disciplinary course that employs various approaches from history, political science, security studies, political economy, and cultural studies to understand more broadly the history and present circumstances of U.S. – Middle East relations. The subject is too expansive to cover comprehensively in one semester and we will be unable to do justice to many of the different topics covered. By the end of the course, however, students should have a solid historical understanding of the major events and interactions in the history of U.S-Middle East relations over the last seventy years. Students will also become familiar with and evaluate some of the major theories concerning the character of U.S. relations with the Middle East during this period, including how U.S. national security interests have been defined. Students will examine U.S. policies toward the region in the immediate post-World War II period, during the Cold War and how Arab nationalism(s), oil, Israel, Islamist politics, “terrorism,” and the 2011 Arab uprisings have affected U.S. policy toward the

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POL623|U.S.-MiddleEastRelations

PoliticsandInternationalRelations FallSemester,2016-2017 CourseInformation:CourseConvener:Dr.SamerShehataCourseType:ProgramElectiveCreditValue:3Pre-requisites:N/ACo-requisites:N/ACourseDuration:14weeks;Semester4TotalStudentStudyTime:126hours,including42contacthoursoflecturesandseminars.InstructorContactInformation:

SamerShehataDIAcademicBuilding,First,Floor,Office#70Tel:40356914Email:[email protected]:Wednesdays9:15-11:15a.m.ClassMeeting:Sundays,3:00-6:00pm,ClassRoom3,AcademicBuilding

ExpectedVacation:18December–QatarNationalDay CourseDescription:ThecourseisintendedtoprovidestudentswithacriticalandscholarlyintroductiontothehistoryofU.SforeignpolicytowardtheMiddleEast,withparticularemphasisontheperiodsinceWorldWarII,theperiodofgreatestU.S.involvementintheregion.Thisisacross-disciplinarycoursethatemploysvariousapproachesfromhistory,politicalscience,securitystudies,politicaleconomy,andculturalstudiestounderstandmorebroadlythehistoryandpresentcircumstancesofU.S.–MiddleEastrelations.Thesubjectistooexpansivetocovercomprehensivelyinonesemesterandwewillbeunabletodojusticetomanyofthedifferenttopicscovered.Bytheendofthecourse,however,studentsshouldhaveasolidhistoricalunderstandingofthemajoreventsandinteractionsinthehistoryofU.S-MiddleEastrelationsoverthelastseventyyears.StudentswillalsobecomefamiliarwithandevaluatesomeofthemajortheoriesconcerningthecharacterofU.S.relationswiththeMiddleEastduringthisperiod,includinghowU.S.nationalsecurityinterestshavebeendefined.StudentswillexamineU.S.policiestowardtheregionintheimmediatepost-WorldWarIIperiod,duringtheColdWarandhowArabnationalism(s),oil,Israel,Islamistpolitics,“terrorism,”andthe2011ArabuprisingshaveaffectedU.S.policytowardthe

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region.ThecoursewillexaminethehistoryofU.S.involvementintheArab-Israeliconflict,U.S.policytowardtheMiddleEastintheaftermathoftheSeptember11,2001attacks,debatesandcompetingdefinitionsof“terrorism,”theU.S.-ledwaronIraq(andAfghanistan),the“waronterrorism,”and“democracypromotion”inAmericanforeignpolicy,andotherissues.Wewillalsoexaminehowpeopleandstatesintheregionviewed(andreactedto)Americanpolicies.

CourseLearningOutcomes(CLOs):

CLOMatrixTable

TypeofCourseLearningOutcome CourseLearningOutcomes(CLOs)

ProgramLearningOutcomes(PLOs)

Knowledge and Understanding

CLO1:AbilitytodiscussthebasichistoricaloutlineofUS-MiddleEastrelationsCLO2:AssessdebatesaroundU.S.foreignpolicyand“strategicinterests”andhowthesehaveshapedU.S.policyCLO3:InterpretdifferenthistoricalperiodsinU.S–MiddleEastrelationsCLO4:RecountandexplainvariousU.S.presidentialdoctrinestowardtheMiddleEastCLO5:CriticallyassessandevaluatethesuccessandfailureofparticularU.S.policiestowardtheregionCLO6:DemonstrateabasicunderstandingofhowUSpolicytowardtheMiddleEastismadeCLO7:Criticallyevaluatedifferentdefinitionsof“terrorism”andtheirimplicationsCLO8:Recountdifferenttheories

PLO1:Showawarenessofroleofforeignactorsinshapingpoliticsintheregion.CLO1-9fulfillthisPLO.

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aboutthecausesofthe2003US-ledwaronIraqCLO9:DiscusstherelationshipbetweenparticularstatesintheregionandtheU.S.historically

IntellectualSkills

CLO10:TheabilitytocriticallyanalyzedifferenttypesoftextsCLO11:CompareandevaluatecompetingargumentsCLO12:Examineaquestion,policy,ornationalorinternationalissuefrommultipleperspectivesCLO13:AbilitytoperformindependentresearchinbothEnglishandArabic

TBA

PracticalSkills

CLO14:Developtheabilitytoeffectivelysearchfor,locate,andanalyzeinformationandtopresentanalysiseffectivelybothorallyandinwritinginArabicandEnglish.CLO15:Engagecriticallyandprofessionallywithpeersandtheirideas

PLO1:applybibliographicandreferencingskillsCLO1fulfillsPLO1

Transferrable/keyskills

CLO16:AbilitytowriteacademicpapersinEnglishandArabicCLO17:Abilitytoconductpresentationstoone’speersandsupervisorsbasedonindependentresearchandanalysisCLO18:Abilitytoworkinsmallgroupsinordertocompleteanassignment

PLO1:CommunicateclearlyinArabicandEnglishbothorallyandinwriting)PLO2:Learntocollaborateeffectivelywithcolleaguesandworkinateam.CLO2and3fulfillPLO2.

CourseResources:AvailableonMOODLE

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CourseFormatandTeachingMethods:Thiscourseisbasedonweeklylectures(approximatelyonehour)andseminardiscussion(approximatelytwohours).Eachweekisassignedonetopic.LectureswillintroducethehistoryoftherelationshipbetweentheUnitedStatesandtheMiddleEastfromthebeginningofthe19thcenturythroughthepresentcoveringmajortreatise,agreements,politicalmovements,conflicts,andwars.LectureswillpresentdifferentU.S.policiestowardtheregionduringthisperiod,includingAmericanpresidentialdoctrines(e.g.,Truman,Eisenhower,Nixon,CarterandBushdoctrines).Lectureswillalsodiscusscompetingconceptionsof“nationalsecurity”andhowU.S.nationalsecurityhasbeendefinedhistoricallyandhowthismanifesteditselfconcretelythroughparticularpolicies.Attimes,powerpointpresentations,audio-visualresources,andelectronicmediawillbeutilizedtofurtherstudentunderstanding.Wewillconductatwo-hourseminareachweekfollowingthelecturebasedontheassignedreadings.Theseminarswillfocusontheclosereading,discussion,andanalysisoftheassignedtexts.Itistherefore,crucialthatstudentscometotheseminarshavingreadtheassignedreadingscloselyandbefullypreparedtodiscussthem.Theseminarsaspiretocreateanopen,respectful,andinvitingenvironmentinwhichallopinionsandperspectivescanbefreelydiscussed.Assessment:

1) Presentation(20%):Eachstudentwillpresenta15-20minutepresentationonaclass(weekly)topic.Thesubjectandreadingscoveredandthedateofthepresentationwillbedeterminedinconsultationwiththeinstructorinthefirstweeksofthesemester.Thepresentationswillprovidestudentswithanopportunitytohonetheirpublicspeakingandpresentationskills.Itwillalsoprovideanopportunitytoleadadiscussionaboutahistoricalperiodoreventanditsanalysiswithpeers.StudentsareallowedtousePowerPointbuttheyarenotrequiredtodoso.Studentsarerequiredtoturninareportbasedontheirpresentation.Thiscantaketheformofadetailedoutlineoftheirpresentation,aPowerPointpresentation,orawrittenversionoftheirpresentation.DueafterpresentationbyoneweekorlatestbyWeek11.

2) BookReview(15%):Studentsarerequiredtowriteaone-thousand(1000)wordbookorarticlereviewinEnglish.Theitemtobereviewedshouldbeselectedfromthe“OptionalFurtherReadings”listedundereachweek’stopic.Pleasenote,iftheFinalResearchPaperwillbesubmittedinEnglish,thisassignmentmustbesubmittedinArabic.DueWeek5.

3) PolicyMemo(25%):StudentsarerequiredtowriteapolicymemoassessingU.S.nationalsecurityinterestsintheMiddleEast.ThememoshouldoutlinethestrategicinterestsoftheUnitedStatesintheregionaswellasthemajorthreatstothoseinterests.Thememoshouldincludespecificpolicyrecommendationsforhandlingthreatsandsafeguardinginterests.Thememoshouldbenolongerthan1500words.DueWeek8

4) FinalResearchEssay(40%):Studentsarerequiredtocompletearesearchessayonatopicoftheirchoice,inconsultationwiththeinstructor.ThetopicmustexaminesomeaspectofU.S.-MiddleEastrelations.Theessayshouldbe2500wordsinlength,notincludingbibliographicmaterial.DueWeek13

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SubmissionMethodofAssessmentItems:Submissionofallwrittenassignmentsistobedonethrough“Turnitin”viaMOODLE.

Citation:

Students in theSchoolof Social SciencesandHumanitiesmustuse the “ChicagoManualof Style” forreferencesandbibliographiesintheirassignments,unlessotherwisespecifiedbythecourseinstructor.

CourseSyllabusPlan:

WEEK1(October2)INTRODUCTION:GeneralOverviewofCourseThemes&Mechanics

WEEK2(October9)EARLYAMERICANENCOUNTERS–U.S.&MiddleEastbefore1945

RequiredReading:• DouglasLittle,“PrefacetotheThirdEdition,”“Introduction,”andChapter1,American

Orientalism:TheUnitedStatesandtheMiddleEastSince1945(pp.ix–42).• RobertJ.Allison,“AmericansandtheMuslimWorld--FirstEncounters,”Chapter17inThe

UnitedStatesandtheMiddleEast(eds.).OptionalFurtherReading:

• RashidKhalidi,Introduction,pp.ix-xivandChapter1,“TheLegacyoftheWesternEncounterwiththeMiddleEast,”ResurrectingEmpire(BeaconPress:Boston)2004,pp.1-36.

• JamesGelvin,“TheIronicLegacyoftheKingCraneCommission,”Chapter1inTheUnitedStatesandtheMiddleEast(eds.).

WEEK3(October16)US&theMIDDLEEASTduringtheColdWar:Anti-Communism,Oil,andPolitics

RequiredReading:• RashidKhalidi,“TheSuperpowersandtheColdWarintheMiddleEast,”inTheUnitedStates

andtheMiddleEast(eds.).• MarkGasiorowski,“USForeignPolicyTowardIranduringtheMossadeqEra,”inTheUnited

StatesandtheMiddleEast(eds.).• MichaelHudson,“ToPlaytheHegemon:FiftyYearsofU.S.PolicyTowardtheMiddleEast,”

MiddleEastJournal,vol.50.,No.3,Summer1996.OptionalFurtherReading:

—الوطن العربي في السیاسة االمریكیة • مركز دراسات الوحدة العربیة —*مركز دراسات الوحدة العربیة • السیاسة االمریكیة تجاه العرب: كیف تصنع؟ و من یصنعھا؟

(فواز جرجس)• DouglasLittle,Chapters2and5inAmericanOrientalism:TheUnitedStatesandtheMiddleEast

Since1945(pp.43–76;pp.117-155;157-192).

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• RashidKhalidi,IntroductionandChapter2in,SowingCrisis:TheColdWarandAmericanDominanceintheMiddleEast,(BeaconPress),pp.1-39;pp.40-69.

• “TheSecretCIAHistoryoftheIranCoup,1953,”ed.,byMalcolmByrne,NationalSecurityArchive,ElectronicBriefingBookNo.28,November29,2000(includingoriginaldocumentsand“CIAClandestineServiceHistory,”Availableat:http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB28/

• JamesRisen,“SecretsofHistory:TheCIAinIran,”NewYorkTimes,April16andJune18,2000.(History,AnalysisandPhotos).Availableat:http://www.nytimes.com/library/world/mideast/041600iran-cia-index.html

• PeterL.Hahn,CrisisandCrossfire:TheUSandtheMiddleEast,pp.1-18,pp.137-146(Iran,Israel)

• SalimYacoub,ContainingArabNationalism:TheEisenhowerDoctrineandtheMiddleEast(UNCPress,2004)

• “U.S.PropagandaintheMiddleEast:TheEarlyColdWarVersion,”JoyceBattle,ed.,NationalSecurityArchiveElectronicBriefingBookNo.78,December13,2002:Availableat:http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB78/essay.htm

WEEK4(October23)OIL&GASintheArabian/PersianGulfandAmericanInterests

RequiredReading:• RashidKhalidi,Chapter3‘TheMiddleEast:GeostrategyandOil,’ResurrectingEmpire(Beacon

Press:Boston)2004,pp.74-117.• GiacomoLuciani,“OilandPoliticalEconomyintheInternationalRelationsoftheMiddleEast,”in

Fawcett(ed.),InternationalRelationsoftheMiddleEast(Oxford,2009),pp.81-103.

OptionalFurtherReading:مروان بحیري • — -١٩٧٩النفط العربي و التھدیدات االمریكیة بالتدخل ( ١٩٧٣ ( • DanielYergin,“Oil:TheStrategicPrize,”inMicahL.SifryandChristopherCerf,eds.,TheGulf

WarReader:History,Documents,Opinions(TimesBooks),1991,pp.21-26.• RobertVitalis,America’sKingdom:MythmakingontheSaudiOilFrontier.London:Verso,2009

(selections).• F.GregoryGauseIII,“From‘OvertheHorizon’to‘IntotheBackyard:’TheUS-SaudiRelationship

intheGulf,”Chapter19inTheMiddleEastandtheUnitedStates(eds.).• F.G.GauseIII,TheInternationalRelationsofthePersianGulf,chapters1-2,andpp.57-87.

WEEK5(October30)TheARAB-ISRAELIConflict&theUnitedStates

RequiredReading:• DouglassLittle,Chapter3and8inAmericanOrientalism(pp.77-117;pp.267-306).• JohnMearsheimerandStephenWalt,“TheIsraelLobby,”LondonReviewofBooks,volume28,

No.6,March2006.Availableat:http://www.lrb.co.uk/v28/n06/john-mearsheimer/the-israel-lobby

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• RobertO.Freedman,“GeorgeW.Bush,BarrackObamaandtheArabIsraeliConflict,”Chapter15,TheUnitedStatesandtheMiddleEast(eds.).

OptionalFurtherReading:

—الوحدة العربیة مركز دراسات • فلسطین و السیاسة االمریكیة من ویلسون الي كلینتون (تحریر میخئیل سلیمان)

• RashidKhalidi,ResurrectingEmpire(BeaconPress:Boston)2004,Chapter4,“TheUnitedStatesandPalestine,”pp.118-151.

• JohnJ.MearsheimerandStephenM.Walt,TheIsraelLobbyandU.S.ForeignPolicy• (2007),especiallychapters1-7andconclusion.• PeterL.Hahn,CrisisandCrossfire,pp.147-157(Johnson,ArabLeague,Israel,UN242,PLO,

Kissinger)• WilliamQuandt,PeaceProcess:AmericanDiplomacyandtheArab-IsraeliConflict(Brookings,

2005),pp.74-85.• FawazGerges,“The1967Arab-IsraeliWar:USActionsandArabPerceptions,”TheUnitedStates

andtheMiddleEast(eds.).• MelaniMcAlister,“TheGoodFight:IsraelAfterVietnam,1972-1980,”EpicEncounters:Culture,

Media,andUSInterestsintheMiddleEastsince1945(pp.155-197).

WEEK6(November6)GULFWARSI&II&theUNSanctionsRegime/U.S.&Iraq

RequiredReading:• GarySick,“TheUnitedStatesinthePersianGulf:FromTwinPillarstoDualContainment,”in

DavidW.Lesch,ed.,TheMiddleEastandtheUnitedStates.• DouglasLittle,Chapter7,AmericanOrientalism:TheUnitedStatesandtheMiddleEastSince

1945,(UniversityofNorthCarolinaPress),ThirdEdition,2008(especiallypp.252-266).• Wikileaks,“Saddam’sMessageofFriendshiptoPresidentBush,”Created7.25.1990.Available

at:http://213.251.145.96/cable/1990/07/90BAGHDAD4237.html• PresidentBush’s“NewWorldOrder,”speechtoCongress(March6,1991)(extracts)

OptionalFurtherReading:• AviShlaim,WarandPeaceintheMiddleEast:AConciseHistory(Penguin,1995),pp.89-103.• RosemarySaidZahlan,“TheImpactofUSPolicyontheStabilityoftheGulfStates:AHistorian’s

View,”Ch.20inJ.Kechichian(ed.),Iran,IraqandtheGulfStates(Palgrave,2001),pp.351-65.• MelaniMcAlister,“MilitaryMulticulturalismintheGulfWarandAfter,1990-1999,”Epic

Encounters(Chapter7,pp.235-265).• JoyGordon,InvisibleWar:TheUnitedStatesandtheIraqSanctions(HarvardUniversityPress)

2012selections(possiblychapters1,2,3,10,and12).• G.GauseIII,TheInternationalRelationsofthePersianGulf(chapter4,pp.88-135).

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WEEK7(November13)SEPTEMBER11,AlQaeda&theU.S.“WaronTerrorism”

RequiredReading:• AhmedRashid,“OsamaBinLaden:HowtheU.S.HelpedMidwifeaTerrorist,”September13,

2001,TheCenterforPublicIntegrity.• OsamaBinLaden’s“LettertoAmerica,”November24,2002:Availableat:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2002/nov/24/theobserver• StatementsbyOsamabinLadenonOctober7,2001

Availableat:http://www.pbs.org/newshour/terrorism/international/binladen_10-7.html• PresidentGeorgeW.Bush,“StatementbythePresidentinhisaddresstotheNation,”

September11,2001,Availableat:http://www.opm.gov/guidance/09-11-01GWB.htm• “ExecutiveSummary,”The9/11CommissionReport(NationalCommissiononTerroristAttacks

upontheUnitedStates)Availableat:Availableat:http://govinfo.library.unt.edu/911/report/911Report_Exec.pdf

• JaneMayer,“OutsourcingTorture:theSecretHistoryofAmerica’s“extraordinaryrendition”program,NewYorker,February14,2005.Availableat:http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2005/02/14/050214fa_fact6?currentPage=all

FurtherOptionalReading:

—جالل امین ٢٠٠١عولمة القھر: الولیات المتحدة و العرب و المسلمون قبل و بعد احداث سبتمبر RecommendedFilms:Film:TargetAmerica(Frontline)http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/target/Film:LookingforAnswers(Frontline)2001.http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/terrorism/Film:HuntingBinLaden(Frontline)1999/2001.http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/binladen/Film:TrailofaTerrorist(Frontline)2001.http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/trail/Film:InSearchofAlQaeda(Frontline)2002http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/search/Film:SaudiTimeBomb(Frontline)2001.http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/saudi/Film:CampaignAgainstTerror:oneyearlater,thebehindthescenesstoryofhowtheU.S.andworldrespondedtotheSept.11thterroristattacks(Frontline)2002.http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/campaign/Film:GunningForSaddam:ShouldSaddamHusseinbeAmerica’snexttargetinthewaronterrorism?(Frontline)http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/gunning/

WEEK8(November20):The2003IRAQWARRequiredReading:

• [Film]GunningForSaddam:ShouldSaddamHusseinbeAmerica’snexttargetinthewaronterrorism?(Inclass)

• NoEndinSight(film)2007.(Inclass)

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• AbbasKadhim,“OptingforthelesserEvil:USForeignPolicytowardIraq,1958-2008,”inRobertE.Looney,ed.,HandbookofUS-MiddleEastRelations(Routledge)2009,pp.467-483.

• GeorgeW.Bush,StateoftheUnionAddress,2002.Availableat:Availableat:http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2002/01/20020129-11.html

OptionalFurtherReading:—محمد واءل القیسي مكانة العراك في االستراتیجیة االمریكیة تجاه الخلیج (مركز الجزیرة للدراسات)

NOVEMBER27–NOCLASS–READINGWEEK

WEEK9(December4)The2003IRAQWAR&Aftermath

RequiredReading:• PhilipH.Gordon,“Bush’sMiddleEastVision,”Survival(Spring2003):155-165.• SteveA.Yetiv,“TheIraqWarof2003:WhyDidtheUnitedStatesDecidetoInvade?”Chapter20

inTheUnitedStatesandtheMiddleEast(eds.).• AliR.Abootalebi,“WhatWentWronginIraq,”Chapter21inTheUnitedStatesandtheMiddle

East(eds.).• GeorgeBush,PresidentBushDiscussesFreedominIraqandtheMiddleEast,Remarksbythe

Presidentatthe20thAnniversaryoftheNationalEndowmentforDemocracy,November6,2003.

• “LosingHeartsandMinds:UnderstandingAmerica’sFailureinIraq”inGeorgetownJournalofInternationalAffairs,Winter/Spring2005,Availableat:http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/geojaf6&div=15&g_sent=1&collection=journals

• SeymourHersh,"TortureatAbuGhraib."TheNewYorker,May10,2004.Availableat:http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2004/05/10/040510fa_fact?currentPage=all

• MichaelT.Kaufman,“WhatDoesthePentagonSeein‘BattleofAlgiers’?”TheNewYorkTimes,September7,2003;Availableat:http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/07/weekinreview/the-world-film-studies-what-does-the-pentagon-see-in-battle-of-algiers.html

WEEK10(December11)U.S.&IRAN

RequiredReading:• G.GauseIII,TheInternationalRelationsoftheMiddleEast,chapter3,esp.pp.45-57.• ManouchehrDorrajandHamidZangenesh,”MissedOpportunitiesandPoliticalBlunders:the

taleofUS-Iranrelations,”inRobertE.Looney,ed.,HandbookofUS-MiddleEastRelations(Routledge)2009,pp.484-501.

• MarkL.Haas,“IdeologyandIran’sAmericanPolicies,1997-2008,”Chapter24inTheUnitedStatesandtheMiddleEast(eds.).

• TheIranPrimer(U.S.InstituteforPeace),December2010&Updated.VariousChapterstobeselected.Availableat:http://iranprimer.usip.org/

DECEMBER18–QATARNATIONALDAY

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WEEK11(December25)U.S&theGULFSTATES:SaudiArabia,Qatar,Bahrain

RequiredReadings:• DavidE.Long,“US-SaudiArabiadiplomaticrelations,”(ch.30)• JillCrystal,“USRelationswithQatar,”(ch.29)• JeffreyB.Nugent,“US-BahrainRelations,”(ch.32)[ALLREADINGSavailableinRobertLooney(ed.),HandbookofUS-MiddleEastRelations(Routledge)2009.]

FurtherReading:

• “HousePassesBillAllowing9/11LawsuitsagainstSaudiArabia;WhiteHouseHintsatVeto,”NewYorkTimes,September9,2016.Availableat:http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/10/us/politics/house-911-victims-saudi-arabia.html?_r=0

• “FightbetweenSaudisand9/11familiesescalatesinWashington,”NewYorkTimes,September21,2016.Availableat:http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/22/us/politics/9-11-saudi-bill-veto-obama.html

• “ObamaVetoes9/11Billbutcongressionaloverrideisexpected,”NewYorkTimes,September23,2016http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/24/us/politics/obama-veto-saudi-arabia-9-11.html

WEEK12(January1)TheU.S.andtheARABUPRISINGS:Tunisia,Egypt,Libya

RequiredReading:• NaderHashemi,“TheArabSpring,U.S.ForeignPolicy,andtheQuestionofDemocracyinthe

MiddleEast,”DenverJournalofInternationalLawandPolicy,41,2012-2013.• RyanLizza,“TheConsequentialist:HowtheArabSpringRemadeObama’sForeignPolicy,”The

NewYorker,May2,2011.• AaronDavidMiller,“ForAmerica,AnArabWinter,”WilsonQuarterly(Summer2011):36-42.• MarkL.Haas,“TheUnitedStatesandtheArabSpring:ThreatsandOpportunitiesina

RevolutionaryEra,”(chapter28)inTheUnitedStatesandtheMiddleEast(eds.)(2013UpdatedEdition).

FurtherOptionalReading:

• PierreMAtlas,U.S.ForeignPolicyandtheArabSpring:BalancingValuesandInterests,”DigestofMiddleEastStudies,November1,2012.

• NicholasKitchen,“TheContradictionsofHegemony:TheUnitedStatesandtheArabSpring,”LondonSchoolofEconomics.

WEEK13(January8)U.S.&SYRIA(&ISIS)

RequiredReading:• DavidW.Lesch,“FightorTalk:US-SyrianRelationsSince2000,”inLeschandHaas(eds.),The

MiddleEastandtheUnitedStates• NatalieNougayrede,“TheDevastationofSyriawillbeObama’sLegacy,”Guardian,September

22,2016

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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/sep/22/syria-obama-us-president-putin-russia?CMP=share_btn_tw

• FredericHoff(onSyriaandUSforeignpolicy)• TBD(dependingondevelopmentsinSyria)

OptionalReading:• JeffreyGoldberg,“HillaryClinton:‘Failure’toHelpSyrianRebelsLedtotheRiseofISIS,”The

Atlantic,10August2014(15pgs.)• AnthonyCordesman,“WinningtheCampaignAgainsttheIslamicState:KeyStrategicand

TacticalChallenges.”CenterforStrategicandInternationalStudies,29August2014.• AnthonyCordesman,“TheImplodingU.S.StrategyintheIslamicStateWar?”Centerfor

StrategicandInternationalStudies,October23,2014.• “WesternJihadisinSyria,”AlJazeeradocumentary–People&Power,2015.Availableat:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OD_A3CHzvjQ&feature=youtu.be• JoshRogin,“WhiteHouseworkedsecretlytodelaySyriaSanctionsBill,”WashingtonPost,

September20,2016,https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/josh-rogin/wp/2016/09/20/white-house-worked-secretly-to-delay-syria-sanctions-bill/

INDICATIVEREADINGLIST:

DavidW.LeschandMarkL.Haas(editors)TheMiddleEastandtheUnitedStates:History,PoliticsandIdeology(WestviewPress),FifthEdition,(Updated2013edition).

DouglasLittle,AmericanOrientalism:TheUnitedStatesandtheMiddleEastSince1945,(UniversityofNorthCarolinaPress),ThirdEdition,2008.

DeepaKumar,IslamophobiaandthePoliticsofEmpire(HaymarketBooks),2012.

ZacharyLockman,ContendingVisionsoftheMiddleEast:TheHistoryandPoliticsofOrientalism(Cambridge)2004.

RobertE.Looney,ed.,HandbookofUS-MiddleEastRelations(Routledge)2009.

RashidKhalidi,ResurrectingEmpire(BeaconPress:Boston)2004.

RashidKhalidi,BrokersofDeceit:HowtheU.S.hasunderminedPeaceintheMiddleEast,(BeaconPress),2013.

MahmoodMamdani,GoodMuslim,BadMuslim:America,theColdWar,andtheRootsofTerror(Harmony),2005.

RobertE.Looney,ed.,HandbookofUS-MiddleEastRelations(Routledge)2009.

JohnMearsheimerandStephenWalt,TheIsraelLobby&U.S.ForeignPolicy(Farrar,StrausandGiroux),2008.

RobertVitalis,America’sKingdom:MythmakingontheSaudiOilFrontier.London:Verso,2009.

FawazA.Gerges,AmericaandPoliticalIslam:ClashofCulturesorClashofInterests?(Cambridge)1999.

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JasonBrownlee,DemocracyPrevention:ThePoliticsoftheU.S.-EgyptianAlliance(Cambridge),2012.

TheIranPrimer(U.S.InstituteforPeace)

ChalmersJohnson,Blowback:TheCostsandConsequencesofAmericanEmpire(HenryHolt&Co.),2000.

NasserAruri,DishonestBroker:TheRoleoftheUnitedStatesinPalestineandIsrael(SouthEndPress),2003.

JoyGordon,InvisibleWar:TheUnitedStatesandtheIraqSanctions(HarvardUniversityPress)2012.

SteveColl,GhostWars:TheSecretHistoryoftheCIA,Afghanistan,andBinLaden,fromtheSovietInvasiontoSeptember10,2001,Penguin,2005.(ThePenguinPress).

MicahL.SifryandChristopherCerf,eds.,TheGulfWarReader:History,Documents,Opinions(TimesBooks),1991.

MichaelT.Klare,BloodandOil:TheDangersandConsequencesofAmerica’sGrowingPetroleumDependency(MetropolitanBooks),2004.

JohnCooley,UnholyWars:Afghanistan,AmericaandInternationalTerrorism(PlutoPress),2002.

FawazA.Gerges,ObamaandtheMiddleEast:TheEndofAmerica’sMoment?(Palgrave)2012.

StephenZunes,Tinderbox:U.S.ForeignPolicyandtheRootsofTerrorism(CommonCouragePress),2002.

PeterL.Hahn,MissionAccomplished?TheUnitedStatesandIraqSinceWorldWarI(Oxford),2011.

PeterL.Hahn,CrisisandCrossfire:TheUnitedStatesandtheMiddleEastSince1945.(PotomacBooks),2005.

SalimYaqub,ContainingArabNationalism:TheEisenhowerDoctrineandtheMiddleEast(UniversityofNorthCarolinaPress)2004.

د. ایمن نور الدین عمر العالقات العربیة — ١٩٤٥و ینعكاساتھا السیاسیة و العسكریة و االقتصادیة ) —االمریكیة - -٢٠٠٥(

صناعة الكراھیة في العالقات العربیة —مركز دراسات الوحدة العربیة االمریكیة -

—مركز دراسات الوحدة العربیة صورة العرب في عقول االمریكیین (میخئیل سلیمان)

—مركز دراسات الوحدة العربیة السیاسة االمریكیة تجاه العرب: كیف تصنع؟ و من یصنعھا؟ (فواز جرجس)

FILMS:

Films(Frontline):ReturnoftheTaliban(2006);TheWarBriefing(2008);Obama’sWar(2009);BehindTalibanLines(2010)Film:TheGulfWar(1996)(Frontline)http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gulf/

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Film:TheWarbehindClosedDoors:aDefiningMomentattheGulfWar’sEnd(Frontline,2003)Film:SpyingonSaddam(Frontline)http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/unscom/Film:SurvivalofSaddam(Frontline)http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/saddam/Film:TargetAmerica(Frontline)(VHS5813inlibrary)http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/target/Film:HuntingBinLaden(Frontline)1999/2001.http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/binladen/Film:TrailofaTerrorist(Frontline)2001.http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/trail/Film:InSearchofAlQaeda(Frontline)2002http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/search/Film:SaudiTimeBomb(Frontline)2001.http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/saudi/Film:LookingforAnswers(Frontline)2001.http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/terrorism/Film:CampaignAgainstTerror:oneyearlater,thebehindthescenesstoryofhowtheU.S.andworldrespondedtotheSept.11thterroristattacks(Frontline)2002.http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/campaign/

Film:GunningForSaddam:ShouldSaddamHusseinbeAmerica’snexttargetinthewaronterrorism?(Frontline)-http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/gunning/

Film:Bush’sWar(Frontline,2008);

Film:Endgame(Frontline,2007);

Film:GangsofIraq(Frontline,2007);

Film:PrivateWarriors(Frontline,2005);

Film:Rumsfeld’sWar(Frontline,2004);

Film:Truth,WarandConsequences(Frontline,2003)

Film:ThreeKings(1999)(WrittenanddirectedbyDavidO.Russell.BasedonastorybyJohnRidley)115minutes.

Film:Syriana(2005).

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AdditionalCourseInformation: IhighlyrecommendviewingallFRONTLINEepisodeshavingtodowithU.S.involvementintheMiddleEast.Course Syllabus Change: Please note that the syllabus is subject to change at the discretion of theinstructor with proper advance notice to students. This might occur as a result of visiting lecturers,spendingmoretimeonaparticulartopicthanpreviouslyassumed,orotherreasons.

ClassAttendancePolicy

Allstudentsareexpectedtoattendallclassesregularlywithoutanyabsence.Recordsofclassattendancearekeptbytheinstructor.Formoreinformation,pleaserefertotheDI“AttendancePolicy”thatdefinesstudent,faculty,andDIrightsandresponsibilitieswithrespecttoclassattendanceathttps://www.dohainstitute.edu.qa/Documents/AcademicPolicies/DIAcademicPolicies_Attendance_1015.pdf.

GradingPolicy

TheDI adopts a standardized system for grading and recording the students’ academic progress. Thegradingscaleisasfollows:

NumericalGrade

LetterGrade

GradePoints

CourseLetterGradeClassification

90-100 A 4.00

Distinction. Outstandingperformance showingcomprehensive, in-depthunderstandingofsubjectmatter.

86-89 B+ 3.5

Very Good. Clearly above averageperformance with very goodknowledge and understanding ofsubject matter and with nodeficiencies.

80-85 B 3.00

Good.Aboveaverageperformancewith goodknowledgeofprinciplesand facts at least adequate tocommunicate intelligently in thediscipline.

76-79 C+ 2.5Satisfactory. Basic understandingof knowledge of principles andfactswithpossibledeficiencies.

70-75 C 2.00Pass. Marginal performance withdefinitedeficiencies.

0-69 F 0.00 Unsatisfactory.Fail

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ForinformationonDIgradingprocedures,suchaschanginggradesormeritclassificationsintheGradePoint Average, please refer to the DI’s full Grading System Policy athttps://www.dohainstitute.edu.qa/Documents/AcademicPolicies/DIAcademicPolicies_Grading_1015.pdf.

CourseResitsandRepeatsandStudentAppeals

CourseResits:AttheDI,studentswhohavemissedorfailedtopassanassessmentforacoursewhethertheassessmentwasanexaminationorcourseworkcanapplyforaresitforthatspecificassessment.Nostudents are automatically registered for resit assessments, even if they missed an assessment formedical reasons or extenuating circumstances. Formore information on the course resit procedures,please refer to the Resits Policy athttps://www.dohainstitute.edu.qa/Documents/AcademicPolicies/DIAcademicPolicies_Resits_1015.pdf.”

“CourseRepeats:UndernocircumstancesdoestheDIallowstudentstorepeatacoursewhetherfailedorpassed.Studentswillmakeuseof the resitoption topassor improve theirgrades inacourse.Formore information on the course repeat procedures, please refer to the DI Resits Policy athttps://www.dohainstitute.edu.qa/Documents/AcademicPolicies/DIAcademicPolicies_Resits_1015.pdf.”

“StudentAppeals:EnrolledstudentsattheDIhavetherighttoappealagainstdecisionsmadebyanExaminationCommittee,DisciplinaryCommittee,oranyotherequivalentbodythatmayaffecttheiracademicprogress,providedsuchappealsarebasedongroundsstatedbytheDIintheStudentAcademicAppealsPolicy.Pleaserefertothepolicyformoreinformationaboutthegroundsforappeal,processoftheappeal,andoutcomesathttps://www.dohainstitute.edu.qa/Documents/AcademicPolicies/DIAcademicPolicies_StudentAcademicAppeals_1015.pdf.

AcademicIntegrityandMisconduct

TheDIexpectsall itsstudentstocomplywiththeprinciplesoftheDIAcademicCodeofGoodPracticePolicy which include, but are not limited to intellectual honesty; high ethical standards of academicconduct;submittingoriginalwork;acknowledgingtheworkandeffortsofotherindividualsandmakingappropriate references; undertaking honest research; and relying on one’s own efforts in completingexaminationsandallotherformsofassessment.TheDItakesacademicmisconductveryseriouslyandstudentsfoundguiltyofitwillbepenalized.Studentsaregiventhechancetoappealinwritingagainstany decision taken by the disciplinary committee. For more information on managing academicmisconductanditsconsequences,andstudentappeals,pleaserefertotheDIAcademicCodeofGoodPractice Policy athttps://www.dohainstitute.edu.qa/Documents/AcademicPolicies/DIAcademicPolicies_AcademicCodeofGoodPractice_1015.pdf.

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StudentCourseSurveys

Student course surveys are part of a process by which DI aims to improve teaching and learning.Studentsarestronglyencouragedtoparticipateinprovidingfeedbackontheircourseanditsqualityofinstructionby completing anonline student course survey. The survey is usually openduring the lasttwoorthreeweeksofasemester.Studentswillbeinformedofwhenandhowtocompletethesurveyinduetime.

StudentwithDisabilities

Special needs or any disability-related concerns and requests must be submitted by students to theEnrollment and Student Affairs Department in good time to allow for facilitating such requests. Thecourseinstructormustalsobepreviouslyinformedofanyrequestsandaccommodations.

CourseReadingsAccessandLibraryResources

CoursereadingsareavailableattheDILibraryanditsstaffmayassistinfindingtherelevantresourcesfor studies and research. For more information, please visit the library page athttps://www.dohainstitute.edu.qa/EN/Library/Pages/Introduction.aspx.

ClassConduct:Pleasedonotcheckyourmobilephoneinclass.Itisdisrespectfultotheinstructorandotherstudentsanddisruptive.