GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
U.S. FOREIGN POLICY AND THE MIDDLE EAST/1710053
Course Title: U.S. FOREIGN POLICY AND THE MIDDLE EAST
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Semester 1 Compulsory/Elective Elective
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Assoc. Prof. Mehmet Akif OKUR
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/maokur
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  maokur@gazi.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
Learns the key issues and actors of the Middle East.
Learns the approaches to US foreign policy and national security.
Analyzes U.S. interests in the region.
Analyzes U.S. policies towards the region from a critical perspective.
Learns to analyze current developments occurring in the Middle East.
Learns to offer concrete policy recommendations in an objective manner.



 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 -- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES
  There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.
 -- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS
  There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.
 --COURSE CONTENT
1. Week  Introduction
2. Week  What does America Represent in the Middle East?
3. Week  Rethinking the Roots of “Anti-Americanism”
4. Week  Culture, Politics, Interests: US Foreign Policy in the Middle East
5. Week  The Cold War in the Middle East: Doctrines, Propaganda, Covert Action
6. Week  Modernizing the Middle East: Remaking in the American Image
7. Week  Oil and the Geopolitics of Interdependence
8. Week  Mid-Term Examinations Week
9. Week  America and Israel: Identity, Culture, and the "Special Relationship"
10. Week  The Arab-Israeli Conflict and the U.S. as Peacemaker
11. Week  US Policy toward the Middle East after the Iranian Revolution
12. Week  The Post-Cold War Middle East
13. Week  9/11 and the Iraq War
14. Week  Questioning of American Hegemony in the Context of Empire Debates
15. Week  Obama's Foreign Policy toward the Middle East
16. Week  Final Examinations Week
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  REQUIRED READINGS: Mehmet Akif Okur, Emperyalizm Hegemonya İmparatorluk, İstanbul:Ötüken, 2012; David W. Lesch, Mark L. Haas, The Middle East and the United States: History, Politics and Ideologies, USA:Westview Press, 2014. RECOMMENDED READINGS: James Petras, The Politics of Empire: The US, Israel and the Middle East, USA:Clarity Press, 2014; Louise Fawcett, International Relations of the Middle East, UK:Oxford, 2013; William L Cleveland, Martin Bunton, A History of the Modern Middle East, USA:Westview Press, 2013.
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, Question & Answer, Demonstration
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  None
 -- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Percentage
 Mid-terms
1
40
 Assignment
0
0
 Exercises
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade  
40
 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade  
60
 -- WORKLOAD
 Efficiency  Total Week Count  Weekly Duration (in hour)  Total Workload in Semester
 Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week
15
3
45
 Practising Hours of Course Per Week
0
 Reading
15
3
45
 Searching in Internet and Library
15
2
30
 Designing and Applying Materials
0
 Preparing Reports
0
 Preparing Presentation
5
3
15
 Presentation
5
3
15
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
0
 Final and Studying for Final
1
20
20
 Other
1
20
20
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
190
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7.6
 ECTS: 
7.5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1Having skills and professional expertise in the field of international relations theories, political history and international lawX
2Being able to manage the disciplines of juridical sciences, sociology, history, economics etc. with the necessity of the international relations discipline by having academic knowledge and competencesX
3Being able to produce comprehensive and detailed academic works with the advantage of interdisciplinary knowledgeX
4Having expertise level of knowledge on institutions and organizations that are influential on Middle Eastern and African politicsX
5Being able to comprehend the place of actors in the Middle East and Africa in the international system from theoretical, historical and factual perspectivesX
6Being able to conduct historical, economic, sociological and strategic analysis of the Middle East and AfricaX
7Having adequate skills to make international legal evaluation to the developments in the Middle East and AfricaX
8Being able to analyze international system, in general, and the Middle East and Africa, in particular, by using XIX. and XX. century diplomatic historyX
9Being able to apply the theories of international relations, to make analyses, to develop hypotheses and to promote solution offers in the individual, state and system levels of analysesX
10Being conscious of professional, humane and scientific ethical manners and also the principals related to these mannersX
11Being able to reach the resources and to have foreign language proficiency on the level to follow the developments related to international relations discipline and the literatureX
12Using basic computer programmes and information technologies efficiently by adhering to the principal of learningX
13Being able to find solutions and having capability of preparing documents such as projects, drafts, programmes and reports for national, regional and global problems with being coherent to group actions, open-minded, having capability to take initiatives and analytical thinkingX