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A Greater Middle East
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona - Direct Enroll Program
Barcelona, Spain
Dates: early Sep 2027 - mid Dec 2027
A Greater Middle East
OVERVIEW
CEA CAPA Partner Institution: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Primary Subject Area: Political Science
Instruction in: English
Course Code: SA2023E
Transcript Source: Partner Institution
Course Details: Level 300
Recommended Semester Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 45
DESCRIPTION
The goal of this course is to offer an in-depth introduction to a fundamental geostrategic area since the end of World War II, that is, the Middle East. The title of this course refers to both, Carter Doctrine (1980) and George W. Bush's Greater Middle East and North Africa Initiative (2004), by which the Middle East region is studied with North Africa, the Horn of Africa and Central Asia, covering the Area of Influence of the Central Command. Since studying all the countries in the region will be impossible, three countries will be studied in depth in order to understand all the important elements that built the different political and social projects in the region. The countries studied will be: first, Pakistan and its complicated independence from Great Britain in 1947 and the political evolution of this country; second, Iran and its evolution from the years of the Pahlavi Dynasty to the war between Iran and Iraq; third, Afghanistan and its traumatic experience with war since the Soviet invasion.