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Poslední úprava: PhDr. Michaela Frantová (27.06.2019)
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Poslední úprava: Mgr. Bohumil Doboš, Ph.D. (15.07.2021)
The course consists of 12 weekly sessions, mixing lectures and seminars on selected topics. Attendance is required. Participants will choose from a list of topics and prepare a short presentation (maximum groups of 2) for discussion based on recommended reading materials as well as their own research. Active participation of all students during the classes and seminars is expected. Each participant will submit an essay at the end of the course that can be focused on a sub-topic of presentation or any other relevant topic (3000 - 3500 words). |
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Poslední úprava: PhDr. Michaela Frantová (27.06.2019)
Required and part of the suggested literature is available via Moodle for the students enrolled in the course. Required: 2) Slater, J. (2006). Lost Opportunities for Peace in the Arab-Israeli Conflict: Israel and Syria, 1948-2001. International Security 27/1, pp. 79-106. 3) Aras, B., Yorulmazlar, E. (2017). Mideast Geopolitics: The Struggle For a New Order. Middle East Policy, 24/2. Gause II, E. G. (2014). Beyond Sectarianism: The New Middle East Cold War. Brookings Doha Center Analysis Paper. 4) Lynch, M. (2016). The New Arab Wars: Uprisings and Anarchy in the Middle East. New York: Public Affairs. 5) Robinson, G. E. (2017). The Four Waves of Global Jihad: 1979-2017. Middle East Policy 24/3, pp. 70-88. 6) Hansen, S. J., Gaas, M. H., Bary, I. (2017). The Muslim Brotherhood Movement in the Arab Winter. International Security Programme Discussion Paper. 7) Talmadge, C. (2013). The Puzzle of Personalist Performance: Iraqi Battlefield Effectiveness in the Iran-Iraq War. Security Studies 22/2, pp. 180-221 Craven-Matthews, C., Englebert, P. (2017). A Potemkin state in the Sahel? The empirical and the fictional in Malian state reconstruction. African Security. 8) Winckler, O. (2013). The “Arab Spring”: Socioeconomic Aspects. Middle East Policy 20/4, pp. 68-87. 9) https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/12/the-battle-for-iran/549446/?utm_source=twb 10) Solomon, H. (2015). Terrorism and Counter-terrorism in Africa: Fighting Insurgency from Al-Shabaab, Ansar Dine and Boko Haram. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. Chapter 4. Pashakhanlou, A. H. (2017). Decapitation in Libya: Winning the Conflict and Losing the Peace. The Washington Quarterly 40/4, pp. 135-149. 11) Estelle, E. (2017). The General´s Trap in Libya. The Critical Threats. Lawson, F. H. (2017). Egypt versus Ethiopia: The Conflict over the Nile Metastasizes. The International Spectator
Suggested: Freilich, C. D. (2017). Can Israel Survive Without America? Survival, 59/4, pp. 135-150. Hokayem, E., Roberts, D. B. (2016). The War in Yemen. Survival 58/6, pp. 157-186. Hopkinson, W. (2017). The new geopolitics of terror: demons and dragons. London: Routledge. Lacher, W. (2017). Was Libya´s Collapse Predictable? Survival 59/2, pp. 139-152. Lister, C. (2017). Al-Qaeda Versus ISIS: Competing Jihadist Brands in the Middle East. MEI Policy Paper. Lister, C. (2015). The Syrian Jihad: Al-Qaeda, the Islamic State and the Evolution of an Insurgency. Oxford: Oxford University Press. White, P. (2015). The PKK: Coming Down from the Mountains. London: Zed Books. |
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Poslední úprava: Mgr. Bohumil Doboš, Ph.D. (05.02.2024)
Evaluation: seminar attendance (20%); presentation (30%); final essay (50%). To pass the course, students are required to attend all seminar sessions and submit the final essay.
Evaluation is performed in accordance to the Dean’s Provision. |
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Poslední úprava: Mgr. Bohumil Doboš, Ph.D. (05.02.2024)
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