NES 3850

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NES 3850
Comparative Politics of the Middle East

Course information provided by the 2024-2025 Catalog.

What explains authoritarian resilience in the Middle East? What are the causes and consequences of Islamist political attitudes and behavior? What is the historical legacy of colonialism and empire in the Middle East? This course will offer students the opportunity to discuss these and other questions related to the political, social, and economic development of the Middle East and North Africa.


Last 4 terms offered 2024SU, 2023FA, 2022WI, 2021FA

Distribution Category (SCD-AS, SSC-AS) (D-AG, SBA-AG)

When Offered Summer.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Three Week - First.  Combined with: GOVT 3313, JWST 3850

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  1487 NES 3850   LEC 001

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    • Jun 2 - Jun 20, 2025

    • Blackman, A

  • Instruction Mode: Distance Learning-Asynchronous

    This Summer Session class is offered by the School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions. For details visit: https://sce.cornell.edu/courses/roster.