Contemporary Middle East: Conflicts, Crisis, and Challenges

3/10 and 10/10 Week 3 and 4 Iraq

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PchxtI87j9I&ab_channel=VICENews

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9qe5rWiyNc&ab_channel=AlJazeeraEnglish


Reading 

Obligatory:

ROBERTSON, John, 2016. Iraq: A History. Oneworld Publications. ISBN 978-1-78074-949-5. p. 321-339

MILLS, Robin M. a SIM, Li-Chen (ed.). Low carbon energy in the Middle East and North Africa. International political economy. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, [2021]. ISBN 978-3-030-59556-2. p.1-43

 Ottaway, M. & Kaysi, D. (2012). The State of Iraq. [2023-03-30].  https://www.jstor.org/stable/resrep13036 

 Sumaida’ie, S. (2021). The Hijacking of Democracy: The Role of Political Parties in Iraq. Wilson Center [online]. [2023-03-30]. https://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/hijacking-democracy-role-politicalparties-iraq 

Wahab, B. (2022, August 1). The U.S. Role in Iraq’s Political Crisis: Guidelines for More Effective Engagement. The Washington Institute for Near East Policy [online]. [2023-04-19]. https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/us-role-iraqs-political-crisis-guidelines-more-effective-engagement

Recommended:

FAWCETT, Louise L'Estrange, ed. International relations of the Middle East. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005. ISBN 0-19-926963-7. – available online as E-loan p. 263-280