“History, Politics, and Diplomacy of the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1947-Present”
Kenneth W. Stein, Junior/Senior Colloquium, Emory University, Spring 2013
Using monographs, memoirs, documents, texts, interviews, other primary sources and secondary readings, students come to define the origins, development, management and attempts at resolution of the Arab-Israeli conflict. We look at the conflict’s emergence to 1949, its evolution since, and particularly the roles of external parties: Middle Eastern states, the Cold War, inter-Arab politics and the so-called “Arab Spring.” America’s role in attempts and failures at mediating the conflict’s resolution are investigated closely, highlighted by a simulation of the 1977-1979 negotiations.
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