Date	Topic	Lecture/seminar	Taught by	Presentation topics
22.2.	Opening – historical overview, ME in the 20th century // Current questions, problems and challenges	L	Both
29.2.	Israel and the Arab World, The Middle East Peace Process	L	SV
7.3.	Modern geopolitical conflict for regional supremacy	L	SV
14.3.	The Role of Religion in the ME politics (Confession, Identity, and Ethnicity)/Social conflicts and other sources of tension	L (double class!!!)	SV
21.3.	Seminar: Israel	S	BD	1) Polarization in Israel (settler issue) 2) Polarization in Palestine (Hamas) 3) Possible solutions to the conflict
4.4.	Seminar: Sunna-Shia	S	BD	1) Competition in Yemen 2) Competition in Iraq 3) Iran, Saudi Arabia, and nuclear weapons
11.4.	Seminar: role of religion	S	BD	1) Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood after the Arab Spring 2) Ennahda movement after the Arab Spring 3) Role of Islam in contemporary Turkey
18.4.	Seminar: Social Tension	S	BD	1) Demography and social issues in Iran 2) Social issues in oil/non-oil producing countries 3) Khaat in Yemen
25.4.	Demise of State in the ME in Intl Theory	L	BD
2.5.	Specifics of Northern Africa	L	BD
9.5.	Seminar: North Africa after the Arab Spring	S	BD	1) Tuaregs and insurgencies 2) Foreign intervention and proxy groups in Libya 3) Importance of Nile river disputes for Egypt

Geopolitics of the Middle East