Arc of Crisis in Europe's South: The Regional Security Environment in the Eastern Mediterranean

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

This course central assumption is that there is a long arc of crisis starting in the Baltics and Eastern Europe, continuing to the Black Sea, the Mediterranean and the Middle East, then to the Persian Gulf and all the way to the AfPak (Afghanistan-Pakistan) region. Security developments in those regions are often interconnected, thus making any management and resolution efforts considerably more difficult. The focus of the course is on unfolding events in the regions of the eastern Mediterranean, Southeastern Europe (including Greece and Turkey) and the Black Sea region from the perspective of peace and conflict. During this critical juncture for Europe and the greater region of the Middle East and North Africa our course is also taking another dimension as it will be looking at the geopolitical dimensions of the political and economic crisis in Europe and the current turmoil in the Middle East.