Mar 28, 2024  
2015 Summer Session Catalogue 
    
2015 Summer Session Catalogue [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

IS 334X - Politics of Central Asia


Instructor: MAJ Brent D. Hierman
Location: Scott Ship Hall 449
Date/Time: Monday-Friday 12:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Credit Hours: 3

By exploring the politics and societies of this important, but little understood, region, we will seek to develop a nuanced understanding of how international dynamics continue to shape the states of this region and also how forces emanating from within Central Asia impact the international system.  Additionally, in this course students will analytically explore a variety of political and societal phenomena present in the region and beyond.  Amongst the phenomena we will examine:  the politics of oil and gas pipelines, state-building and nationalism, secession and civil war, Islamism, democratization and authoritarian state consolidation. Note: Civilizations & Cultures Course.