PC4S045 - Terrorism, the Middle Eastern Conflict and Europe 01 Sep 2021 - 31 Aug 2027 | Version 1

Associated Module Information

Module Code: PC4S045
Module Title: Terrorism, the Middle Eastern Conflict and Europe
Faculty: Faculty of Life Sciences and Education
Faculty Group: Policing and Criminology
Faculty Sub Group: Policing
Module Leader: Ori Wertman, Helen Martin
Module Team: Mike Edwards, Christian Kaunert, Ethem Ilbiz
First Intended Intake: SEP 2021 Final Year of Intake:
Date Closed:
Credit Value: 20 Credit Level: 7
Language: English
Percentage of Module Taught in Welsh: 0
Equivalent Module:
HECOS codes: 100486 - policing
HECOS Code Weighting: 100

Document Version Information

Version 1
Valid From 01 Sep 2021
Valid To 31 Aug 2027

Module Aims

To facilitate the critical understanding and exploration of conflict analysis and hybrid warfare in Europe and beyond within the phenomenon of terrorism.

To develop, through analysis and systematic assessment, the phenomenon of conflict and hybrid warfare, its increasingly international character, and the transformation of the problem.

Content Summary

While the EU has changed its enlargement strategy and is not willing to commit to fully open its doors to other potential members, Brussels still remains interested in deepening its cooperation with its neighbours in the Middle East, a volatile region that often affects world order. This module will discuss the history and politics in the Middle East, from its formation after the First World War to the present, while reviewing the changes and transformations that occurred during that period. In particular, the module will discuss the various conflicts in the Middle East that were accompanied by wars and terrorist attacks, which even crossed the borders of the region to Europe and other places around the globe. At the part of the module, a simulation will be performed based on the knowledge acquired during the lessons.

Course Outline:

• The formation of the Middle East following the First World War.

• The struggle between the superpowers over the Middle East during the Cold War.

• The Arab-Israeli Conflict and peace.

• Israel and Palestinians.

• The struggle for hegemony in the Middle East.

• Proxy organizations in the Middle East.

• The nuclear arms race in the Middle East.

Learning and Teaching Methods

Activity Type Hours
Lecture 10
Seminar 10
Independent Study 80
Directed Study 96
Active/Simulation Based 4
Total Hours Selected 200

Learning Outcomes

# Learning Outcome
LO1 Critically examine current frameworks of the Middle Eastern conflict and terrorism, and the role of Europe.
LO2 Compare and critically distinguish between differing forms of conflict in the Middle East and terrorism.

Module Requisites

N/A

Assessment Criteria

Assessment Category Assessment Type Description Duration Word Count Weight (%) Best of? Pass Mark
Asynchronous Assessment Report 1 Report demonstrating critical understanding of the Middle Eastern conflict (Israel, Palestine, Iran, Turkey, Syria, etc). 0 4500 100 No 40

Assessment Matrix

Assessment Type Learning Outcomes
LO1 LO2
Report 1 ✔ ✔

Reading List

Hoffman, B. (2017) Inside Terrorism. (Columbia University Press).

Kaunert, C. and S. Leonard (2013): European Security, Terrorism, and Intelligence, (Basingstoke: Palgrave; Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics series)

Wertman, O. and Kaunert, C. (2023). Israel: National Security and Securitization. (Springer).

Wertman, O. (2022). When Israel destroyed Syria’s nuclear reactor: The inside story. Middle East Quarterly, 29(2).

Primakov, Y. (2009). Russia and the Arabs. (New York: Basic Books).

Michael, K. and Guzansky, Y. (2018). The Dangers of Failing Middle East States. Middle East Quarterly, 25(2).

Gordon, P. (2020) Losing the Long Game. (New York: St. Martins Press).

Hiro, D. (2018) Cold War in the Islamic World. (London: Hurst).

Kaunert, C. and Wertman, O. (2020). \\\"The securitization of hybrid warfare through practices within the Iran-Israel conflict: Israel’s practices to securitize Hezbollah’s proxy war\\\". Security and Defence Quarterly, 31(4), pp. 99-114.

Gilboa, E. (2020). \\\"American Contribution to Israel’s National Security\\\". Strategic Assessment, 23(3), pp. 18-36.

Cook, S. (2017) False Dawn. (Oxford University Press).

Bregman, A. (2014) Cursed Victory: A History of Israel and the Occupied Territories. (London: Penguin Books).

Bregman, A. (2016). Israel’s Wars: A History since 1947. (New York: Routledge).