University of Liege | Version française
Academic year 2014-2015Value date : 12/05/2015
SPOL0095-1  Emerging powers and the challenges of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East

Duration :  30h Th
Number of credits :  
Master en sciences politiques, orientation générale, à finalité spécialisée en administration publique, 1st year5
Master en sciences politiques, orientation générale, à finalité spécialisée en administration publique, 2nd year5
Master en sciences politiques, orientation générale, à finalité spécialisée en politiques européennes, 1st year5
Master en sciences politiques, orientation générale, à finalité spécialisée en politiques européennes, 2nd year5
Master en sciences politiques, orientation générale, à finalité spécialisée en relations internationales, 1st year5
Master en sciences politiques, orientation générale, à finalité spécialisée en relations internationales, 2nd year5
Master en sciences politiques, à finalité spécialisée en science, technologie et société, 1st year5
Extra courses intended for exchange students (Erasmus, ...)5
Lecturer :  Kamal Bayramzadeh
Language(s) of instruction :  
French language
Organisation and examination :  
Teaching in the second semester
Course contents :  
The objective of this cours consists in analyzing the role of the nuclear power in the international relations to show the evolutionary process and the new stakes bound to the nuclear weapon in the new international context. We are going to study first of all the concepts, in particular the dissuasive concept, and the doctrines which contributed to the emergence of the nuclear factor on the international political scene.Then, we will do a comparative study of the nuclear doctrines of the emergent powers possessing the nuclear weapon. In this part, the role of the TNP will be dicussed. Finally, we shall analyze the main stakes of the nuclear proliferation in the region of the Middle East.
Learning outcomes of the course :  
Give to students an analytical capacity to understand the role of the nuclear proliferation in the evolution of the international relations in the Middel East.
Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :  
The students have to now the theories of the international relations and the history of the cold war.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :  
This course includes a theoretical part presented by the holder and a part based on the presentation of the students.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :  
The active participation of the students in the course is necessary.
Recommended or required readings :  
The course mostly based on notes prepared by the responsable of the cours.
Obligatory readings for the exam:
Boniface Pascal, Courmont Bartélémy, Le monde nucléaire : Arme nucléaire et relations internationales depuis 1945, Armand Collin, 2006.
Chagnollaud Jean-Paul, Brève Histoire de l'arme nucléaire, Ellipses, 2011.
Assessment methods and criteria :  
A note for the presentation and a note for the written examination.
Work placement(s) :  
Organizational remarks :  
To succeed exam it is highly recommende to attend the cours. This course is held every even year (2014-2015, 2016-2017,...).
Contacts :  
Kamal Bayramzadeh
International relations



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