What is the contribution of Orientalism to the study of the contemporary Middle East?

Posted: February 25th, 2022

Essay #1 questions
Please answer one question (and remember the 2,000-word limit for this assignment)
1. What is the contribution of Orientalism to the study of the contemporary Middle East?
2. Using ONE theory of international relations, examine the policy of EITHER the United States OR the Soviet Union towards the Middle East during the Cold War.
3. Did Gamal Abdel Nasser represent the height of Arab Nationalism?
4. To what extent is “the Middle East” an artificial construction of Western powers?
5. Discuss the impact of ONE major military conflict in the Middle East (1948; 1956; 1967; 1973) on the evolution of the Arab-Israeli Conflict.
6. To what extent does the concept of the ‘rentier state’ explain the politics of oil-producing states in the Middle East? Illustrate your answer with reference to MORE THAN ONE oil producing state in the Middle East.