This course will explore the different aspects of French and American foreign policy in the Middle East since World War II up to today. The two allied countries have often had diverging approaches under the 4th Republic, during the de Gaulle era, and more recently. The course will approach these studies from a political, military and diplomatic point of view.
Prerequisites:
None
Method of presentation:
Lecture format and commentary on historical documents.
Required work and form of assessment:
Attendance and participation (10%), written project (25%), mid-term (25%) and final exam (40%).
content:
General introduction
The 4th Republic and the Truman Administration faced with the partition of Palestine in 1947
France and the United States during the first Arab-Israeli conflict of 1948
The Franco-British Intervention in Suez in 1956 and the American reaction
The dissensions of de Gaulle and Johnson: France and the United States faced with the War of Six Days
The disagreements of Pompidou and Nixon during the Arab-Israeli conflict of October 1973
The differences between Paris and Washington over the Middle East from Camp David to the present situation.
Required readings:
De la Foye, Sylvie and Yves-Henri Nouailhat. Les Etats-Unis et l’islam, Armand Colin, Paris, 2006, reprinted in 2009.
Recommended readings:
Enderlin, Charles. Paix ou guerres : Les secrets des négociations israélo-arabes, 1917-1997, Stock, Paris, 1997
Enderlin, Charles. Le rêve brisé : Histoire de l’échec du processus de paix au Proche-Orient, 1995-2002, Fayard, Paris, 2002
Enderlin, Charles. Les années perdues : Intifada et guerres au Proche-Orient, 2001-2006, Fayard, Paris, 2006
Rulleau, C. and P. Balta. La politique arabe de la France de de Gaulle à Pompidou. Sindbad, 1973.
Saint-Prot, C. La France et le renouveau arabe : De Charles de Gaulle à Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, Copernic, Paris, 1980
Students also are encouraged to consult various articles that have appeared in Relations Internationales, Politique étrangère et Foreign Affairs. Some examples include:
de la Foye, Sylvie. « L’administration Nixon et le conflit israélo-arabe (1969-1974)», Relations Internationales, n° 94, été 1998
Hoffman, Stanley. « La France, les États-Unis et le conflit israélo-arabe. Différences et asymétries, 1967-1971 », Politique étrangère, n° 5-6, 1971.
Nouailhat, Yves-Henri. « Les divergences entre la France et les États-Unis face au conflit israélo-arabe de 1967 à 1973 », Relations Internationales, n° 119, sept-oct 2004.
This course will explore the different aspects of French and American foreign policy in the Middle East since World War II up to today. The two allied countries have often had diverging approaches under the 4th Republic, during the de Gaulle era, and more recently. The course will approach these studies from a political, military and diplomatic point of view.
None
Lecture format and commentary on historical documents.
Attendance and participation (10%), written project (25%), mid-term (25%) and final exam (40%).
De la Foye, Sylvie and Yves-Henri Nouailhat. Les Etats-Unis et l’islam, Armand Colin, Paris, 2006, reprinted in 2009.
Students also are encouraged to consult various articles that have appeared in Relations Internationales, Politique étrangère et Foreign Affairs. Some examples include: