OCMO 2240 - The Great Powers In The Middle-East. A Crisis Management and Policy Formulation Workshop

Great Power competition reverberates across a more multipolar Middle East in the wake of the war in Ukraine and regional states are exploiting these opportunities to advance their interests. The future of the region is uncertain.

Observing the complex interactions between external and regional players, understanding their motivations and calculations, participating in policies recalibration and crisis management, may offer some clues.

Students will play the role of European Union experts dealing with Egypt, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Iraq, Yemen, and Iran. They will conduct the situational assessment of a flash point and will make recommendations: current priority issue, strategic approach, policy options, etc.

The professor will use Afghanistan as a case study to illustrate the methodology (research, analysis, formulation of policy, and briefing).

LEARNING OUTCOMES

1. Middle East expertise. Robust knowledge of national and regional dynamics, challenges, and opportunities.

3. European Union expertise. Robust knowledge of EU's policies and challenges in the Middle East.

2. International policy development and crisis management expertise.

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

1. Researcher and analyst. Collection and analysis of multiple sources, use of SWOT, PESTEL tools, etc.

2. Advising skills. Participation in strategic level decision-making process.

3. Communication. Effective professional written and oral communication.

Jean-Baptiste MINJOULAT-REY

Séminaire

English

- In Class Presence: 2 hours a week / 24 hours a semester

- Reading and Preparation for Class: 4 hours a week / 48 hours a semester

- Research and Writing for Individual Assessments: 6,5 hours a week / 80 hours a semester

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Autumn 2022-2023

(i) Test 1. Analysis findings and recommendations. Power point (slides 1-4). Submission time: 5 days after session 4. Coef 10%

(ii) Test 2. Analysis findings and recommendations. Power point (slides 1-7). Submission time: 5 days after session 7. Coef 20%

(iii) Test 3. Policy paper (1500 words max) and a power point (slides 1-11 plus annexures) on research findings and recommendations. Submission time: 1 week after session 12. Coef 40%

(iv) Test 4. 8 minutes individual oral presentation of findings and recommendations. Submission time: 1 week after session 12. Coef 20%

(v) Participation will be assessed quantitatively and qualitatively. Coef 10%

Sessions will begin with a lecture (during the first hour: introduction, methodology illustration). The second hour will be more interactive: group discussion, brainstorming, etc.

Feedback will be provided to students 1 week after tests submission. Students should not hesitate to interact with professor outside of class when guidance is needed: one-on-one or small groups online interaction with Zoom or WhatsApp.