What role did Palestinians have in the 1947 negotiations over the partition of their homeland and the future of their people? How did the decline of the Soviet Union during the 1980s impact those regimes who had depended on them for support?

Short essay – Middle Eastern Politics

Essay should be no shorter than 500 words and no longer than 750 words.

Write your short essay in your own words. (There is no need for direct quotes, references, or a bibliography).

Questions to choose from:

What role did Palestinians have in the 1947 negotiations over the partition of their homeland and the future of their people?

Can a military leader like Gamal Abdel Nasser legitimately claim to be the voice of all Arabs?

Did the Cold War superpowers follow their ideological convictions in their approach to the Middle East? That is, did they promote democracy and socialism in the Middle East? Refer to ONE of the US OR the USSR in your answer.

How did the decline of the Soviet Union during the 1980s impact those regimes who had depended on them for support? Refer to ONE example in your answer.

Does the concentration of oil wealth between, and within, states determine the international relations of the Middle East? Refer to ONE example in your answer.

Main text to use: •Halliday, The Middle East in International Relations