Islam in Contemporary Global Politics

IWP 645
Four credits

This course will inform students about political theory and practice in the Islamic world throughout its history so as provide them with the background and context necessary to understand the political significance of Islam in the contemporary Islamic world. It will then survey the relationships between politics and religion in the contemporary Islamic world and analyze the activities of the totalitarian Islamist network.

Semester Available

Fall Semester

Principal Professor

Douglas E. Streusand

Associate Professor, Marine Corps Command & Staff College {read more}

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FEATURED FACULTY

Eugene Poteat

President, Association for Intelligence Officers

Information Operations and Information Warfare

The objective of this course is to (1) introduce the student to the basic concepts of information operations and information warfare in the context of psychological strategy; (2) develop an understanding of the use of information as a tool of statecraft and as a weapon of war; and (3) analyze our strengths and weaknesses, and those of our potential adversaries, in this realm.

The professor's authoritative off-campus site for this course is www.AcmeofSkill.com. All information on AcmeofSkill.com is the most up-to-date concerning this course.

Principal Professor

J. Michael Waller