POS 120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Camp David Accords, Greater Middle East, Arab Spring

• School: University of Maine
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POS 120
• Professor: Glenn P.Holman

Document Summary

Arabs: majority are sunni muslims, minority are shiite muslims. Persians: (old name for people of iran), majority are shiite. Arab empires extended from atlantic ocean to central asia. Arabs expelled or lost control of their lands. Reformers demanding dignity, human rights, rule of law, legitimacy, competence of government. Failures: caused by foreign intervention, ethnic conflict, poverty. Independent: turkey, iran, saudi arabia, and afghanistan. Signed by egyptians and israelis, helped by pres. Israel withdrew from sinai, but permitted jewish settlers in gaza. Non-arab muslim states: turkey, iran, and afghanistan. Kurds: muslim but non-arab minority in turkey, syria, iraq, and iran. From bahrain through iran, iraq, and syria to lebanon. Libya: nato used air forces to overthrow dictator. Democracy failed, country in chaos and civil war. Bahrain: saudi intervention saved king and squashed reformers (mostly shiite) Morocco and jordan: kings permitting tiny reforms (slow and small change) First woman ever to command an air war. 2011: helped libyan people overthrow muammar gaddafi.