GST 6505 — Regional Studies: Southwest and Central Asia
3 semester hoursGraduateLecture
Focuses on Southwest and Central Asian countries. Explores the region's economic development, political transition, education, security, health, environmental challenges, and religion. Examines "The Great Game"— the geopolitical and diplomatic confrontation that existed for most of the 19th century between the British Empire and the Russian Empire over Afghanistan and neighboring Central and South Asian territories. Aims to develop a holistic and critical understanding of nuclear politics by combining an economic and political science approach to analyze the energy strategies of local petrostates and the energy politics of the United States, Russia, and China.