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Today the Gulf region faces numerous challenges: generational change, information wars, climate change and the global energy transition; ongoing competition from regional powers Iran and Turkey, and a US partner less attuned to their security dilemmas. But Gulf countries also see new opportunities: in partnerships with alternative powers like Russia, India, China, old foes like Israel; and in nationalist appeals to their own publics. This course will examine these transformative global economic forces, and domestic and international political pressures in order to assess the current trajectory of the Gulf states and the implications for the United States. By taking advantage of the new scholarship on the Gulf region, and accessing new media and artistic production from the region, students will gain a deep understanding of the challenges as well as the forces for change, both from the international context and the Gulf peoples themselves. Taught by Kristin Diwan