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第 1 次

10月  06日

Southeast Asia: An overview

• An introduction to the course


• What constitutes Southeast Asia:  Geographic location


• Early history - local uniqueness


• The Four waves:

• The Indian wave


• The Chinese wave


• The Muslim wave


• The Western wave (European traders)

•  Reading material: The ASEAN Miracle, A Catalyst for Peace by Kishore Mahbubani and Jeffery Sng, page 15-35.

實體 2 小時

In-class: two hours

第 2 次

10月 14 日

Southeast Asia: An overview

• Ethnic diversity


• Religious diversity


• The Asian immigrants in Southeast Asia

• Reading material: Southeast Asia, An Introductory History by Milton Osborne, page 1-18 and P.112

實體 2 小時

In-class: two hours

第3 次

10月 20 日

Southeast Asia: An overview

• The European colonial rules:  Advance and challenges in Southeast Asia


• The legacies of Western colonialism in Southeast Asia

• Reading material: Southeast Asia, An Introductory History by Milton Osborne, page 40-93.

實體 2 小時

In-class: two hours

第  4次

11月03  日

Association of Southeast Asian Nations

• What is an ASEAN?


• ASEAN: Community building

• Reading material: Southeast Asia in Search of an ASEAN Community: Insights from the Former ASEAN Secretary-general, Book by Rodolfo Severino Jr. , page 1-37

實體 2 小時

In-class: two hours

第  5 次

11月10 日

Association of Southeast Asian Nations

• An ASEAN Charter


• Membership of ASEAN


• The ASEAN roles

• Reading material: Southeast Asia in Search of an ASEAN Community: Insights from the Former ASEAN Secretary-general, Book by Rodolfo Severino Jr., page 161-206.

實體 2 小時

In-class: two hours

第6  次

11月  17日

The ASEAN: Three Pillars

• ASEAN Political-Security Community (APSC): key characteristics

• Reading material: ASEAN Political-Security Community Blueprint, issued by ASEAN Secretariat, ISBN 978-602-6392-35-0

• ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC)

• The ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC), issued by ASEAN Secretariat, ISBN 978-602-0980-83-6


• The milestones of ASEAN Economic Community (AEC)


• The AEC: Aims and purposes


• Reading material:  ASEAN Economic Community Blueprint 2025, issued by ASEAN Secretariat

實體 2 小時

In-class: two hours

第7 次

12月 01 日

Invited guest

Prof. Norbert Francis

Northern Arizona University

Southeast Asian Migrants and Immigrants to East Asia

實體 2 小時

In-class: two hours

第 8 次

12月 15 日

Taiwan – Southeast Asia Cooperation

• Historical development between Taiwan and SEA cooperation

• Reading material: Alan Hao Yang, Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao (2016). Tai-shang (Taiwan Business) in Southeast Asia: Profile and Issues.

• The Taiwan “Go-South” Policy in the previous administrations

• Reading material: Ngeow Chow Bing (2015). Taiwan’s Go South Policy, pp. 96-126

• Taiwan New Southbound Policy

• Target nations


• Rationale for NSP


• Resource sharing


• Regional connectivity

實體 2 小時

In-class: two hours

第 9 次

The external powers in the Southeast Asia

• United State influence in  Southeast Asia


• China’s rise in Southeast Asia

• Reading material: China–ASEAN economic relations after establishment of free trade area, by Min- Hua Chiang, page. 267-290.

Reading assignment

Textbooks and references

[1] Beeson, Mark (ed.) (2009) Contemporary Southeast Asia, 2nd edition, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave MacMillan.

[2] Tarling, Nicholas (ed.) (1992) The Cambridge History of Southeast Asia, two volumes, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

[3] Southeast Asia in Search of an ASEAN community.

[4] Rodolfo C. Severino  (2016). ASEAN Economic Community.

[5] Kiki Verico. (2017). The future of the ASEAN Economic Integration.

[6] Das, Sanchita. (2016). Can the US-ASEAN Connect Initiative Create Stronger US-ASEAN Economic Relations?

[7] Min- Hua Chiang. (2019). China–ASEAN economic relations after establishment of free trade area, pp. 267-290.

[8] Stephen and Chery. (2019). China and The ASEAN Economies: Interdependence and Rivalry, PP.381-394

[9] Vilavong (2016). Global production sharing and trade patterns in ASEAN.

[10] Ngeow Chow Bing (2015). Taiwan’s Go South Policy, pp. 96-126.

[11] Alan Hao Yang, Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao (2016). Tai-shang (Taiwan Business) in Southeast Asia: Profile and Issues.