SemesterFall Semester, 2023
DepartmentInternational Doctor Program in Asia-Pacific Studies, First Year International Doctor Program in Asia-Pacific Studies, Second Year
Course NameSeminar on Asia-Pacific Regional Security Studies
InstructorLEE HSI-MIN
Credit3.0
Course TypeElective
Prerequisite
Course Objective
Course Description
Course Schedule

Course Schedule & Requirements



 


































































































































































週次



Week



課程主題



Topic



課程內容與指定閱讀



Content and Reading Assignment



教學活動與作業



Teaching Activities and Homework



學習投入時間



Student workload expectation



課堂講授



In-class Hours



課程前後



Outside-of-class Hours



1



Course Introduction



Introduction of the course syllabus



 



3



1 hour



2



Introduction of the Global Governance and the Origins and Nature of International Law



The Need for Global Governance in Modern History



In-Class Lecture



3



1 hour



3



Perspectives on International Organizations (IOs) I



The Nature of International Institutions and Regimes



In-Class Lecture



3



1.5 hour



4



Perspectives on IOs II



Theories, Concepts and Models and Historical Evolution of IOs



In-Class Lecture



Group Discussions and Presentation



3



1.5 hour



5



The United Nations (UN) System I



The Origins, Legal Framework and Institutional Structure, Process and Development of the United Nations



In-Class Lecture



3



1.5 hour



6



UN System II



Health, Social Welfare, Education, Population and Human Rights, with particular focus on the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Covid-19 Pandemic



(Guest Speaker)



In-Class Lecture



3



1.5 hour



7



UN System III



UN Security Council, Con?ict Management and Peacekeeping



In-Class Lecture



Group Discussions and Presentation



3



1.5 hour



8



IOs and Economic Management



The World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF), and World Trade Organization (WTO)



In-Class Lecture



3



1.5 hour



9



Regional Organizations I



Beyond the Nation-State? – EU, ASEAN, OAS, AU, GCC…



In-Class Lecture



3



1.5 hour



10



Regional Organizations II



European Union and ASEAN



In-Class Lecture Group Discussions and Presentation



3



1.5 hour



11



Field Trip



Venue to be announced



(subject to availability)



 



3



1 hour



12



International Non- Governmental Organizations (INGO) and International Non-Pro?t Organizations (INPO) I



The third sector in the globalization



In-Class Lecture



3



1.5 hour



13



INGO and INPO II



Roles and Functions of INGO



In-Class Lecture



Group Discussions and Presentation



3



1.5 hour



14



Film: Hotel Rwanda



 



Post-?lm Discussion



3



1 hour



15



Security IOs I



Introduction: Collective Security and Use of Force for Peacekeeping



In-Class Lecture



3



1.5 hour



16



Security IOs II



NATO



In-Class Lecture



Group Discussions and Presentation



3



1.5 hour



17



Taiwan’s E?orts to participate the IOs



How Taiwan has been working on participation of IOs.



In-Class Lecture Group Discussions



3



1.5 hour



18



Conclusions



Wrapping up



Essay due



3



 





 


 


Teaching Methods
Teaching Assistant
Requirement/Grading

1. Presentations (40%)



One in-class presentation and leading the class discussions. Each student needs to prepare one presentation (30 minutes in length, followed by leading a 15-minute discussion). Subjects of presentation need to be relevant to the topics and issues of international organizations. Students are encouraged to use their creativity and use any form (such as PowerPoint, short ?lm etc.) to make their presentations.



 



2. Essay (30%)



Each student is required to write an essay with minimum 2000 words in length about current policy issues involving international institutions.



Speci?cally, student should select one international organization as a case as well as a country or group of countries that are members of this organization; major issues of the selected IO needs to be identi?ed. The essay should present the brief background of the selected IO, major research questions, review and analyze current research on the issue, and the answers of the research question. Topics can be discussed with the course lecture.



 



3. Class Participation (30%)



Class participation is an assessment of each student’s willingness and ability to comment on the contents of lecture topics. Student need to prepare to discuss the readings assigned for each week. Participation of group discussions is equally important. Even though the schedule below de?nes lecture topics, instructor will conduct each class through PowerPoint slides and dialogue that encourage contributions of substantive knowledge and of di?erent perspectives among students. Time will be allocated at the beginning of each class period to discuss the week’s reading assignments. For attendance, students are expected to attend a minimum of 75 % of the class meetings.


Textbook & Reference

Margaret P. Karns, Karen A. Mingst, and Kendall W. Stiles, International Organizations: The Politics and Processes of Global Governance, 3rd edition (2015).



Thomas G. Weiss, David P. Forsythe, Roger A. Coate, and Kelly-Kate Pease, The United Nations and Changing World Politics, 7th edition (2014).



 



Additional readings



Additional supplementary readings will be prepared for students' long-term use. Students are not obligated to read all supplementary readings. However, students may ?nd them helpful.


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