Week 1: Introduction: Research Skills

Kenneth Waltz, Man, the State, and War, 1959.

Snyder, R., Bruck, H., Sapin, B., Hudson, V. Foreign Policy Decision-Making, Revisited

Introduction: How to compare; what to compare

James Rosenau. 1968. “Comparative Foreign Policy: Fad, Fantasy or Field?”, International Studies Quarterly 12: 296–329.

Week 2: Evolution of Comparative Foreign Policies

Powell, Dalton and Strom, Comparative Politics Today:11^th Edition, ch. 1 & ch. 2.

James N. Rosenau, "Pre-theories and Theories of Foreign Policy," Barry R. Farrel, Approaches to Comparative and International Politics, Evanston: Northwestern University Press, 1966.

Maurice A. East and Charles F. Hermann, Why Nations Act: Theoretical Perspectives for Comparative Foreign Policy Studies, Beverly Hills, Sage Publications, 1978.

Week 3:

James N. Rosenau, "Comparing Foreign Policies: Why, What, How," James N. Rosenau (ed.) Comparing Foreign Policies: Theories, Findings, and Methods, New York: Sage Publications, 1974, pp. 3-22. [327.072C738; 260319] http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~fczagare/PSC%20504/Rosenau.pdf

Week 4: Roy C. Macridis (ed.) Foreign Policy in World Politics (Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 8th edition, 1992.

Richard Little and Steve Smith, Belief Systems and International Relations, New York: Basil Blackwell Inc., 1988.

Hermann, Margaret G., Charles F. Hermann and Joe D. Hagan. 1987. “How Decision Units Shape Foreign Policy Behavior”, in Charles F. Hermann, Charles W. Kegley Jr. and James N. Rosenau (eds.), New Directions in the Study of Foreign Policy

Week 5: Ryan K Beasley, Juliet Kaarbo, Foreign policy in Comparative Perspective: Domestic and International Influences on State Behavior, 2nd Edition, CQ Press, 2012.

Week 6: Divided Nations Diplomacy: Taiwan vs. South Korea

To-hai Liou, 2015, “A Comparative Study of Sibling Policy of the Divided Nations : Taiwan versus South Korea,” The Journal of International Relations, No. XXXVIIII, pp. 107-151.

Week 7: Divided Nations Diplomacy: North Korea vs. South Korea

To-hai Liou, " North Korea’s Diplomatic Strategies in the Post-Cold War Era: Fishing in the Troubled Water," International Journal of Korean Unification Studies, Vol. 10, No. 2, 2001, pp. 79-103. http://www.kinu.or.kr/report/report_02_01.jsp?page=2&num=38&mode=view&field=&text=&order=&dir=&bid=DATA03&ses=&category=11

Week 8: Middle Power Diplomacy: Australia vs. Canada

Derek Mcdougall, Australian Foreign Relations: Into the 21st century, Frenchs Forest, N.S.W. : Pearson Education Australia, 2008. 

Kim Nossal, "Middle Power Diplomacy in the Changing Asia-Pacific Order: Australia and Canada Compared," in Richard Leaver and James L. Richardson (eds) The Post-Cold War Order:Diagnoses and Prognoses, Allen & Unwin Australia Pty Ltd., 1993, pp. 210-223. [327.17P857;707624]

To-hai Liou, "A Comparative Study of Australia-Taiwan Relations and Australia-South Korea Relations since the 1990s," Journal of East Asian Affairs , Spring/Summer 2002, pp.172-191.

Andrew F. Cooper, Richard A. Higgott and Kim Nossal, Relocating Middle Powers: Australia and Canada in a Changing World Order, UBC Press, 1993.John W. Garver, “The China-India-U.S. Triangle: Strategic Relations in the Post-Cold War Era,” NBR(National Bureau of Asian Research)Analysis: Vol. 13, No. 5, October 2002, pp. 1-10.

Tom Keating, Canada and World Order: the Multilateralist Tradition in Canadian Foreign Policy, 2^nd edition, Oxford University Press, 2002, pp. 1-16.

Michael K. Hawes, “Canada, the United States , and Asia : shifting patterns and preferences in Canadian foreign policy,” Taiwanese Journal of WTO Studies, Vol. 12, pp. 93-123. http://www.wtostudy.nccu.edu.tw/publication/wtojn12/wtojn12.html

John Kirton, “Creating the North American Community: Canada, NAFTA and Regional Economic Integration,” Taiwanese Journal of WTO Studies, Vol. 12, pp. 41-92. http://www.wtostudy.nccu.edu.tw/publication/wtojn12/wtojn12%5B2%5D.html

Mark Manger, “Negotiating Asymmetry: Canada's Experience in the NAFTA Negotiations and Beyond,” Taiwanese Journal of WTO Studies, Vol. 12, pp. 125-151. http://www.wtostudy.nccu.edu.tw/publication/wtojn12/wtojn12.html

Week 9: Vietnam’s Relations with Taiwan, South Korea, Japan in a comparative analysis

Carlyle A. Thayer, “Australia-Vietnam Relations: Enhancing the Comprehensive Partnership” Taiwanese Journal of Australian Studies, Vol. 11, 2015, pp. 1-51.

Nguyen Viet Khoi, “Determinants for Taiwan’s R&Ds Investment into Vietnam,” Taiwanese Journal of WTO Studies, Vol.XXX, 2018, pp. 45-70.

Week 10: Mid term Exam

Week 11: Indian Foreign Policy

Powell, Dalton and Strom, Comparative Politics Today:11^th Edition, ch. 17.

John W. Garver, “The China-India-U.S. Triangle: Strategic Relations in the Post-Cold War Era,” NBR(National Bureau of Asian Research)Analysis: Vol. 13, No. 5, October 2002, pp. 1-10.

Sarah Y. Tong, “Comparing Trade Performance of China and India,” East Asian Policy (the East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore): Jan-March 2009. Vol. 1, No. 1; pp. 60-73.

J.N.Dixit, “Indian Foreign Policy and National Security Challenges,” Taiwanese Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 1, 2007, pp. 1-12.

Week 12: A Comparative Study of India-Taiwan Economic Relations and India-South Korea Economic Relations

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C. Raja Mohan, “Indian Foreign Policy In the Post-Cold War Era,” Taiwanese Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 1, 2007, pp. 13-26.

Swaran Singh, “Factoring Taiwan in India's 'Look East' Policy: A Strategic Perspective,” Taiwanese Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 1, 2007, pp. 27-50.

Ashutosh Misra, “Emerging Trends in India-ASEAN Cooperation in Fighting Terrorism,” Taiwanese Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 1, 2007, pp. 67-98.

Sudhir T. Devare, India and Southeast Asia: Towards Security Convergence (Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2006.

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Jojin V. John, “From Strategic Partnership to Special Strategic Partnership: India-South Korea Relations in 21^st Century,” The Journal of International Relations, No. XXXXIII, 2017, pp. 49-70.

Biswajit Nag and Debashis Charaborty, “India’s approach to Asian Economic Integration,” Taiwanese Journal of WTO Studies, Vol.V,  2006, pp. 67-127.

Week 13: Timur Dadabaev, “Chinese and Japanese Foreign Policies towards Central Asia from a Comparative Perspective,” The Pacific Review, 2014 Vol. 27, No. 1, 123–145, http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rpre20

Week 14: Technology and Trade-based New Cold War and How to deal with China’s challenges: auto sector as an example, approacheds of Japan vs. Germany vs. South Korea

To-hai Liou, “EU-China Economic Relations in an Era of Uncertainty: Germany as an Example,” Taiwanese Journal of WTO Studies, Vol.XXXIV, 2020, pp. 1-36.

Week 15: Concluson

To-hai Liou, “Taiwan's Role in the Enhancing Asia-Europe Economic Interactions,” The Current Issues of Economic and Social Integration in Hungary and Taiwan, Proceedings of the Scientific Conference of Budapest Business School-University of Applied Sciences, 2016,pp. 32-44.

To-hai Liou, “https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HDLOJFIRXY

Andrew Carr, “The illusion of a middle power moment,” East Asia Forum, May 12, 2020, https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2020/05/12/the-illusion-of-a-middle-power-moment/

Week 16: Oral Presentation (20 minutes for each presenter, ten minutes for each presentation, 10 minutes for Q&A)

Week 17: Oral Presentation

Week 18 : Oral Presentation 

Grade will be based upon 1. Mid-term exam (40%); 2. individual paper presentation (20%); 3. written paper (30%) plus 4. class performance and participation(10%).