SemesterFall Semester, 2020
DepartmentJunior Class of BA Program in Southeast Asian Languages and Cultures Senior Class of BA Program in Southeast Asian Languages and Cultures
Course NameInternational Relations in Southeast Asia
Instructor
Credit3.0
Course TypeSelectively
Prerequisite
Course Objective
Course Description
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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



Introduction



Course content & Class management



1. Go through syllabus.



2. How to get and use references.



3. Homework; readings for week 2.



3



3



2



Southeast Asia at a glance



 




  1. What and why of Southeast Asia?

  2. Readings week 2



1. Lecturer’s presentation



3. Q & A



4. Homework; materials for week 3



3



3



3



The early history of Southeast Asia



 




  1. How has the early history of Southeast Asia contributed to its contemporary situation?

  2. Readings week 3



1. Students’ presentation



2. Lecturer’s presentation



3. Discussion; Q & A



4. Homework; materials for week 4



3



3



4



Western colonialism in Southeast Asia




  1. What are the legacies of Western colonialism in Southeast Asia? To what extent these legacies have shaped contemporary Southeast Asia?

  2. Readings week 4



1. Students’ presentation



2. Lecturer’s presentation



3. Discussion; Q & A



4. Homework; materials for week 5



3



3



5



Southeast Asia during the Cold War (1)




  1. Why and how was Southeast Asia becoming a theatre of Cold War?

  2. Readings week 5-6.



 



1. Students’ presentation



2. Lecturer’s presentation



3. Discussion; Q & A



4. Homework; materials for week 6



3



3



6



Southeast Asia during the Cold War (2)



 




  1. Why and how was Southeast Asia becoming a theatre of Cold War?

  2. Readings week 5-6.



1. Students’ presentation



2. Lecturer’s presentation



3. Discussion; Q & A



4. Homework; materials for week 7



3



3



7



External international actors in Southeast Asia (1)




  1. Who and what are the reasons for the presence of external international actors in Southeast Asia?

  2. Readings week 7-8.



 



1. Students’ presentation



2. Lecturer’s presentation



3. Discussion; Q & A



4. Homework; materials for week 8



3



3



8



External international actors in Southeast Asia (2)



 




  1. Who and what are the reasons for the presence of external actors in Southeast Asia?

  2. Readings week 7-8.



 



1. Students’ presentation



2. Lecturer’s presentation



3. Discussion; Q & A



4. Homework; materials for week 10



3



3



9



Mid semester week



Mid semester examination



10



ASEAN and the changing geopolitics of Southeast Asia (1)



 




  1. Why and to what extent ASEAN is important within the context of Southeast Asia?

  2. Readings week 10-11



 



1. Students’ presentation



2. Lecturer’s presentation



3. Discussion; Q & A



4. Homework; materials for week 11



3



3



11



ASEAN and the changing geopolitics of Southeast Asia (2)



 




  1. Why and to what extent ASEAN is important within the context of Southeast Asia?

  2. Readings week 10-11



 



1. Students’ presentation



2. Lecturer’s presentation



3. Discussion; Q & A



4. Homework; materials for week 12



3



3



12



Economic development strategies of Southeast Asian states



 




  1. What are the current economic developments of Southeast Asian countries? What economic development strategies these countries have adopted?

  2. Readings week 12



 



1. Students’ presentation



2. Lecturer’s presentation



3. Discussion; Q & A



4. Homework; materials for week 13



3



3



13



Conflict and conflict resolution in Southeast Asia



 




  1. What is the nature of conflicts and conflict resolution mechanisms in Southeast Asia?

  2. Readings week 13



 



1. Students’ presentation



2. Lecturer’s presentation



3. Discussion; Q & A



4. Homework; materials for week 14



3



3



14



Human rights and human security issues in Southeast Asia




  1. What are the challenges in dealing with human rights and human security issues?

  2. Readings week 14



1. Students’ presentation



2. Lecturer’s presentation



3. Discussion; Q & A



4. Homework; materials for week 15



3



3



15



Transnational violence and crime in Southeast Asia



 




  1. What are the challenges in dealing with violence, crime, and terrorism issues?

  2. Readings week 15



 



1. Students’ presentation



2. Lecturer’s presentation



3. Discussion; Q & A



4. Homework; materials for week 16



3



3



16



Environmental issues in Southeast Asia



 




  1. To what extent has environment developed as an international issue in the region?

  2. Readings week 16



 



1. Students’ presentation



2. Lecturer’s presentation



3. Discussion; Q & A



4. Homework; materials for week 17



3



3



17



Migration issues in Southeast Asia



 




  1. What is the nature and to what extent has migration become an international issue?

  2. Readings week 17



 



1. Students’ presentation



2. Lecturer’s presentation



3. Discussion; Q & A



4. Homework; final paper



3



3



18



Final semester week



Final semester examination



Teaching Methods
Teaching Assistant
Requirement/Grading

One individual final paper 50%,



Individual presentation 30%



Weekly individual participation 20%


Textbook & Reference

Week 1. Introduction



Required Readings:



Course syllabus



 



Week 2. Southeast Asia at a glance; What and why of Southeast Asia?



Required Readings



01 - Weatherbee, Donald E. (2009) International Relations in Southeast Asia. The Struggle for Autonomy, 2nd ed., Rowman & Littlefield Publishers [Chapter 1].



02 - Ba, Alice D., Beeson, Mark (2017) "The Continuing Evolution of Southeast Asia" in Ba, Alice D., Beeson, Mark (eds.), Contemporary Southeast Asia, The Politics of Change, Contestation, and Adaptation, 3rd ed., Red Glob Press [Chapter 1].



03 - Noble, Allen G (1996) "The Physical Environment" in Dutt, Ashok K. (ed.), Southeast Asia: A Ten Nation Region, Kluwer Academic Publishers [Chapter 2].



04 - Andaya, Barbara Watson & Andaya, Leonard Y. (2015) A History of Early Modern Southeast Asia, 1400-1800, Cambridge University Press [Chapter 1].



 



 



Week 3. The early history of Southeast Asia; How has the early history of Southeast Asia contributed to its contemporary situation?



Required Readings



01 - Cribb, Robert (2017) "Southeast Asia: Historical Context" in Ba, Alice D., Beeson, Mark (eds.), Contemporary Southeast Asia, The Politics of Change, Contestation, and Adaptation, 3rd ed., Red Glob Press [Chapter 2].



02 - Hall, Kenneth R. (2011) A History of Early Southeast Asia, Rowman & Littlefield.



03 - Andaya, Barbara Watson & Andaya, Leonard Y. (2015) A History of Early Modern Southeast Asia, 1400-1800, Cambridge University Press [Chapter 2 & 3].



 



 



Week 4. Western colonialism in Southeast Asia; What are the legacies of Western colonialism in Southeast Asia? To what extent these legacies have shaped contemporary Southeast Asia?



Required Readings



01 - Tarling, Nicholas (2001) Imperialism in Southeast Asia, Routledge.



02 - Booth, Anne E. (2007) Colonial Legacies, University of Hawai'i Press.



03 - Andaya, Barbara Watson & Andaya, Leonard Y. (2015) A History of Early Modern Southeast Asia, 1400-1800, Cambridge University Press [Chapter 4 - 7].



 



 



Weeks 5 & 6. Southeast Asia during the Cold War; Why and how was Southeast Asia becoming a theatre of Cold War?



Required Readings



01 - Weatherbee, Donald E. (2009) International Relations in Southeast Asia. The Struggle for Autonomy, 2nd ed., Rowman & Littlefield Publishers [Chapter 3].



02 - Ang, Chen Guan (2018) Southeast Asia's Cold War, An Interpretative History, University of Hawai'i Press.



03 - Lau, Albert (ed.) (2012), Southeast Asia and the Cold War, Routledge.



 



 



Weeks 7 & 8. External international actors in Southeast Asia; Who and what are the reasons for the presence of external international actors in Southeast Asia?



Required Readings



01 - Weatherbee, Donald E. (2009) International Relations in Southeast Asia. The Struggle for Autonomy, 2nd ed., Rowman & Littlefield Publishers [Chapter 2].



02 - Ba, Alice D., Kuik, Cheng-Chwee (2017) "Southeast Asia and China: Engagement and Constrainment" in Ba, Alice D., Beeson, Mark (eds.), Contemporary Southeast Asia, The Politics of Change, Contestation, and Adaptation, 3rd ed., Red Glob Press [Chapter 14].



03 - Yoshimatsu, Hidetaka (2017) "Japan and Southeast Asia" in Ba, Alice D., Beeson, Mark (eds.), Contemporary Southeast Asia, The Politics of Change, Contestation, and Adaptation, 3rd ed., Red Glob Press [Chapter 15].



04 - Capie, David (2017) "The United States and Southeast Asia" in Ba, Alice D., Beeson, Mark (eds.), Contemporary Southeast Asia, The Politics of Change, Contestation, and Adaptation, 3rd ed., Red Glob Press [Chapter 16].



 



 



Week 9. Midterm examination week



 



 



Weeks 10 & 11. ASEAN and the changing geopolitics of Southeast Asia; Why and to what extent ASEAN is important within the context of Southeast Asia?



Required Readings



01 - Weatherbee, Donald E. (2009) International Relations in Southeast Asia. The Struggle for Autonomy, 2nd ed., Rowman & Littlefield Publishers [Chapter 4].



02 - Davies, Mathew (2017) "Regionalism and Southeast Asia" in Ba, Alice D., Beeson, Mark (eds.), Contemporary Southeast Asia, The Politics of Change, Contestation, and Adaptation, 3rd ed., Red Glob Press [Chapter 9].



03 - Acharya, Amitav (2009) Constructing Security Community in Southeast Asia, 2nd ed., Routledge.



04 - Acharya, Amitav (2012) The Making of Southeast Asia, ISEAS.



05 - Beeson, Mark & Gerrad, Kelly (2015) "ASEAN, regionalism and democracy" in Case, William (ed.), Routledge Handbook of Southeast Asian Democratization, Routledge [Chapter 4].



06 - ASEAN, ASEAN Economic Community Blueprint.



07 - ASEAN, ASEAN Political-Community Blueprint.



08 - ASEAN, ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Blue Print.



09 - ASEAN, ASEAN Economic Community Blueprint-2025.



10 - ASEAN, ASEAN Political-Community Blueprint-2025.



11 - ASEAN, ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Blueprint-2025.



12 - ASEAN, ASEAN 2025: Forging Ahead Together.



 



 



 



Week 12. Economic development strategies of Southeast Asian states; What are the current economic developments of Southeast Asian countries? What economic development strategies these countries have adopted?



Required Readings



01 - Dutt, Ashok K., Mukhopadhyay, Anupa & Humpreys, Adrian G. (1996) "National Economic Planning Since the 1980s" in Dutt, Ashok K. (ed.), Southeast Asia: A Ten Nation Region, Kluwer Academic Publishers [Chapter 6].



02 - McGregor, A., Law, L., & Miller, F. (eds.), Routledge Handbook of Southeast Asian Development, Routledge [Parts 1 - 3].



 



 



Week 13. Conflict and conflict resolution in Southeast Asia; What are the nature of conflicts and conflict resolution mechanisms in Southeast Asia?



Required Readings



01 - Weatherbee, Donald E. (2009) International Relations in Southeast Asia. The Struggle for Autonomy, 2nd ed., Rowman & Littlefield Publishers [Chapter 5].



02 - Collins, Allan (2000) The Security Dilemmas of Southeast Asia, ISEAS.



03 - Acharya, Amitav (2012) The Making of Southeast Asia, ISEAS.



04 - Oishi, Mikio (ed.) Contemporary Conflict in Southeast Asia, Springer.



 



 



Week 14. Human rights and human security issues in Southeast Asia; What are the challenges in dealing with human rights and human security issues?



Required Readings



01 - Weatherbee, Donald E. (2009) International Relations in Southeast Asia. The Struggle for Autonomy, 2nd ed., Rowman & Littlefield Publishers [Chapter 8].



02 - Peou, Sorpong (2015) "Democratization and human rights in Southeast Asia" in Case, William (ed.), Routledge Handbook of Southeast Asian Democratization, Routledge [Chapter 3].



03 - Hsien-Li, Tan (2011) The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights, Cambridge University Press.



04 - Nishikawa, Yukiko (2010) Human Security in Southeast Asia, Routledge.



 



 



Week 15. Transnational violence and crime in Southeast Asia; What are the challenges in dealing with violence, crime, and terrorism issues?



Required Readings



01 - Weatherbee, Donald E. (2009) International Relations in Southeast Asia. The Struggle for Autonomy, 2nd ed., Rowman & Littlefield Publishers [Chapter 6].



02 - Vaughn, Bruce et al, eds., (2008) Terrorism in Southeast Asia, Novinka Books.



03 - Chouvy, Pierre-Arnaud, ed., (2013) An Atlas of Trafficking in Southeast Asia, I. B. Tauris.



 



 



 



Week 16. Environmental issues in Southeast Asia; To what extent has environment developed as an international issue in the region?



Required Readings



01 - Weatherbee, Donald E. (2009) International Relations in Southeast Asia. The Struggle for Autonomy, 2nd ed., Rowman & Littlefield Publishers [Chapter 9].



02 - Hirsch, Philip & Warren Carol eds., (1998) The Politics of Environment in Southeast Asia, Routledge.



03 - McGregor, A., Law, L., & Miller, F. (eds.), Routledge Handbook of Southeast Asian Development, Routledge [Part 4].



 



 



Week 17. Migration issues in Southeast Asia; What is the nature and to what extent has migration become an international issue?



Required Readings



01 - Lian, Kwen Fee et al, eds., (2016) International Migration in Southeast Asia, Institute of Asian Studies & Springer.



02 - McGregor, A., Law, L., & Miller, F. (eds.), Routledge Handbook of Southeast Asian Development, Routledge [Part 3, Chapters 14-16].



 



 



Week 18. Finalterm examination week


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