Class Schedule & Topics

9/18         Course Introduction & Division of Labor

9/25         Class 1: Asia Pacific as a Region (I)

                Presenters:

1. George Peter Murdock, “The Conceptual Basis of Area Research”, World Politics, Vol. 2, No. 4 (July 1950), pp. 571-578.


2. Amitav Acharya, International Relations and Area Studies: Towards a New Synthesis? (Singapore: IDSS working paper No. 2)


3. Rick Fawn, 2009, “Regions and Their Study: where from, what for and where to?” Review of International Studies, 35, pp.5-34

10/16       Class 2: Asia Pacific as a Region (II)

                Presenters:   

1. Camilleri, Joseph A. 2003. "Asia Pacific As Region", in Regionalism in the New Asia-Pacific Order: The Political Economy of the Asia-Pacific Region, Volume II (UK: Edward Elgar, 2003) pp. 28-54.


2. Amitav Acharya, 2010. "Asia Is Not One", The Journal of Asian Studies, Vol. 69, No. 4 (November 2010), pp. 1001-1013.


3. T. J. Pempel, "Emerging Webs of Regional Connectedness", in T. J. Pempel, ed. Remapping East Asia: the Construction of Region (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2005), pp. 1-28

10/23       Class 3: Asia Pacific as a Region (III)

                Presenters:

1. Peter A. Petri (1993). “The Lessons of East Asia: Common Foundations of East Asian Success. Washington DC: World Bank

2. Dennis Tachiki “Between Foreign Direct Investment and Regionalism: The Role of Japanese Production Networks”, in T. J. Pempel, ed. Remapping East Asia: the Construction of Region (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2005), pp. 149-169

3. Shigehisa Kasahara (2013). “The Asian Developmental State and the Flying Geese Paradigm”, UNCTAD Discussion Papers No. 213.

10/30       Class 4. U.S.

                Presenters:

1. Mitchell Bernard and John Ravenhill (1995) “Beyond Product Cycles and Flying Geese: Regionalization, Hierarchy, and the Industrialization of East Asia”, World Politics, Vol. 47, No. 2, pp. 171-209


2. James A. III Baker, 1991 “America in Asia: Emerging Architecture for a Pacific Community. Foreign Affairs, vol. 70, no. 5, pp. 1- 18


3. Daniel Twining, 2007. “America’s Grand Design in Asia”, Washington Quarterly, Vol. 30, no.3, pp. 79-94.


4. Gary R. Saxonhouse, “Regional Initiatives and US Trade Policy in Asia”, Asian-Pacific Economic Literature, pp. 1-14.

11/06       Class 5: Japan

                Presenters: 3 summaries

1. Sudo, Sueo (1988). “Japan-ASEAN Relations: New Dimensions in Japanese Foreign Policy”. Asian Survey, Vol. 28, No. 5 (May, 1988), pp. 509-525


2. Alan Rix, 1989-1990. “Japan’s Foreign Aid Policy: A Capacity for Leadership?”, Pacific Affairs, Vol. 62, No. 4, pp. 461-475.


3. Solís, Mireya (2014). “Chapter 8: Japan’s Foreign Economic Policies”. The Oxford Handbook of the International Relations of Asia (Oxford University Press), pp.141-159


4. Kei Koga, 2019. “Japan’s Free and Open Indo-Pacific Strategy: Tokyo’s Tactical Hedging and the Implications for ASEAN”, Contemporary Southeast Asia Vol. 41, No. 2, pp. 286-313.

11/13       Class 6: China

                Presenters:

1. Christoffersen, Gaye (1996). “China and the Asia-Pacific: Need for a Grand Strategy”. Asian Survey, Vol. 36, No. 11 (November, 1996), pp. 1067-1085


2. Wong, John (2013). “Commentary: A China-centric economic order in East Asia”. Asia Pacific Business Review, Vol. 19, No. 2, pp.286-296


3. Hoang Thi Ha (2019). “Understanding China’s Proposal for an ASEAN-China Community of Common Destiny and ASEAN’s Ambivalent Response”, Contemporary Southeast Asia, Vol. 41, No. 2, pp. 223-54.


4. Francois Godement (2015), “One Belt, One Road”: China’s Great Leap Outward”, China Analysis, June 2015.

11/20       Class 7: Middle Powers

                Presenters:

1. Jordaan, Eduard (2003). “The Concept of a Middle Power in International Relations: Distinguishing between Emerging and Traditional Middle Powers”. Politikon: South African Journal of Political Studies, Vol. 30, No. 1, pp. 165-181.


2. Ungerer, Carl (2007). “The “Middle Power” Concept in Australian Foreign Policy”. Australian Journal of Politics and History, Vol. 53, Issue 4, pp. 538-551.


3. Karim, Moch Faisal (2018)). “Middle power, status-seeking and role conceptions: the cases of Indonesia and South Korea”. Australian Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 72, No. 4, pp.343–363


4. Efstathopoulos, Charalampos (2011). “Reinterpreting India's Rise through the Middle Power Prism”. Asian Journal of Political Science, Vol.19, No.1 (April 2011), pp. 74-95

11/27       Class 8: Regional Economic Architecture

                Presenters:

1. Terada, Takashi (1999). “The Genesis of APEC: Australian-Japan Political Initiatives”. Pacific Economic Papers (Australia–Japan Research Centre, Asia Pacific School of Economics and Management, The Australian National University), No. 298


2. Mireya Solís & Jeffrey D. Wilson (2017). “From APEC to mega-regionals: the evolution of the Asia-Pacific trade architecture”. The Pacific Review, Vo. 30, No. 6, pp. 923-937


3. Mark Beeson (2018). “Geoeconomics with Chinese characteristics: the BRI and China’s evolving grand strategy”. Economic and Political Studies, Vol. 6, No.3, pp. 240-256

12/4         Class 9: Northeast Asia Security

Presenters:

1. Kim Sung-han (2008). “Searching for a Northeast Asian peace and security mechanism”. Asian Perspective, Vol. 32, No. 4, pp. 127-156


2. Sakata, Yosuyo (2011). “Chapter 6: Korea and the Japan-U.S. Alliance: A Japanese Perspective”. The U.S.-Japan Security Alliance (Palgrave Macmillan). pp. 91-117


3. Revere, Evans J. R. (2013). “The United States and Japan in East Asia: Challenges and Prospects for the Alliance”. American Foreign Policy Interests, No. 35, pp. 188-197

12/11       Class 10: Southeast Asia Security

                Presenters:

1. Arase, David (2010). “Non-Traditional Security in China-ASEAN Cooperation: The Institutionalization of Regional Security Cooperation and the Evolution of East Asian Regionalism”. Asian Survey, Vol. 50, No. 4, pp. 808-833


2. International Crisis Group (2012). “Stirring up the South China Sea (II): Regional Responses. Crisis Group Asia Report, No.9


3. Emmers, Ralf (2014). “ASEAN’s Search for Neutrality in the South China Sea”. Asian Journal of Peacebuilding, Vol.2, No.1, pp. 61-77

12/18       Class 11: Regional Security Architecture

                Presenters:

1. Ba, Alice D. (2017). “ASEAN and the Changing Regional Order: The ARF, ADMM, and ADMM-Plus”. ASEAN @ 50, Vol. 4, pp. 146-157


2. Cha, Victor D. (2014). “American Alliances and Asia’s Regional Architecture”. The Oxford Handbook of the International Relations of East Asia (Oxford University Press), pp. 737-757


3. Green, Michael J. (2014). “Strategic Asian Triangles”. The Oxford Handbook of the International Relations of East Asia (Oxford University Press), pp. 757-744

12/25       Mini project presentation

1/8           Mini Project Due

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1. Class attendance: 20%, -2 for each absence without advanced notice.


2. 3 Reading Summary Presentations: 15%


3. 5 Reading Critiques (no more than 500 words each) 25%


4. Class participation and discussion: 20%


5. Mini project 20% (one presentation + one final report, no more than 1000 words)