Week 1 /Feb.21 Course Introduction
Week 2 /Feb 28 Holidays (No Class)
Week 3 /March 7 Conflict Resolutions in Southeast Asia
Olekalns, Louise F. M., and Helen D. Cieri. 1999. “Cultural differences in Conflict Resolution: Individualism and collectivism in the Asia-Pacific region.” http://people.wku.edu/richard.miller/T-K%20cultural%20differences.pdf
Park, Cyn-Young, P. A. Petri, and M. G. Plummer. 2021. “The Economics of Conflicts and Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific: RCEP, CPTPP and US-China Trade War.” East Asian Economic Review 25(3): 233-271.
Week 4 /March 14 China, Taiwan and Southeast Asia
Trif, Dana S. 2024. "Negotiating ‘access’ to the international ‘rules-based order’: Taiwan’s South China Sea policy." The Pacific Review 37(3): 634-659.
Chen, Ian Tsung-Yen, and Alan Hao Yang. 2013. "A Harmonized Southeast Asia? Explanatory Typologies of ASEAN Countries’ Strategies to the Rise of China." The Pacific Review 26(3): 265-288.
Week 5 /March 21 Japan and Southeast Asia
Trinidad, Dennis D. 2007. "Japan’s ODA at the Crossroads: Disbursement Patterns of Japan’s Development Assistance to Southeast Asia." Asian Perspective 31(2): 95-125.
Zhao, Hong. 2019. "China–Japan Compete for Infrastructure Investment in Southeast Asia: Geopolitical Rivalry or Healthy Competition?" Journal of Contemporary China 28(118): 558-574.
Week 6 /March 28 South China Sea and International Law
Nguyen, Hong Kong To. 2023. "Law and (Dis) order in the South China Sea." Asia Policy 18(2): 127-164.
McLaughlin, Rob. 2022. "The law of the sea and PRC gray-zone operations in the South China Sea." American Journal of International Law 116 (4): 821-835.
Week 7 /April 4 Holidays (No Class)
Week 8 /April 11 Flexible Week (No Class)
Week 9 /April 18 Conflict Resolution Strategy: Hedging
Jones, David Martin, and Nicole Jenne. "Hedging and grand strategy in Southeast Asian foreign policy." International Relations of the Asia-Pacific 22.2 (2022): 205-235.
Marston, Hunter S. 2023 "Abandoning Hedging." Contemporary Southeast Asia 45(1): 55-81..
Week 10 /April 25 Regionalism in Southeast Asia and the "ASEAN" Way
Lardo, Naifa Rizani. 2021 "ASEAN Way: Managing Expectation in the Code of Conduct for the South China Sea." Global: Jurnal Politik Internasional 23(2): 218-235.
Aditomo, Farhan Muhammad, and Edy Prasetyono. 2022. "Review of the Formulating of the Code of Conduct in South China Sea between ASEAN and the People's Republic of China." Konfrontasi: Jurnal Kultural, Ekonomi dan Perubahan Sosial 9(1): 119-130.
Week 11 /May 2 Transformation of Regional Security Order in Southeast Asia
Thayer, Carlyle A. 2021 "The South China Sea in Multilateral Forums: Five Case Studies." Maritime Issues and Regional Order in the Indo-Pacific. Pp.71-86.
Rüland, Jürgen and Arndt Michael. 2019. "Overlapping Regionalism and Cooperative Hegemony: How China and India Compete in South and Southeast Asia." Cambridge Review of International Affairs 32(2): 178-200.
Week 12 /May 9 ASEAN Regional Forum and Asia-Pacific Security
Sembiring, Afri Emilia Br, et al. 2024. The Implementation of Confidence-Building Measures (CBMs) in the South China Sea for Regional Stability through the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF)." Jurnal Pertahanan: Media Informasi tentang Kajian dan Strategi Pertahanan yang Mengedepankan Identity, Nasionalism dan Integrity 10(2): 308-320.
Agastia, I. Gusti Bagus Dharma. 2021. ”Maritime security cooperation within the ASEAN institutional framework: A gradual shift towards practical cooperation." JAS (Journal of ASEAN Studies) 9(1): 25-48
Week 13 /May 16 Code of Conduct, ASEAN and China
Roberts, Christopher B. 2018. "ASEAN, the “South China Sea” arbitral award, and the code of conduct: New challenges, new approaches." Asian Politics & Policy 10(2): 190-218.
Trystanto, Trystanto. 2022. "Assessing the Potential Effectiveness of the ASEAN-China Code of Conduct on the South China Sea in Constraining Chinese Aggressive Actions." Padjadjaran Journal of International Law 6(2): 136-159.
Week 14 /May 23 ASEAN and the South China Sea
Rahmaddi, Rahmaddi, Andri Yanto, and Dwi Haryadi. 2024. "Integration of ASEAN Way Principles in Negotiations for The ASEAN-China Code of Conduct for Creating Stability of The Southeast Asia Region." Proceedings of the International Conference on Environmental Law and Mining Law, ICTA II-MIL 2023, 21st October 2023, Pangkalpinang, Bangka Belitung, Indonesia. 2024.
Huang, Zhao Alexandre. 2024. "@ China vs.@ ASEAN on X: Their Digital Mediated Diplomacy Involving the# SouthChinaSea." USC Center on Public Diplomacy. Paper 2.
Week 15 /May 30 Holidays (No Class)
Week 16 /June 6 China’s Strategy in the South China Sea
Beeson, Mark, and Andrew Chubb. 2021”. Australia, China and the maritime ‘rules-based international order’: comparing the South China Sea and Timor Sea disputes." International Relations of the Asia-Pacific 21(2): 233-264.
Wu, Yushan. 2024. "Textual Analysis of ASEAN's South China Sea Policy—Take the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea (2002) as an Example." Journal of Political Science Research 5(1): 61-66.
Week 17 /June 13 Final paper preparation
Week 18 /June 20 Submitting Final Paper
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1. Add/drop the course. Students who would like to add this course, with my permission, will get my signature after attending the first two weekly class meetings. Students should drop the course if they 1) miss any of the first three weekly class meetings and/or 2) plan to skip the last two weekly class meetings.
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5. Assistance for your assignment writing. Students who have difficulty writing grammatical, clear, and well-organized assignments in English should seek help from the NCCU English Writing Center.
6. Students with disabilities. If you have a disability and need accommodations for this course, please contact me early in the session and contact the NCCU Physical and Mental Health Center. I will provide reasonable accommodations for you in the course. All conversations between you and me will remain confidential.
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