MIM 516: The
International Politics and Political Economy of Asia Pacific
GA: Tim Stoddard
Email: t.j.stoddard@att.net
Course Purposes:
The course is designed to
enable the international management student to: (1) identify and
anticipate the politics of international events and transactions; (2) understand key issues
and forces in the transition from the cold war to the periods of
post-cold war, interdependence, and globalization; (3) understand the
relationship between domestic and external politics, including the roles
of culture, bureaucracy, and history; (4) clarify the motives,
goals, and interests of major governments; and (5) appreciate the role
of regional and international groupings in Asia Pacific's
present and future politics. Texts:
S. Kim, ed., The International Relations of
Northeast Asia
McGrew & Brook, eds., Asia Pacific in the New
World Order
Reading packet (readings marked with *)
Internet news articles and class charts (readings
marked with **)
Student Responsibilities:
(1) Consistent
attendance and active participation;
(2) five topic summary
papers (see guideline -- 50% of grade), due the week following the
class;
(3) final examination (50% of grade).
Lecture Topics:
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Aug. 24 |
The Shaping of the World and East Asian Political
Economy Since 1945 (Gurtov) |
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Readings |
McGrew & Brook, chs. 1-3 (for historical background); Kim, ch. 1; *Layne &
Schwarz, "American
Hegemony,"
Foreign Policy (Fall, 1993) |
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Charts |
Major Questions About E. Asia,
Asia After Cold War,
Timeline of Events,
The Cold War in Asia,
Major Changes in International
Political Economy since 1945,
Shaping of
the Post-War World Political Economy,
Hegemony |
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What is
international political economy? Origins of the postwar international
order. Nationalism, colonialism, and the Asian revolutions. Political
economy of the cold war and post-cold war orders in Asia. U.S. motives
and objectives in Asia. |
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Aug. 31 |
Is There an Asia Pacific? (Latz) |
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Readings |
McGrew &
Brook, chs. 4 and 11; *F. Zakaria, "A Conversation
with Lee Kuan Yew,"
Foreign Affairs (FA), Mar-Apr 1994; *Amartya Sen, "Human Rights
and Asian Values" |
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Controversy over
regional identity; the question of "Asian values";
sources of cooperation and dissonance; nationalism today; a coming "clash of
civilizations"? |
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Sept. 7 |
China Rising (Gurtov) |
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Readings: |
Kim, ch.
3; *Minxin Pei, "Is
China Democratizing?"
FA, Jan-Feb 1998; Chen Guidi and Wu Chuntao, "Crisis in China's
Countryside"; Hu Jintao, "Advancing Win-Win Cooperation for
Sustainable Development";
**J. Kahn, "Behind China's Bid for Unocal". |
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Charts |
Factors
Shaping China's World Outlook,
Foreign Policy Decisionmaking: From Vertical to Horizontal
Authoritarianism,
China: Present and Future,
PRC Interests
and Objectives in the 1990s,
Assessing China's Rise,
China:
Domestic Sources of Foreign Policy. |
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Chinese politics,
economy, and society in the reform era. China's
rise: a balance sheet. Is there a "China threat"? |
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Sep. 14 |
The Two Koreas (Prof. Martin Hart-Landsberg,
Lewis & Clark College) |
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Readings: |
Kim, chs. 8-9; *Hart-Landsberg, "The
South Korean Economy & US Policy,"; *The
North-South Korea Summit Agreement of June 2000. |
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Development and underdevelopment in
the two Koreas; the U.S. role in S. Korean politics and foreign
policy; Kim Dae Jung's "sunshine" policy and its future under Roh
Moo Hyun. |
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Sept. 21 |
China's Changing Regional and Global
Relationships (Gurtov) |
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Readings: |
Kim, chs.
2 and 10; McGrew & Brook, ch. 7; **
Roger Cohen, "Shaping
China's Future Power"; **
Nicholas Kristof, "The China Scapegoat". |
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Charts |
Domestic Politics and Foreign Policy in China, China
and Multilateralism,
Persistent Objectives in China's Foreign Policy,
Independence
under Deng and Jiang,
External Influences on Domestic PRC Policymaking,
China's Zhoubian
Diplomacy in the 1990's, |
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China's response to globalization.
Is China a threat? Taiwan and other issues in U.S. -China relations.
China's new perspective on East Asian Secuirty. |
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Sept. 28 |
"Normal"
Japan? (Gurtov) |
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Readings: |
McGrew &
Brook, ch. 6; Kim, chs. 4-5; *M. Tamamoto, "After the Tsunami, How Japan
Can Lead"; **
Wenran Jiang, "Japan Dips its Toe in the Taiwan Strait". |
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Charts |
Controversies Over Japan,
Japan For Pol Schools,
Japan's Fundamental
Interests, US-Japan,
Resurgent Japanese
Nationalism, Roadblocks
For Japan |
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Japan in Asia; a
leadership role?; competing paradigms of Japan's
foreign policy; security issues; Japan- China relations and other
security issues; scenarios of
Japan's future.
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Oct. 5 |
Regionalism: Regional Cooperation and the "Asian Way"
(Gurtov) |
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Readings: |
McGrew & Brook, chs. 5, 12-14; *M.
Gurtov, Pacific Asia? ch.3 |
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Charts |
Major Asia
Pacific Regional Associations,
Environmental
Problems in East Asia,
The
Slow Pace of Security Cooperation in East Asia |
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Bilateralism and
multilateralism: competing models of regional order; regionalism and
regionalization; patterns of political-economic interaction; the APEC
and ASEAN models. |
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Oct. 13 |
Comprehensive Final Examination
(Latz) |
School Policy: Failing to demonstrate honesty and
integrity will result in a grade of F.
Paper Guidelines
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Choose 5 topics from the first 7 class meetings. Each paper is due
in class the Wednesday following the class that is the subject of your
paper.
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Your job in the paper is to summarize one or more of the main
issues discussed in the readings and lecture, and to assess the
importance of the issue(s) for understanding the politics and economics of
Asia-Pacific.
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Papers (text portion) should be no more than 2 pages, double-spaced in
12-point font.
• Papers should have footnotes or end notes that refer, with page
references, to the class readings. Show, in other words, that you
have read the week's
materials.
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