ASIAN COMMUNITY AND PEACE AND SECURITY IN EAST ASIA

PSIR488

Course Code: PSIR488
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 5

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Bachelor's Degree

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Associate Professor Haluk Karadağ

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Improve their analytic and critical thinking & discussion abilities in International Relations generally, and in East Asia studies in private.
Gain capability of closely keeping track of the political, economics and military developments in East Asia.
Have knowledge about the political problems in the East and South China Sea.
Learn global interactions and regional cooperations among the states in the region from the perspective of comparative studies.
Improve critical thinking and debating abilities by analyzing current political and economic problems in International Relations.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.

Course Description

The course scrutinizes regional fundamental problems of East Asian states of which today has a higher importance, however has a potential to be much more important in the near future. The course will start with the historical background of significant East Asian states such as China, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan and their political and economic power in the world. Also, their interactions with the regional states and international actors will be held under the scope of course. In addition, regional and international security issues will be discussed in detail. In the final phase of the course new perspectives regarding the future of the region will be exposed.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Geopolitics of East Asia
2^nd Week	Historical background of East Asia
3^rd Week	Integration studies of Asian communities
4^th Week	Economic organizations in East Asia
5^th Week	Political organizations in East Asia
6^th Week	China in world economics and politics
7^th Week	Midterm Exam
8^th Week	Japan in world economics and politics
9^th Week	Peace studies in East Asia
10^th Week	Conflict resolution in Asian communities
11^th Week	Regional security organizations in East Asia
12^th Week	United Nations and Asian communities
13^th Week	European Community vs. Asian community
14^th Week	New perspectives on Asian community

Recommended or Required Reading

Watanabe, Atsuko (2018). Greater East Asia Geopolitics and its geopolitical imagination of a borderless world: A neglected tradition Political Geography, Vol.67. pp 23-31.
Gunn, G. (2014). East-Southeast Asia in World History: The Making of a World Region. Trans-Regional and -National Studies of Southeast Asia, 2(1), 5-30.
Biggart, Nicole Woolsey, (1996). Explaining Asian Economic Organization: Toward a Weberian Institutional Perspective. in Orru, Marco. Biggart, Nicole Woolsey. Hamilton, Garry. The Economic Organization of East Asian Capitalism. pp 3-32.
Foot, R. (2012). Asia's Cooperation and Governance: The Role of East Asian Regional Organizations in Regional Governance: Constraints And Contributions. Japanese Journal of Political Science, 13(1), 133-142.
Huntington, Samuel P. (2001). Japan's role in global politics. International Relations of the Asia Pacific Vol (1). pp.131-142.
Kroeber, Arthur R.(2016). China's Economy: What Everyone Needs to Know. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp.3-16.
Weissmann, M. (2012). The East Asian Peace Conflict Prevention and Informal Peacebuilding. Palgrave Macmillan pp.1-19.
Karadağ, Haluk. (2018). United Nations and Taiwan's Recognition Problem. In: A.Merthan Dündar (ed.) Taiwan Studies-I: History, Economy & International Relations. Ankara University Press. pp.47-54.
Johanson, Daniel. Jie, Li. Wu, Tsunghan. (2019). New perspectives on China's relations with the World: National, Transnational and International. E-international relations publishing. pp.77-87 and 104-115.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Discussion
Questions/Answers
Project

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Project	1	80
Attendance	1	20
Total(%)		100
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		100
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		0
Total(%)		100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work	14	2	28
Preparation for Final exam
Course hours	14	3	42
Preparation for Midterm exam
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam
Homework
Project	1	80	80
Total Work Load			150
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			5
ECTS Credit of the Course			5

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1	LO2	LO3	LO4	LO5
K1
K2					X
K3					X
K4
K5
K6
K7
K8				X	X
K9	X		X	X
K10
K11		X			X
K12	X	X	X	X
K13		X