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Ph.D. on International Relations

PSIR627

EAST ASIA/PACIFIC STUDIES

Course Code
PSIR627
Semester
-
Theory+Practice
3 + 0
ECTS
10
Course TypeElective Course
Course LevelDoctorate Of Science
Year of Study-
Semester-
ECTS10
Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

  1. Gains and develops analytical and critical thinking and discussion skills in International Relations in general and East Asian/Pacific studies in particular
  2. Gains the knowledge and analysis skills to closely follow the political, economic and military developments in the East Asia/Pacific region
  3. Gains knowledge of the political issues in the East and South China Seas
  4. Learns the global interaction and regional cooperation of the countries of the region from a comparative perspective.
  5. Increases critical thinking and discussion skills by analyzing current political and economic problems in international relations.
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
PrerequisitesNo
Recommended Optional Programme ComponentsNone
Course DescriptionThis course will examine the main problems of the major East Asian countries, which have an important place today but have the potential to play a more active role in the global arena in the near future, both among themselves and at the regional level. In this context, after revealing the historical background of the region, the place of countries such as China, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan in the world economy and politics will be explained. The interactions of the countries of the region at the global level will also be discussed within the scope of the course and regional cooperation will be emphasized. In addition, the discussion of regional security issues and their impact on global security will be discussed in detail. At the end of the course, new perspectives on the future of the East Asian region will be presented. The course will be completed in five stages. First, the economic and political situations of countries in the East Asia/Pacific region, such as the People's Republic of China, Japan and South Korea, which have made an economic breakthrough in the global arena, will be examined. Secondly, the Silk Road project, which has been put forward by the PRC on a global scale in recent years and to whish the PRC allocated a significant budget, will be examined. In the third stage, political, military and economic problem areas in the region will be revealed. In the fourth stage, the increasing soft power of the East Asia/Pacific region countries will be discussed. Finally, the relations between Turkey and the countries in the East Asia/Pacific region will be discussed within the scope of the "Asia Again" initiative put into effect in 2021 by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Turkish Republic.
Course Contents
WEEK TOPICS
1st Week Introduction
2nd Week East Asian History and Geopolitics
3rd Week People's Republic of China in East Asia/Pacific region economy and policy
4th Week Japan in East Asia/Pacific region economy and policy
5th Week South Korea in East Asia/Pacific region economy and policy
6th Week Silk Road project of the People's Republic of China and its impact on Eurasia
7th Week The future of global economic competition in the region I
8th Week Mid-term Exam
9th Week The future of global economic competition in the region II
10th Week Current political and military problem areas in the region
11th Week Political and economic organizations in the region
12th Week The growing global soft power of the East Asia/Pacific region
13th Week Turkey's political and economic relations with East Asian/Pacific countries
14th Week Student Assignments
Recommended or Required ReadingBehera, N. C. (2008). International Relations in South Asia: Search for an Alternative Para-digm. Thousand Oaks, Calif: Sage Publications Pvt. Ltd. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=278313
Biggart, Nicole Woolsey, (1996). Explaining Asian Economic Organization: Toward a Weberi-an Institutional Perspective. in Orru, Marco. Biggart, Nicole Woolsey. Hamilton, Garry. The Economic Organization of East Asian Capitalism. pp 3-32.
Bilgin, P., & Ling, L. H. M. (2017). Asia in International Relations: Unlearning Imperial Power Relations. Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1456287
Emmers, R. (2012). ASEAN and the Institutionalization of East Asia. New York: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=441166
Foot, R. (2012). Asia's Cooperation and Governance: The Role of East Asian Regional Organi-zations in Regional Governance: Constraints And Contributions. Japanese Journal of Po-litical Science, 13(1), 133-142.
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.
Haacke, J. (2002). ASEAN?s Diplomatic and Security Culture: Origins, Development and Pro-spects. Richmond: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=582124
Huntington, Samuel P. (2001). ?Japan?s role in global politics. International Relations of the Asia Pacific Vol (1). pp.131-142.
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.
Karadağ H. Asya Pasifik Bölgesi Özelinde Türkiyenin Kamu Diplomasisi Mimarisi. In:Ali Merthan Dündar; Mehmet Özay editors. Yeniden Asya Açılımı Çerçevesinde Fırsatlar ve Zorluklar. İstanbul: Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vakıf Üniversitesi Yayınları; 2022. p.227-237.
Karadağ H. Güneydoğu Asya Güvenlik Denkleminde Vietnam Silahlı Kuvvetlerinin Rolü. In:Ali Merthan Dündar editors. Türkiye'de Vietnam Çalışmaları-I. Ankara: Ankara Ün-iversitesi Yayınevi; 2021. p.203-213.
Karadağ H. The People's Republic of China in Africa. In:Alpaslan Özerdem, Sinem Akgül Açıkmeşe, Ian Liebenberg editors. Routledge Handbook of Conflict Response and Lead-ership in Africa. New York & London: Routledge; 2021. p.186-199.
Karadağ, H. (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.
Kroeber, Arthur R.(2016). China's Economy: What Everyone Needs to Know. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp.3-16.
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.
Weissmann, M. (2012). The East Asian Peace Conflict Prevention and Informal Peacebuilding. Palgrave Macmillan pp.1-19.
Wrobel, R. M. (2019). Chinese geopolitics in Southeast Asia: a new pattern of economic power within ASEAN Asiatische Studien: Zeitschrift Der Schweizerischen Asiengesellschaft / Etudes Asiatiques: Revue de La Societe Suisse-Asie, (1), 149. https://doi.org/10.5169/seals-823081
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
  • Lecture
  • Discussion
  • Presentation
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Quantity Percentage (%)
Mid-term 1 20
Assignment 4 40
Total(%) 60
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 60
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 40
Total(%) 100
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam 1 2 2
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work 14 4 56
Preparation for Final exam 1 50 50
Course hours 14 3 42
Preparation for Midterm exam 1 50 50
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam 1 2 2
Homework 4 25 100
Total Work Load302
Total Work Load / 30 (h)10.06
ECTS Credit of the Course10
Language of InstructionTurkish
Work Placement(s)No

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