This course introduces students to the strategies which Asia-Pacific countries have developed individually and collectively to deal with the wide range of security issues in the region discussed in Asia2028. Particular attention is paid to the interplay between the use of force and diplomacy in the management of security challenges in Asia, and to the relationship between the efforts of individual countries and the roles of alliances and multilateral organisations. Students will be encouraged to consider he ways in which these varying strategies relate to and are affected by differing national and sub-regional traditions, political systems and world views in the Asia-Pacific region. They will also develop an appreciation of the nature of strategy in general terms and for the differences and relationship between strategy and security.

Enhance knowledge of the strategies which Asia-Pacific countries have developed in responding to the key security challenges of the region discussed in Asia2028. Develop analytical frameworks for explaining and understanding those strategies. Promote general research and writing skills through a varied range of written course assessments.

Tutorial attendance and participation (10 per cent); Short assignment (700 words) (20 per cent); Essay plan (500 words) (10 per cent); Research essay (2,500 words) (30 per cent); Take home exam (1,500 words) (30 per cent).

34 contact hours per semester

A 2-hour lecture session per week for twelve weeks and a 1-hour tutorial per week for ten weeks of the semester.

ASIA2028

Robert Ayson and Desmond Ball, Strategy and Security in the Asia-Pacific, (Crows Nest, NSW: Allen & Unwin, 2006).

William T. Tow (ed), Security Politics in the Asia-Pacific: A Regional-Global Nexus?, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009.