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ASIA6017 International Relations in NorthEast Asia

Offered By School of Culture, History and Language
Academic Career Graduate Coursework
Course Subject Asian Studies
Offered in ASIA6017 will not be offered in 2011
Unit Value 6 units
Course Description

This course will examine the international relations of Northeast Asia over the last hundred years, from the height of 'old' imperialist rivalry to the post-Soviet world. This region has been critical to global security since the 1930s. The main focus will be on the interactions of China, Japan, Korea, Russia/the USSR, the European powers and the United States through two centuries of upheaval and change.

Learning Outcomes It is expected that students will have a good background knowledge of the international relations of Northeast Asia from the late nineteenth century to the present. It is also expected that students will have some key frameworks for analysing the current international relations of NE Asia.
Indicative Assessment

Short written assignment (10%), Seminar (20%), Two Essays (35% each).

Workload 1.5 hour lecture and 1.5 hour seminar per week.
Course Classification(s) AdvancedAdvanced courses are designed for students having reached 'first degree' level of assumed knowledge, which provide a deep understanding of contemporary issues; or 'second degree' and higher levels of knowledge; or for transition to research training programs.
Areas of Interest Non Language Asian Studies
Requisite Statement

Permission of coordinator

Prescribed Texts

Duus, Peter, Ramon H. Myers, and Mark R. Peattie, eds., The Japanese Informal Empire in China, 1895-1937 (Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1989)

Yahuda, M., The International Politics of the Asia-Pacific, 1945-1995, Routledge, 1996

Iriye, A., China and Japan in the Global Setting, Harvard UP, 1992

Programs Master of Asia-Pacific Studies and Master of Asia-Pacific Studies
Other Information

Delivery Mode:

On Campus

Academic Contact Dr Tomoko Akami

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