SEMINAR ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OF NORTHEAST ASIA Fall 2008, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Brno, the Czech Republic Instructor: Professor To-hai Liou Class Session: November 18-28, 2008 E-mail:liu7249@nccu.edu.tw; liou0514@hotmail.com COURSE REQUIREMENTS AND GRADINGS Participation in class (discussion) 40% Paper 60% ASSIGNMENTS 1. Paper (12-15 double-spaced pages in English including notes and bibliography ): Your paper should be prepared along the outline as set up in your paper proposal with the instructor¡¦s approval. A good research paper, while not inclusive, usually contains following major elements: a properly-defined research issue, good coverage of questions, well-stated arguments, effective evidence/case, good internal logic, well-structured/organized, good introduction/conclusion/transition paragraphs, clearly/well-written, engaging/lively prose, good command of topic, comprehensiveness of research, and well-documented/complete citations. These elements are also the criteria for grading of the paper. COURSE SCHEDULE 1. Nov.18(morning, Tue): Introduction : Research Skills (30 minutes) The Evolution of International Environment in Northeast Asia (60 minutes) A Historical Overview: Cold War and International Relations of Northeast Asia, 1945-1989. Post-Cold War International Relations in Northeast Asia Buzan Barry and Segal Gerald, "Rethinking East Asia Security," Survival, Summer 1994, Vol.36, No.2, pp.3-12. Donald C Hellmann, ¡§A Decade After the Asian Financial Crisis: Regionalism and International Architecture in a Globalized World,¡¨ Asian Survey: Nov/Dec 2007. Vol. 47, Iss. 6; p. 834 (16 pages) Ramkishen S. Rajan, ¡§Trade liberalization and the New Regionalism in the Asia-Pacific: taking stock of recent events,¡¨ International Relations of the Asia-Pacific, 2005 5: 217-233. Simon Duke, "Northeast Asia and Regional Security," Journal of East Asian Affairs, Vol.IX, No. 2, Summer/Fall 1995, pp. 323-384. Kent E. Calder, ¡§The New Face of Northeast Asia,¡¨ Foreign Affairs, January/February 2001, Vol. 80, No. 1, pp. 106-122 William T. Tow, Asia-Pacific Strategic Relations: Seeking Convergent Security, Cambridge University Press, 2001. Optional readings: Asia's China Debate - Dr. Satu Limaye (ed.) December 2003 http://www.apcss.org/Publications/SAS/ChinaDebate/Asias%20China%20Debate%20complete.pdf The Asia Pacific: A Region in Transition - Jim Rolfe http://www.apcss.org/Publications/Edited%20Volumes/RegionalFinal%20chapters/RegionalFinal.html 2. Nov.18(afternoon, Tue): Major Powers and the Asia Pacific --- China¡¦s Northeast Asia policy with a focus on Rising China, Soft Power Diplomacy and Asian Economic Integration (90 minutes) Sutter, Robert G, China's rise in Asia : promises and perils, 2005 (327.51009051 S967) Russell Ong, China's security interests in the 21st century, London ; New York : Routledge, 2007 (355.033051 O58) Young Nam Cho, Jong Ho Jeong. ¡§China's Soft Power: Discussions, Resources, and Prospects,¡¨ Asian Survey: Jun 2008. Vol. 48, Iss. 3; p. 453 (20 pages) To-hai Liou, " Asia¡¦s Response to China¡¦s FTA Strategy: Implications for Asian Economic Integration," Journal of East Asian Affairs, Spring/Summer 2007, pp. 195-232. http://www.inss.re.kr/app/board/view.act;jsessionid=049CCDBFDE9AA68D5E193D4FE2EC1D47?metaCode=en_m_ pub&boardId=82ac7629036b792536928154 William T. Tow, ¡§Great-Power Strategy I: China,¡¨ pp.12-43. Wu Xinbao, ¡§The Promise and Limitations of a Sino-U.S. Partnership,¡¨ Washington Quarterly, Autumn 2004, Vol. 27, Number 4, pp. 115-126. Hu Weixing, "China's Security Agenda after the Cold War," Pacific Review, Vol.8, No.1, 1995, pp. 117-136. Optional readings: Pollack, Jonathan D. "China's Changing Perceptions of East Asian Security and Development," Orbis, Vol 29, Winter 1986, pp. 771‑94. Denny Roy, "Restructuring Foreign and Defence Policy: the People's Republic of China," in McGrew and Brook, pp. 137-157. Penghong Cai, "Chinese Perspectives of the China-Korea-Japan Free Trade Agreement," Journal of East Asian Affairs, Vol.XVI, No. 2, Fall/Winter 2002, pp. 198-224. Alexandre Mansourov, ¡§China-Russia Relations: Can "Bamboo and Pine Trees" Grow Together?,¡¨ in Satup Limaye ¡]ed.¡^Asia¡¦s Bilateral Relations, Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS), 2004 Denny Roy, ¡§China-Japan Relations: Cooperation Amidst Antagonism,¡¨ in Satup Limaye ¡]ed.¡^Asia¡¦s Bilateral Relations, Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS), 2004 http://www.apcss.org/Publications/SAS/AsiaBilateralRelations/China-Japan%20Relations%20Roy.pdf Denny Roy, ¡§China-South Korea Relations: Elder Brother Wins Over Younger Brother,¡¨ in Satup Limaye ¡]ed.¡^Asia¡¦s Bilateral Relations, Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS), 2004 http://www.apcss.org/Publications/SAS/AsiaBilateralRelations/China-South%20Korea%20Relations%20Roy. pdf 3. Nov.19(morning, Wen): Cross-Straits Relations (90 minutes) Special Issue on Taiwan, Asian Survey, Volume: 44, Number: 4 July/August 2004 http://caliber.ucpress.net/toc/as/44/4;jsessionid=jtiagHNog2R9 Scott Kennedy and Michael O'Hanlon, "Time to Shift Gears on China Policy," Journal of East Asian Affairs, Winter/Spring 1996, Vol.X, No.1, pp. 13-44. Henry M. Paulson Jr., ¡§A Strategic Economic Engagement: Strengthening U.S.-Chinese Ties,¡¨ Foreign Affairs, September/October 2008, http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20080901faessay87504/henry-m-paulson-jr/a-strategic-economic-engageme nt.html C. Fred Bergsten, ¡§A Partnership of Equals: How Washington Should Respond to China's Economic Challenge,¡¨ Foreign Affairs, July/August 2008, http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20080701faessay87404/c-fred-bergsten/a-partnership-of-equals.html Gary J. Schmitt and Tim Sullivan, ¡§Managing a Cross-Strait Crisis:The Limitations of Crisis Management Theory,¡¨ January 9, 2008, NATIONAL SECURITY OUTLOOK AEI Online http://www.aei.org/publications/pubID.27339/pub_detail.asp James C. Mulvenon, Michael D. Swaine. Taiwan's Foreign and Defense Policies: Features and Determinants, 2001. http://www.questia.com/library/book/taiwans-foreign-and-defense-policies-features-and-determinants- by-james-c-mulvenon-michael-d-swaine.jsp Robert S. Ross, ¡§Explaining Taiwan's Revisionist Diplomacy,¡¨ Journal of Contemporary China, August 2006, Vol. 15, No. 48, pp. 443-458, Steve Chan ¡§Taiwan in 2005: Strategic Interaction in Two-Level Games,¡¨ Asian Survey. Jan/Feb 2006. Vol. 46, No. 1. Shelly Rigger, ¡§Party Politics and Taiwan's External Relations,¡¨ Orbis Vol. 49 no. 3 (Summer 2005) p. 413-28. 4. Nov.19(afternoon, Wen): South Korea¡¦s Northeast Asia Policy (90 minutes) Park Sang-Seek, "Determinants of Korean Foreign Policy: A Review of the Thirty‑eight Year History," Korea and World Affairs, Vol. 10, Fall 1988, pp. 457‑83. Kwang Soo Choi, "Korea's Foreign Policy in the 1990s," Korea and World Affairs, Summer 1989, pp. 253-262. Kim Kook-chin, "Seoul"s Nordpolitik," in Michael J. Mazarr, John Q. Blodgett (eds) Korea 1991: the Road to Peace, Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1991, pp. 95-100. Sang-Seek Park, "Northern Diplomacy and Inter-Korea Relations," Korea and World Affairs, winter, 1988. 5. Nov.20(morning, Thu) US-South Korea Relations (90 minutes) Chae-jin Lee. A Troubled Peace: US Policy and the Two Koreas. Baltimore: The John Hopkins University Press, 2006. Donald Stone MacDonald, U.S.-Korean Relations from Liberation to Self-Reliance: the Twenty-Year Record, Westview Press, 1992. Book Review by John Chay, Pacific Affairs, Vol. 66, No. 2 (Summer, 1993), pp. 286-287 http://www.jstor.org/stable/2759389?seq=1 To-hai Liou, ¡§U.S.-South Korea Relations under Kim Dae-jung and Beyond,¡¨ Tamkang Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 9, No. 2, 2005. pp. 51-87. http://www2.tku.edu.tw/~ti/Journal/9-2/922.pdf#search=%22US-South%20Korean%20relations%20under%20Ki m%20Dae-jung%2C%20Tamkang%20Journal%20of%20International%20Affairs%22 Mark E. Manyin, ¡§South Korea-U.S. Economic Relations: Cooperation, Friction, and Future Prospects¡¨ http://www.nautilus.org/DPRKBriefingBook/southkorea/CRS_ROK-US_economic_relations_2004-7.pdf Victor D. Cha, ¡§Korea¡¦s Place in the Axis,¡¨ Foreign Affairs, May-June 2002, Vol. 81, No. 3, pp. 79-92. 6. Nov.20(afternoon, Thu) South Korea¡¦s FTA Strategy (90 minutes) To-hai Liou, 2008, ¡§South Korea¡¦s FTA Strategy,¡¨ Foreign Trade Review¡]Indian Institute of Foreign Trade¡^, April-June, Vol. XLIII, No. 1, pp. 42-65. http://www.iift.edu/iift/papers_iift.asp Sung-Hoon Park, Min Gyo Koo.¡¨Forming a Cross-Regional Partnership: The South Korea-Chile FTA and Its Implications,¡¨ Pacific Affairs. Vancouver: Summer 2007. Vol. 80, No. 2, pp. 259-277. Won-Ho Kim, ¡§An Analysis of the Korea-Chile FTA Performance: Implications for a Korea-China FTA,¡¨ Taiwanese Journal of WTO Studies, No.11, 2008. pp. 123-156. http://www.wtostudy.nccu.edu.tw/publication/wtojn11/wtojn11%5B4%5D.html 7. Nov.21(Fri) North Korea¡¦s diplomatic strategy in Post-Cold War era (90 minutes) To-hai Liou, " North Korea¡¦s Diplomatic Strategies in the Post-Cold War Era: Fishing in the Troubled Water," International Journal of Korean Unification Studies, Vol. 10, No. 2, 2001, pp. 79-103. http://www.kinu.or.kr/report/report_02_01.jsp?page=2&num=38&mode=view&field=&text=&order=&dir=&bid= DATA03&ses=&category=11 Jaewoo Choo, ¡§Mirroring North Korea's Growing Economic Dependence on China: Political Ramifications,¡¨ Asian Survey: Mar/Apr 2008. Vol. 48, No. 2; p. 343 (30 pages) Bonnie S. Glaser and Wang Liang - , ¡§North Korea: The Beginning of a China-U.S. Partnership?,¡¨ The Washington Quarterly, Summer 2008. Victor D. Cha and David C. Kang, ¡§Can North Korea be Engaged?¡¨ Survival, Summer 2004, http://www.iiss.org/survivalsummaries.php?volume=46&issue=2&submit=Go B. C. Koh, ¡§North Korean Policy Toward the United States,¡¨ in Dae-Sook Suk and Chae-Jin Lee (eds) North Korea After Kim Il Sung, Boulder, Colorado: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1998, p. 85-100. Kim Samuel S., ed., North Korean Foreign Relations in the Post-Cold War Era, Oxford University Press, 1998. 8. Nov.24(Mon) Japan¡¦s Northeast Asia Policy (90 minutes) Drifte, Reinhard, Japan's Foreign Policy, London: Routledge, 1990. Green, Michael J , Japan's Reluctant Realism : Foreign Policy Challenges in an Era of Uncertain Power, New York : Palgrave, 2001. Akio Watanabe, " The Past and Future of the Japan-U.S. Alliance," Japan Review of International Affairs, Vol. 15, No. 3, fall 2001, pp. 171-188. Satoshi Morimoto, "Missile Defense and Japan¡¦s Security," Japan Review of International Affairs, Vol. 15, No. 3, fall 2001, pp. 222-235. John H. Mller, ¡§Russia-Japan Relations: Prisoners of History,¡¨ in Satup Limaye ¡]ed.¡^Asia¡¦s Bilateral Relations, Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS), 2004 http://www.apcss.org/Publications/SAS/AsiaBilateralRelations/Japan-Russia%20Relations%20Miller.pdf Mike M Mochizuki. (2007). ¡§Japan's shifting strategy toward the rise of China¡¨ Journal of Strategic Studies. ¡¨Asia Survey: Aug 2007. Vol. 30, Iss. 4/5. Glenn D. Hook, Julie Gilson, Christopher W. Hughes and Hugo Dobson, Japan¡¦s International Relations: Politics, Economics and Security, Sheffield Centre for Japanese Studies, London: Routledge, 2001. Victor Cha, ¡§Japan¡¦s Engagement Dilemmas with North Korea,¡¨ Asian Survey, July-August 2001, Vol. XLI, No. 4, pp. 549-563. 9. Nov.25(Tue) Sino-Japanese Relations in the Post-Cold War Era (90 minutes) Denny Roy, ¡§China-Japan Relations: Cooperation Amidst Antagonism,¡¨ in Satup Limaye ¡]ed.¡^Asia¡¦s Bilateral Relations, Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS), 2004 http://www.apcss.org/Publications/SAS/AsiaBilateralRelations/China-Japan%20Relations%20Roy.pdf David Fouse, ¡§Japan-Taiwan Relations: A Case of Tempered Optimism,¡¨ in Satup Limaye ¡]ed.¡^Asia¡¦s Bilateral Relations, Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS), 2004 http://www.apcss.org/Publications/SAS/AsiaBilateralRelations/Japan-Taiwan%20Relations%20Fouse.pdf Jing Sun , ¡§Japan-Taiwan Relations: Unofficial in Name Only,¡¨ Asian Survey September/October 2007, Vol. 47, No. 5, 790¡V810 10. Nov.26(Wen) Australia¡¦s Relations with China and Taiwan (90 minutes) Tow, William T.; Yen, Chen-shen. ¡§Australia-Taiwan Relations: the Evolving Geopolitical Setting,¡¨ Australian Journal of International Affairs, Sept 2007, Vol. 61, No 3, pp. 330-350 To-hai Liou, ¡§Australia¡¦s Economic Relations with China and Taiwan in the Post-Cold War Era,¡¨ Taiwanese Journal of Australian Studies, Vol. 5, 2004, pp. 97-124. To-hai Liou, "A Comparative Study of Australia-Taiwan Relations and Australia-South Korea Relations since the 1990s," Journal of East Asian Affairs, Spring/Summer 2002, pp.172-191. Nicholas Thomas (ed.) Re-Orienting Australia-China Relations: 1972 to the Present, Hampshire (England) and Burlington (Vermont): Ashgate Publishing. 2004. 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