GVPT 409C, fall 2007: Seminar in International Relations and World Politics: East Asia Tydings 1118 Wednesdays, 3:30-6:15 PM Scott Kastner Tydings 3114L [email protected] 301-405-9710 Office hours: Wednesdays, 1:30-2:30 or by appointment. This course will survey several topics relating to the international politics of East Asia. The course will cover both security-related issues (such as tensions on the Korean Peninsula and across the Taiwan Strait, and prospects for peace in the region more generally), and political economy issues (such as regional institutions and responses to the Asian Financial Crisis). REQUIREMENTS: Students are expected to attend class regularly, having done the assigned readings in advance. Considerable time will be spent in class each week discussing the readings. Grades will be based on the following: 2 papers, each 5-6 pages long, on topics given in advance by the instructor. Each paper will count 25% toward the final grade. Papers will be graded based on the quality of the writing as well as the content. As an alternative to these two papers, students will also have the option of completing a single research paper, 15-20 pages in length, on a topic approved in advance by the instructor. Students choosing this option must have an approved topic prior to the due date of the first paper; the research paper would then be due on the date of the second paper, and would count 50% toward the final grade. A short, in-class test. This will count 15% toward the final grade. A final exam. This will count 20% toward the final grade, to be given on the scheduled date of the final exam. Class participation (15% of final grade). Students are expected to attend class regularly, having done the reading, and participate in course discussions. Students wishing to challenge a grade must do so within 1 week of the day the assignment is handed back. Challenges must be made in writing, with a clear argument explaining the reasons for the challenge. In these cases, the entire assignment will be graded again (with the implication that the grade might go down, though this is unlikely).The University of Maryland, College Park has a nationally recognized Code of Academic Integrity, administered by the Student Honor Council. This Code sets standards for academic integrity at Maryland for all undergraduate and graduate students. As a student you are responsible for upholding these standards for this course. It is very important for you to be aware of the consequences of cheating, fabrication, facilitation, and plagiarism. For more information on the Code of Academic Integrity or the Student Honor Council, please visit http://www.studenthonorcouncil.umd.edu/whatis.html. READINGS I have ordered three books for the class: Thomas U. Berger, Mike M. Mochizuki, and Jitsuo Tsuchiyama, eds., Japan in International Politics: The Foreign Policies of an Adaptive State. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, 2007. Jean A. Garrison, Making China Policy, from Nixon to G.W. Bush. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, 2005. Selig S. Harrison, Korean Endgame. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2002. Besides these three books, I will also assign many articles. Some of these are available via the online course reserves, but MANY MUST BE RETRIEVED BY THE STUDENTS THEMSELVES USING RESEARCH PORT OR VIA THE INTERNET. It is the student’s responsibility to locate these articles and read them. Research port is available on the library’s webpage: http://www.lib.umd.edu/ The online course reserves are also located on the library webpage. Go into the catalogue, and click on COURSE RESERVES. Search by my name or the course number. Click on the appropriate reading, you will then be asked for a password. The password is: gvpt409ckas Week 1 (August 29): Introduction. Week 2 (September 5): After the Cold War in Asia: Ripe for Rivalry?Readings for week 2: Aaron L. Friedberg. 1993/1994. “Ripe For Rivalry: Prospects for Peace in a Multipolar Asia.” International Security 18 (3): 5-33. David C. Kang. 2003. “Getting Asia Wrong: The Need for New Analytic Frameworks.” International Security 27 (4): 57-85. Amitav Acharya. 2003/2004. “Will Asia’s past be its future?” International Security 28 (3): 149-164. Robert S. Ross. 1999. “The Geography of the Peace: East Asia in the Twenty-First Century.” International Security 23 (4): 81-118. Week 3 (September 12): The Korean Peninsula I: Background, stability in the North, prospects for peace. Readings for week 3: Harrison (Korean Endgame), introduction and chapters 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9. David C. Kang. 2003. “International Relations Theory and the Second Korean War.” International Studies Quarterly 47 (3): 301-324. Week 4 (September 19): The Korean Peninsula II: the nuclear weapons issue. Readings for week 4: Harrison (Korean Endgame), chapters 16-21. Victor D. Cha. 2002. “North Korea’s Weapons of Mass Destruction: Badges, Shields, or Swords?” Political Science Quarterly 117 (2): 209-230. Week 5 (September 26): China I: US-China Relations since the 1970s. Readings for week 5: Garrison (Making China Policy), Chapters 3-8. Week 6 (October 3): China II: The Taiwan Issue. Readings for week 6:Richard C. Bush, Untying the Knot, chapter 2 (ONLINE COURSE RESERVES) Emerson M.S. Niou, “Understanding Taiwan Independence and Its Policy Implications,” Asian Survey 44, no. 4 (July/August 2004): 555-567. Robert S. Ross, “Explaining Taiwan’s Revisionist Diplomacy,” Journal of Contemporary China 15, no. 48 (August 2006): 443-458. Susan L. Shirk, China: Fragile Superpower, chapter 3 (ONLINE COURSE RESERVES) Week 7 (October10): China III: The rise of China and the future of US-China relations. Readings for week 7: Thomas J. Christensen. 2006. “Fostering Stability or Creating a Monster?” International Security 31 (1): 81-126. Aaron L. Friedberg. 2005. “The Future of US-China Relations: Is Conflict Inevitable?” International Security 30 (2): 7-45. Alastair Iain Johnston. 2003. “Is China a status quo power?” International Security 27 (4): 5-56. David Shambaugh. 2004/2005. “China engages Asia: Reshaping the Regional Order.” International Security 29 (3): 64-99. Week 8 (October 17): First papers due. Japan’s foreign relations (I). Readings for week 8: Berger et al. (Japan in International Politics), chapters 1 and 3. Week 9 (October 24):