Foreign Policy of Asian Countries 2104-GPIR-D3FPAC

1. Introduction
2. Modern Means of Diplomacy and Foreign Policy Making
3. Political Traditions in Pacific Asia and South Asia
4. Building the Modern States in Pacific Asia and South Asia
5. From Dominion to Independent Modern State – Australia and New Zealand
6. Political Parties, Political Society and Political Order
7. The Impact of Armed Forces and Defence Imperatives in Foreign Policy
8. External Drivers of Foreign Policy in Asia and the Pacific
9. Foreign Policy of ASEAN countries - students' projects with the debate
10. Foreign Policy of South Asian countries - students' projects with the
debate
11. Foreign Policy of - students' projects with the
debate
12. Foreign Policy of China- students' projects with the
debate
13. Foreign Policy of Japan- students' projects with the
debate
14. Foreign Policy of South Korea- students' projects with the
debate

Term 2023Z:

1. Introduction
2. Modern Means of Diplomacy and Foreign Policy Making
3. Political Traditions in Pacific Asia and South Asia
4. Building the Modern States in Pacific Asia and South Asia
5. From Dominion to Independent Modern State – Australia and New Zealand
6. Political Parties, Political Society and Political Order
7. The Impact of Armed Forces and Defence Imperatives in Foreign Policy
8. External Drivers of Foreign Policy in Asia and the Pacific
9. Foreign Policy of ASEAN countries - students' projects with the debate
10. Foreign Policy of South Asian countries - students' projects with the
debate
11. Foreign Policy of India - students' projects with the
debate
12. Foreign Policy of China- students' projects with the
debate
13. Foreign Policy of Japan- students' projects with the
debate
14. Foreign Policy of South Korea- students' projects with the
debate

Term 2024Z:

1. Introduction
2. Modern Means of Diplomacy and Foreign Policy Making
3. Political Traditions in Pacific Asia and South Asia
4. Building the Modern States in Pacific Asia and South Asia
5. From Dominion to Independent Modern State – Australia and New Zealand
6. Political Parties, Political Society and Political Order
7. The Impact of Armed Forces and Defence Imperatives in Foreign Policy
8. External Drivers of Foreign Policy in Asia and the Pacific
9. Foreign Policy of ASEAN countries - students' projects with the debate
10. Foreign Policy of South Asian countries - students' projects with the
debate
11. Foreign Policy of India - students' projects with the
debate
12. Foreign Policy of China- students' projects with the
debate
13. Foreign Policy of Japan- students' projects with the
debate
14. Foreign Policy of South Korea- students' projects with the
debate

Prerequisites (description)

The existing literature on foreign policy of Asian countries discusses the subject regionally, dividing the research into Northeast, Southeast and South Asia. Such division could serve as a proof of significant differences among countries in Asia in their foreign policy conceptualizing, contextualizing, making and executing. The course will show common patterns among Asian countries in all the processes related to foreign policy, emphasizing the critical role of regional political traditions, colonial heritage, impact of domestic actors, including local political parties and armed forces.

Course coordinators

Term 2024Z:

Katarzyna Nawrot

Term 2023Z:

Barbara Kratiuk
Tomasz Łukaszuk

Type of course

optional courses

Mode

General:

Classroom

Term 2024Z:

Blended learning

Term 2023Z:

Blended learning

Learning outcomes

Student:

a) is able to analyze foreign policies of Asian countries
in a holistic way
b) is able to comment and introduce own opinion
c) is able to find information on contemporary issues of foreign policies of Asian countries

Assessment criteria

Grading System:
Class attendance is mandatory – student can be absent twice
Student’s project – 40%
Final Exam – 60%
Student project
Students in groups of 3 will have to present foreign policy of a chosen Asian state based on the factors presented and discussed in class.
Presentation requirements:
• 30 minutes maximum
• 3 persons per group
• Research question for the presentation: which factors and why are the deciding ones in the making of foreign policy?
• The state on which the group will present will be assigned together with the lecturers from a provided list based on first come, first served basis
• Only full groups will be allowed to sign up for presentations (i.e. a single person wil not be allowed to ‘reserve’ a state and then look for a group)
• Academic bibliography consisting of min. 6 articles/books for the presentation and 2 key ones to recommend to fellow students,
• Presentations using Wikipedia or caught plagiarizing will automatically receive a failing grade, plagiarism will also be reported to the Head of Studies
• Once presentation date is set it will not be moved
• Another group will be chosen as discussant, to ask questions and critique the presentation
• Presentations will be included in the final exam

Bibliography

Bibliography
Maurice A. East (Editor), Justin Robertson (Editor) “Diplomacy and Developing Nations: Post-Cold War Foreign Policy-Making Structures and Processes (Routledge Advances in International Relations and Global Politics)”, Milton Park: Routledge, 2005.
Jaqueline Anne Braveboy-Wagner (Editor) “Diplomatic Strategies of Nations in the Global South. The Search for Leadership”, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Xiaoming Huang and Jason Young “Politics in Pacific Asia. An Introduction”, Second Edition, London: Palgrave, 2017.
Derek McDougall “Australian Foreign Relations. Entering the 21st Century”, Frenchs Forest: Pearson Education Australia, 2009.
Amitav Acharya and Evelin Goh (Editors) “Reassessing Security Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific. Competition, Congruence and Transformation”, London and Cambridge (Massachussets): The MIT Press, 2007.
Andrew T.H. Tan “The Arms Race in Asia. Trends, causes and implications”, Milton Park: Routledge, 2014.
John Ravenhill “The new bilateralism in the Asia Pacific”, “Third World Quarterly”, 24:2, Routledge, pp. 299-317.
Srinath Raghavan “The Most Dangerous Place. A History of the United States in South Asia”, New Delhi: Penguin, 2018.
Jakub Zajaczkowski, Jivanta Shoettli, Manish Thapa “India in the Contemporary World. Polity, Economy and International Relations”, New Delhi :Routledge, 2014.

Additional Readings:
Aurel Croissant, Philip Lorenz “Comparative Politics of Southeast Asia: An Introduction to Governments and Political Regimes”
William Case “Routledge Handbook of Southeast Asian Democratization” Routledge 2015
Teh-Kuang Chang, Angelin Chang “Routledge Handbook of Asia in World Politics” Routledge 2018
Damien Kingsbury “Politics in Contemporary Southeast Asia: Authority, Democracy and Political Change” Taylor & Francis 2016
Dane Kennedy “Decolonization: a very short history” Oxford 2016
Enrico Fels, Truong-Minh Vu “Power Politics in Asia’s Contested Waters: Territorial Disputes in the South China Sea” Springer 2016

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