South and Central Asia in International Relations 2100-ERASMUS-SCAI
1. Introduction to the course.
2. Defining South and Central Asia: Geography, history and contemporary relevancy of the region in international relations (Part 1).
3. Defining South and Central Asia: Geography, history and contemporary relevancy of the region in international relations (Part 2).
4. Regionalism in South Asia.
5. Regionalism in Central Asia.
6. Great Powers Approach to South Asia.
7. Great Powers Approach to Central Asia.
8. Security Order in South Asia.
9. Security Order in Central Asia.
10. Case 1: Indo Pacific Strategy vs String of Pearls: A heated Blue Water Geopolitics.
11. Case 2: Neighborhood First vs Belt and Road Initiatives (BRI): A India China Rivalry in South Asia.
12. Case 3: A New Great Game and a New Players in Central Asia.
13. Case 4- China in Central Asia: A Classical Geo-economics.
14. Case 5: Coping with the Rise of China and India: A Small State Perspective from South Asia.
15. Case 6-: Central Asia’s emerging challenges to find balance between China and Russia.
Koordynatorzy przedmiotu
Efekty kształcenia
- Will learn to connect international relations theory and the cases from South and Central Asia.
- Will learn the regional aspect of South and Central Asia.
- Will learn about the increasing great power contestation in South and Central Asia.
- Will learn about the Geo-dynamics (Geopolitics and Geoeconomic) of the region.
Kryteria oceniania
Written Exam 60%
Class Attendance 20%
Class Participation 20%
Literatura
Aryal, S. K. (2022). India’s ‘neighbourhood first’policy and the Belt & Road Initiative (BRI). Asian Journal of Comparative Politics, 7(4), 744-756.
Aryal, S. K., & Bharti, S. S. (2021). Post-Taliban Takeover: What is at Stake for India in Afghanistan?. South Asia Democratic Forum (SADF).
Aryal, S. K. (2022). Post-2015 India-Nepal Relations and China Factor in South Asia. Politeja-Pismo Wydziału Studiów Międzynarodowych i Politycznych Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, 19(76), 285-303.
Aryal, S. K., & Pulami, M. J. (2023). The Trajectory Between Territorial Disputes, Nationalism, and Geopolitics: A Case Study of the Kalapani Border Dispute Between India and Nepal. Geopolitics, 1-23.
Aryal, S. K. (2021). Central Asia Region in China’s Foreign Policy after 2013: A Geoeconomics Study. Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 91(6), 743-753.
ARYAL, S. K., & BHARTI, S. S. (2023). CHAPTER FOUR FACTORING IN GEOPOLITICS. Russia-Eurasia Relations: Actors, Issues and Challenges, 64.
Zajączkowski, J. (2015). India’s Foreign Policy following the end of the Cold War. In India in the Contemporary World (pp. 285-328). Routledge India.
Menon, R. (2003). The new great game in Central Asia. Survival, 45(2), 187-204.
SWANSTRÖM*, N. I. K. L. A. S. (2005). China and Central Asia: a new Great Game or traditional vassal relations?. Journal of contemporary China, 14(45), 569-584.
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