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Seminar on Asian Regionalism

Offered in 113-2
  • Notes
    The course is conducted in English。
  • Limits on Course Adding / Dropping

    • Restriction: juniors and beyond

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  • Course Description
    This is a master-leveled seminar, which aims to equip students with knowledge of the institutional and politico-economic development of Asian regionalism and its role in world and regional politics. It is an English teaching seminar, which is also open to undergraduate students that are well prepared to work with the master students. Each week, this seminar will be held for two periods, each of which lasts for fifty minutes. The professor will deliver a lecture on a selected theme of Asian regionalism in the first period and moderate a discussion and brainstorming of the same theme in the second. The professor may invite important guest speakers to class in the semester. - Schedule 1st week introduction 2nd – 5th weeks understanding of Asian regionalism (2nd-6th week) The 1st and 2nd submissions of essays on assigned readings (for the undergraduate only) 8th week Oral presentation of the mid-term reports 9th – 15th weeks individual Asian country’s approach to Asian regionalism (9th-13th weeks) The 3rd and 4th submissions of essays on assigned readings (for the undergraduate only) 16th week Oral presentation of the final reports
  • Course Objective
    This is a master-leveled seminar, which aims to equip students with knowledge of the institutional and politico-economic development of Asian regionalism and its role in world and regional politics. It is an English teaching seminar, which is also open to undergraduate students that are well prepared to work with the master students. Each week, this seminar will be held for two periods, each of which lasts for fifty minutes. The professor will deliver a lecture on a selected theme of Asian regionalism in the first period and moderate a discussion and brainstorming of the same theme in the second.
  • Course Requirement
    - Grading: ￭ Grading： For the master students S/He will have to submit a semester report at the end of the semester after giving an oral report on it at the midterm exam week. The midterm report shall be the proposal of same subject. The semester report should be paper-styled with a list of reference, following the instructions for the author of the Taiwan Journal of Political Science, and is between 4000-4500 words typed with double space, including the reference. S/He shall present its semester report orally before submitting its written one. Each master student shall complete his/her report independently. In class, each master student shall give an oral report of the assigned readings in the second period of the seminar at least four times, dependent upon the number of the master students and the organization of class. PPT is strongly recommended to facilitate the oral reporting. The composition of grading is as follows. - Final report: 40% (including oral and written reports) - Midterm report: 20% (oral report only) - Attendance: 20% (10% as the starting point) - Oral report of assigned readings: 20% (20 minutes)  Form of oral report of assigned readings  Short presentation of the author(s)  Short presentation of the structure of the article/chapter  Presentation of the core questions and arguments of the article/chapter  Presentation of your critique and questions For the undergraduate students: Different from the master students who shall complete his/her semester report individually and independently, the undergraduate students will have to do it as teamwork. Each team is composed of up to 3 people in class, who will have to submit a semester report at the end of the semester after giving an oral report on it in the midterm exam week. The midterm report shall be the proposal of same subject. The semester report should be essay-styled with a list of reference but without any footnotes, and is between 3000-4000 words typed with double space, including the reference. In class, each undergraduate student shall give a written summary and critique of four assigned readings throughout the semester and each is of 300 words. The composition of grading is as follows. - Final report: 40% (written report only) - Midterm report: 20% (oral report only) - Attendance: 20% - Four summaries and critiques of assigned readings: 20% ￭ Important announcements 1. PLAGIARISM is never allowed. Students found to have had plagiarism will be graded ZERO immediately. The definition of plagiarism is based on the NTU Directives for Handling Suspected Violations of Academic Ethics in Theses/Dissertations and Harvard plagiarism policy. https://usingsources.fas.harvard.edu/harvard-plagiarism-policy 2. Students are allowed and encouraged to use AI-instruments in drafting reports, which however must be appropriately revealed in the reports. 3. I will not sign up any request for withdrawal from class; therefore, please evaluate your time and work before choosing this seminar. 4. All written work shall be submitted on the website NTU Cool. All announcements will be posted on the course website NTU Cool. Additionally, all information will be sent to NTU mailbox of all enrolled students. It is essential for students to check their NTU mailbox regularly. 5. Enrollment will be held irregularly. Poor presence will surely cast very negative impact upon the final grading. On the contrary, pro-active participation will contribute to final grading. 6. Please obey the university and college rules, no food and drinking are allowed in class.
  • Expected weekly study hours after class
  • Office Hour
    Mon14:00 - 17:50

    by appointment in class only

  • Designated Reading
  • References
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  • Course Schedule
    Feb. 20Week 1Introduction
    Feb. 27Week 2From globalization to the rise of regionalism Assigned readings : A. Stephanie Thomson, “Is globalization dying? An economic historian weighs up the evidence,” World Economic Form, Aug 2, 2024. https://www.weforum.org/stories/2024/08/globalization-dying-economic-historian-evidence-adam-tooze/ B. Hungdah Su, “How Can the EU Improve Global Governance in a Dilemma?”, in Hungdah Su, European Dream and Reluctant Integration in the 21st Century, Taipei: NTU Press, 2020, pp. 123-150. C. Pascal Lamy, “The global setting for Asian economic integration”, in Shiro Armstrong and Tom Westland eds., Asian Economic Integration in an Era of Global Uncertainty, Sydney: Australian National University Press, 2019: 63-79. D. Cyn-Young Park, “Decoupling Asia revisited”, in Shiro Armstrong and Tom Westland eds., Asian Economic Integration in an Era of Global Uncertainty, Sydney: Australian National University Press, 2019: 81-121. references : E. Weiqing Song, “Regionalisation, inter-regional cooperation and global governance”, AEJ (2007) 5:67–82. F. Michael N. Barnett and Martha Finnemore, “The Politics, Power, and Pathologies of International Organizations”, International Organizations, Vol. 53, No. 4, Autumn 1999, pp. 699–732. G. Luk van Langenhove and Ivaylo Gatev, “Regionalization and Transregional Policies”, in Diane Stone and Kim Moloney eds., The Oxford Handbook of Global Policy and Transnational Administration, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019, Chapter 16. H. Diane Stone, Kim Moloney, Diehl and Chou, “Passing the Buck in Conflict Management: The Role of Regional Organizations in the Post-Cold War Era”, Brown Journal of World Affaris, Vol. 12, No. 2, Winter-Spring 2006, pp. 191-205. I. Edward D. Mansfield and Helen V. Milne, “The New Wave of Regionalism”, International Organization, Vol. 53, No. 3 (Summer, 1999), pp. 589-627.
    March 6Week 3Emerging Asian identity: 1920s -1990s Assigned readings : A. Sun Yat-sen, Sun Yat-sen's speech on Pan-Asianism, 28 November 1914. https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Sun_Yat-sen%27s_speech_on_Pan-Asianism B. Seong-Woo Choi, “The Rhetoric of Idealism in Tagore’s Pan-Asianism,” Concentric: Literary and Cultural Studies 47.1 March 2021: 79-105. http://www.concentric-literature.url.tw/issues/Idealism/5.pdf C. Sven Saaler,”Pan-Asianism in modern Japanese history: overcoming the nation, creating a region, forging an empire,” in Sven Saaler & John Victor Koschmann eds., Pan-Asianism in Japan’s Modern History, London: Routledge, 2007: 1-18. https://library.uc.edu.kh/userfiles/pdf/19.Pan-Asianism%20in%20Modern%20Japanese%20History.pdf D. MIWA KIMITADA, “Pan-Asianism in modern Japan: nationalism, regionalism and universalism,” in Sven Saaler & John Victor Koschmann eds., Pan-Asianism in Japan’s Modern History, London: Routledge, 2007: 21-33. https://library.uc.edu.kh/userfiles/pdf/19.Pan-Asianism%20in%20Modern%20Japanese%20History.pdf
    March 13Week 4Birth and development of Asian regionalism: 1990s -present Assigned readings : A. Chaisse, J., & Hsieh, P. L. (2023). Rethinking Asia-Pacific regionalism and new economic agreements. Asia Pacific Law Review, 31(2), 451–468. https://doi.org/10.1080/10192557.2023.2216056 B. Ponciano Intal, Jr, “East Asia’s transformation and regional architecture”, in Shiro Armstrong and Tom Westland eds., Asian Economic Integration in an Era of Global Uncertainty, Sydney: Australian National University Press, 2019: 235-259. C. Minghui Shen, “Evaluation of regional economic integration in East Asia”, in Shiro Armstrong and Tom Westland eds., Asian Economic Integration in an Era of Global Uncertainty, Sydney: Australian National University Press, 2019: 259-290. D. Rory Medcalf, “Reimagining Asia: From Asia-Pacific to Indo-Pacific”, in G. Rozman, J.C. Liow (eds.), International Relations and Asia’s Southern Tier, Asian–Palgrave Macmillan Series, 2018: 9-30. references : E. Mark Beeson, “Evolution of East Asian Regionalism,” in Regionalism and Globalization in East Asia: Politics, Security and Economic Development, 2nd edition, London: Palgrave, 2014: 204-221. F. Rodolfo C. Severino, “The emerging region of East Asia”, AEJ (2008) 5:447–454. G. Timothy Webster, “Bilateral Regionalism: Paradoxes of East Asian Integration”, Berkley Journal of International Law, NO. 25, 2007, pp. 434-458. H. Stephen Levine, “Asian Values and the Asia Pacific Community: Shared Interests and Common Concerns”, Politics & Policy, 1. Vol. 35, No. 1 (2007): 102-135. I. Natasha Hamilton-Hart, “Financial Cooperation and Domestic Political Economy in East Asia”, in Melissa Curley and Nicolas Thomas eds., Advancing East Asian Regionalism, New York: Routledge, 2007, pp: 116-136. (NTU Lib)
    March 20Week 5Institutional mapping, theoretical debate, and methodology of Asian regionalism Theoretical debate over Asian regionalism Assigned readings : A. Hungdah Su, “Will Asian Regionalism Develop into a Union?”, in Su, ibis, 2020, pp. 363-396. B. Chaisse, J., & Hsieh, P. L. (2023). Rethinking Asia-Pacific regionalism and new economic agreements. Asia Pacific Law Review, 31(2), 451–468. https://doi.org/10.1080/10192557.2023.2216056 C. Shau Breslin, “Theorising East Asian Regionalism: New Regionalism and Asia’s Future”, in Melissa Curley and Nicolas Thomas eds., Advancing East Asian Regionalism, New York: Routledge, 2007, pp: 26-51. (NTU Lib) D. Nicolas Thomas, “Developing a Regional Economic Community in East Asia”, in Melissa Curley and Nicolas Thomas eds., Advancing East Asian Regionalism, New York: Routledge, 2007, pp: 137-157. (NTU Lib) E. Lemissa Curley, “The Role of Civil Society in East Asian Regional Building”, in Melissa Curley and Nicolas Thomas eds., Advancing East Asian Regionalism, New York: Routledge, 2007, pp: 179-201. (NTU Lib) references : F. Alleen san Pablo-Baviera, “Regionalism and Community Building in East Asia: Challenge and Opportunities”, in Melissa Curley and Nicolas Thomas eds., Advancing East Asian Regionalism, New York: Routledge, 2007, pp: 229-246. (NTU Lib) Institutional mapping of Asian regionalism Assigned readings : A. Ji, X. Securitising regionalism: mega-regional trade blocs, Indo-Pacific Economic Framework and supply chain alliances in Asia. Asia Eur J 22, 383–401 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10308-024-00710-3 B. Shiro Armstrong and Tom Westland, “Asian economic integration: The state of play”, in Shiro Armstrong and Tom Westland eds., Asian Economic Integration in an Era of Global Uncertainty, Sydney: Australian National University Press, 2019: 15-61. C. Wendy Dobson and Tom Westland, “Financial liberalisation and trade: An examination of moving up value chains in the Asia–Pacific region”, in Shiro Armstrong and Tom Westland eds., Asian Economic Integration in an Era of Global Uncertainty, Sydney: Australian National University Press, 2019: 123-154. D. Hubert Escaith, Satoshi Inomata and Sébastien Miroudot, “Evolution of production networks in the Asia–Pacific region: A vision in value-added and employment dimensions”, in Shiro Armstrong and Tom Westland eds., Asian Economic Integration in an Era of Global Uncertainty, Sydney: Australian National University Press, 2019: 155-183. references : E. T. J. Pempel, Remapping East Asia: Construction of a Region, New York: Cornell University Press, 2005. (NTU Lib) F. Keng Yong Ong, “One ASEAN: a partner for Europe”, AEJ (2008) 5:443–445. G. Hungdah Su, “Politics of differentiation: enhanced cooperation in the EU and the pathfinder in APEC”, Asia Europe Journal, 2007. H. William Case, Governance and Democracy in the Asia-Pacific, New York and London: Routledge, 2014. I. APEC, Trans Pacific Economic Strategic Agreement (TPP).
    March 27Week 6US strategy towards Asian regionalism Assigned readings : A. Sang-Hwan Lee, Wonjae Hwang, “The United States and Asia in 2023: In Search of Global Shared Interests,” Asian Survey (2024) 64 (2): 308–320. B. Platte, J. E. (2024). Deterrence at sea: the Maritime domain in US Deterrence strategy in the Indo-Pacific. The Pacific Review, 1–26. https://doi.org/10.1080/09512748.2024.2444350 C. Sang-Hwan Lee, Wonjae Hwang, “The United States and Asia in 2023: In Search of Global Shared Interests, Asian Survey (2024) 64 (2): 308–320. D. US Department of Commerce, United States and Indo-Pacific Economic Framework Partners Announce Negotiation Objectives, released on 9 September 2022. E. Miranda Priebe et. al., Implementing Restraint, Changes in U.S. Regional Security Policies to Operationalize a Realist Grand Strategy of Restraint, Chapter 3, RAND, January 2021. F. Joe Biden, Transcript: President Joe Biden’s Foreign Policy Speech at the State Department on February 4, 2021. https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Transcript-President-Joe-Biden-delivers-foreign-policy-speech G. Joseph S. Nye, Jr., “The rise and fall of American hegemony from Wilson to Trump”, International Affairs, Volume 95, Issue 1, 1 January 2019, Pages 63–80. H. Douglas H. Paal, “America’s Future in a Dynamic Asia”, working paper, CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE, January 2019. references : I. Jeffrey D. Wilson, “Rescaling to the Indo-Pacific: From Economic to Security-Driven Regionalism in Asia”, East Asia (2018) 35:177–196. J. Craig VanGrasstek, “The Trade Policy of the United States under the Trump Administration”, EUI Working Papers RSCAS 2019/11. http://cadmus.eui.eu/bitstream/handle/1814/60889/RSCAS_2019_11.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y K. Pradumna B. Rana and Xianbai Ji, “Rising Protectionism in US: Asia-Pacific’s Response”, RSIS Commentary, No 061, 3 April 2018. L. Bilahari Kausikan, “Asia in the Trump Era: From Pivot to Peril”, Foreign Affair, 96 (146), May/June 2017: 146-153. M. Joshua Kurlantzick, “Pax Asia-Pacifica? East Asian Integration and Its Implications for the United States”. The Washington Quarterly, 30(2), 2007, pp. 67-77. N. Maruice Fermont, The Impact of the US’ Asia Pivot on East Asian Regionalism, Saarbrucken, Germany: Scholar’s Press, 2013. (NTU Lib) O. US White House, The Indo-Pacific Strategy of the United States. and Fact Sheet: Indo-Pacific Strategy of the United States. February 2022, https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/U.S.-Indo-Pacific-Strategy.pdf
    April 3Week 7Day off
    April 10Week 8Mid-term report
    April 17Week 9China’s strategy towards Asian regionalism: Assigned readings : A. Kucukdegirmenci, O. (2024). CICA and China’s soft balancing act towards the US. The Pacific Review, 38(1), 1–28. https://doi.org/10.1080/09512748.2024.2320718 B. Wang, Y. (2024). Chinese NGOs “Going Out”: Depoliticisation and Diplomatisation. Journal of Contemporary Asia, 1–27. C. Shino Watanabe, Sovannroeun Samreth,”Cambodia’s Perceptions of China: A Comprehensive Survey-Based Analysis,” Asian Survey (2024) 64 (6): 1037–1067. D. Leif-Eric Easley, Jonathan T. Chow, “Enabling Pariahs: China’s Support of Myanmar, North Korea, and Russia for Geopolitical Advantage, Asian Survey (2024) 64 (3): 396–427. E. Andrew D. Taffer and David Wallsh, “China’s Indo-Pacific Folly Beijing’s Belligerence Is Revitalizing U.S. Alliances”, Foreign Affairs, January 31, 2023 F. Spies, M. (2021). Promises and perils of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor: agriculture and export prospects in northern Pakistan. Eurasian Geography and Economics, 64(7–8), 869–895. https://doi.org/10.1080/15387216.2021.2016456 G. Andreas Grimmel and Yuan Li, “The belt and road initiative: A hybrid model of Regionalism”, Working Papers on East Asian Studies, No. 122/2018, University of Duisburg-Essen, Institute of East Asian Studies IN-EAST. H. Lurong Chen, “Japan and China in a Two-Hub Formation of Regional Integration in East Asia”, in Howard Loewen and Anja Zorob eds., Initiatives of Regional Integration in Asia in Comparative Perspective, Dordrecht, NL: Springer, 2018: 23-42. references : I. Yunlin Zhang, China and Asian Regionalism, New Jersey etc.: World Scientific, 2010. Chapters 7, 12, or 14. J. Ming Wan, “The Great Recession and China’s Policy toward Asian Regionalism”, Asian Survey, Vol. 50, NO. 3, 2010, pp. 520-38. K. Bin Sheng, “Political Economy of the Asia-Pacific Free Trade Area: A Dilemma for China”, China & World Economy, Vol. 15, No. 5, 2007, pp. 38-49. L. Claude Barfield, “The Dragon Stirs: China’s Trade Policy for Asia and the World”, Arizona Journal of International and Comparative Law, No. 24, 2007, pp. 93-119. M. Ross H. Munro, “China’s relations with its neighbors”, International Journal, No. 61, 2005-2006, pp. 320-328. N. Yong Wook Lee and Key-young Son, China’s Rise and Regional Integration in East Asia, New York and London: Routledge, 2014. O. Mingjiang Li, China’s Power and Asian Security, New York and London: Routledge, 2014.
    April 24Week 10EU’s strategy towards Asian regionalism Assigned readings : A. Ursula von der Leyon, EPC - MERICS Keynote Address on the EU’s De-risking Strategy, 30 March 2023. https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/SPEECH_23_2063 B. Andreea BRINZA et al. EU-China relations: De-risking or de-coupling - the future of the EU strategy towards China, European Parliament, 26 March 2024. https://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/document/EXPO_STU(2024)754446 C. Summers, T., Li, C. & Miao, C. British economic strategy and regional institutions in Asia, 2016–2024. Asia Eur J 22, 403–421 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10308-024-00711-2 D. Banerjee, S., Singh, S. Examining the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) as a collaborative infrastructure for transcontinental policymaking: an ICIO-LP analysis. Asia Eur J 22, 481–506 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10308-024-00712-1 E. Hungadh Su & Filip Grzegorzewski, “The Juncture of Asian Mediterranean: Taiwan’s role in the EU Strategy for Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific”, conference paper at the international conference on "The European Union and the Indo-Pacific in the Age of U.S.-China Global Competition: Perspectives from Central Europe and Taiwan” on 19 November 2021. F. Hungdah Su, “How Should the EU Respond to Asian Countries’ European Strategies?”, in Hungdah Su, European Dream and Reluctant Integration in the 21st Century, Taipei: NTU Press, 2020, pp. 201-236. G. Hungdah Su, “EU Public Diplomacy in Asia”, in Hungdah Su, European Dream and Reluctant Integration in the 21st Century, Taipei: NTU Press, 2020, pp. 2289-316. H. Hungdah Su, “EU’s Image in Asia after Brexit”, in Hungdah Su, European Dream and Reluctant Integration in the 21st Century, Taipei: NTU Press, 2020, pp. 317-362. I. Hungdah Su ed., Asian Countries’ Strategies towards the European Union in the Inter-regionalist Context, Taipei: NTU Press, 2015. references : J. French Ministry of Armed Forces, French Indo-Pacific Strategy, 2019. file:///C:/Users/User/Downloads/France+and+Security+in+the+Indo-Pacific+-+2019.pdf K. François Godement and Abigaël Vasselier, China at the Gates: A New Power Audit of EU-China Relations, Brussels: ECFR, December 2017. https://ecfr.eu/publication/china_eu_power_audit7242/ L. European Parliament, European Parliament Resolution of 21 January 2021 on Connectivity and EU-Asia Relations (2020/2115(INI)) https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/TA-9-2021-0016_EN.html M. Yuwen Li, Tong Qi and Cheng Bian, eds, China, the EU and International Investment Law: Reforming Investor-State Dispute Settlement. London: Routledge, 2019.
    May 1Week 11Japan’s strategy towards Asian regionalism Assigned readings : A. Amy Catalinac, “Japan in 2023: Signature Policies Are Reigned In without Electoral Pressures,” Asian Survey (2024) 64 (2): 182–196. B. Rossiter, A., Heng, Y. K., & Cannon, B. J. (2024). Looking under the hood of joint naval exercises: motives and perceived benefits for Japan. The Pacific Review, 38(1), 147–172. https://doi.org/10.1080/09512748.2024.2366791 3 C. Sang-Chul Parka, Pawel Pasierbiak, “Japan’s Role in East Asian Economic Regionalism”, Institutions and Economies, Vol. 10, No. 2, April 2018, pp.121-145. D. Kuroyanagi Yoneji, “The US-China-Japan Triangle and the Concept of “ASEAN Centrality”: Myth or Reality?”, in G. Rozman, J.C. Liow (eds.), International Relations and Asia’s Southern Tier, Asian–Palgrave Macmillan Series, 2018: 143-158. E. Takashi Terada, “Northeast Asia’s Realism: Fated External Influences on Trilateral Economic Integration”, East Asian Community Review (2018) 1:49–59. F. John H. Miller, “The Reluctant Asianist: Japan and Asia”, Asian Affairs: An American Review, Summer 2004, 31(2), pp. 69-85. references : G. Yoshihide Soeya, David A. Welch and Masayaki Tadokoro eds., Japan as a 'Normal Country'? A Nation in Search of Its Place in the World, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2011; Kindle version, 2013. H. KKKazuko Mori and Kenichiro Hirano, A New East Asia: Toward a Regional Community, Singapore: National University of Singapore Press, 2007. (NTU Lib) I. Yul Sohn, “Japan’s New Regionalism”, Asian Survey, Vol. 50, Number 3, 2010, pp. 497–519.
    May 8Week 12Taiwan’s strategy towards Asian regionalism Assigned readings : A. Chia-hung Tsai, Alastair Iain Johnston, George Yin, “Foreign Policy Orientation without Party Cues: A Case Study of Taiwan,” Asian Survey (2024) 64 (4): 635–665. B. Hsu, S. Y. (2023). Populism in Taiwan: Rethinking the Neo-liberalism–Populism Nexus. Journal of Contemporary Asia, 54(3), 478–501.Thomas Kohlmann, “How Taiwanese semiconductors reign supreme,” Deutsche Welle, 4 August 2022, https://www.dw.com/en/how-taiwan-semiconductors-are-key-for-global-high-tech/a-62700581 C. Alan Crawford, Jarrell Dillard, Helene Fouquet and Isabel Reynolds, “The World Is Dangerously Dependent on Taiwan for Semiconductors: A shortage of auto chips has exposed TSMC’s key role in the supply chain, Bloomberg, 26 January 2021. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-01-25/the-world-is-dangerously-dependent-on-taiwan-for-semiconductors D. Richard Bush, “Taiwan in Asia”, speech at Conference on Taiwan’s Elections, Cross-Strait Relations, and Taiwan’s Role in East Asia, a two-day event co-hosted by the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University and Boston University’s Center for the Study of Asia on 2 December 2018. Available on web of Brookings Institution. https://www.brookings.edu/on-the-record/taiwan-and-asia/ E. Jiann-fa Yang, “The New Southbound Policy and Taiwan’s Living Space in the Regional Political-Economic Context”, Prospect Journal No.16, 2017. F. Tung-chieh Tsai and Tony Tai-ting Liu, “Cross-Strait Relations and Regional Integration: A Review of the Ma Ying-jeou Era (2008–2016)”, Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, 46, 1, 2017, pp. 11–35 G. Shale Horowitz and Alexander Tan, “Rising China and Estranged Taiwan”, in Shale Horowitz, Uk Heo and Alexander Tan eds., Identity and Change in East Asian Conflicts, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007, pp. 115-130. (NTU Lib) H. Arthur Waldron, “Political Observations on Taiwan’s Security in Asia’s New Strategic Situation”, [當代中國研究] Modern China Studies, Vol. 17, No. 4, 2010. I. Steve Tsang, “Ma Ying-jeou’s re-election: implications for Taiwan and East Asia”, The Pacific Review, Vol. 25 No. 3 July 2012, pp. 387–401. J. Ngeow Chow Bing, “Taiwan's Go South Policy: Déjà vu All Over?” Chow Contemporary Southeast Asia; Singapore 39.1 (Apr 2017): 96-126. references : K. C. Y. Lin, “Taiwan’s East and South China Sea Policies and the US Factor”, in Ishihara M., Hoshino E., Fujita Y. (eds), Self-determinable Development of Small Islands. Springer, Singapore, 2016, pp.115-130. L. Steven Redd, “Explaining US Policy toward China and Taiwan”, in Shale Horowitz, Uk Heo and Alexander Tan eds., Identity and Change in East Asian Conflicts, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007, pp. 91-114. (NTU Lib)
    May 15Week 13Korean strategy towards Asian regionalism: an ideal hub? Assigned readings : A. Kwangho Jung, “South Korea in 2023: Turbulent Yoon Suk-Yeol Administration: Democratic Challenges and Global Pivot State,” Asian Survey (2024) 64 (2): 222–234. B. Esther E. Song, “COVID-19, Anti-Chinese Sentiment, and Foreign Policy Attitudes in South Korea,” Asian Survey (2023) 63 (5): 823–850. C. Choong Yong Ahn, “Toward an East Asian Economic Community: Opportunities and Challenges”, in Peter Hayes and Chung-In Moon eds., The Future of East Asia, London: Palgrave, 2018: 131-164. D. Chung-In Moon, “Barriers to Community-Building in Northeast Asia: Geopolitics, Nationalism, and Domestic Politics”, in Peter Hayes and Chung-In Moon eds., The Future of East Asia, London: Palgrave, 2018: 267-308. E. Uk Heo and Terence Roehrig, South Korea’s Rise: Economic Development, Power and Foreign Relations, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014. Chapter 5 South Korea, Russia and China; Chapter 6 South Korea and Japan. references : F. Nak-chung Paik, Barriers to Reconciliation in East Asia: the Case of Two Koreas and its Regional Implications”, Inter-Asia Cultural Studies, 11(4), Dec. 2010, pp. 502-510.
    May 22Week 14ASEAN’s strategy towards Asian regionalism Assigned readings : A. Yoshimatsu H. Meanings, norms, and social constitution: revisiting ASEAN centrality in East Asian regionalism. Japanese Journal of Political Science. 2023;24(4):409-423. doi:10.1017/S1468109923000257 B. Ehito Kimura, Iqra Anugrah, “Indonesia in 2023: Between Democracy and Dynasty,”Asian Survey (2024) 64 (2): 267–277. C. Petra Alderman, Duncan McCargo, Alfred Gerstl, James Iocovozzi, “All About China?: (Mis)Reading Domestic Politics through a Great Power Lens,” Asian Survey (2024) 64 (5): 877–911. D. Erik Martinez Kuhonta, “Thailand in 2023: The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same?”, Asian Survey (2024) 64 (2): 278–287. E. Nguyen, P. L., & Tok, S. K. (2024). Domestic imperative of the Philippines’ South China Sea policy: personality-driven policymaking and constant shifts between China and the United States. The Pacific Review, 38(1), 29–59. https://doi.org/10.1080/09512748.2024.2321268 F. Somkiat Tangkitvanich and Saowaruj Rattanakhamfu, “The ASEAN Economic Community and the East Asian agenda”, in Shiro Armstrong and Tom Westland eds., Asian Economic Integration in an Era of Global Uncertainty, Sydney: Australian National University Press, 2019: 185-216. G. Joseph Chinyong Liow, “Can Indonesia Fulfill Its Aspirations to Regional Leadership?”, in G. Rozman, J.C. Liow (eds.), International Relations and Asia’s Southern Tier, Asian–Palgrave Macmillan Series, 2018: 175-188. references H. Amitav Acharya, “Doomed by Dialogue: Will ASEAN Survive Great Power Rivalry in Asia?”, in G. Rozman, J.C. Liow (eds.), International Relations and Asia’s Southern Tier, Asian–Palgrave Macmillan Series, 2018: 77-94. I. Evelyn Goh, “ASEAN-Led Multilateralism and Regional Order: The Great Power Bargain Deficit”, in G. Rozman, J.C. Liow (eds.), International Relations and Asia’s Southern Tier, Asian–Palgrave Macmillan Series, 2018: 45-61. J. Markus Hund, “ASEAN Plus Three: Towards a new age of Pan-East Asian Regionalism? A Skeptical Appraisal”, The Pacific Review, 16(3), 2003, pp. 383-417. K. Kuan Yew Lee, “ASEAN Must Balance China in Asia”, New Perspectives Quarterly, Summer 2001, 18(3), pp. 20-23. L. Akihiko Tanaka, “The Development of the ASEAN+3 Framework”, in Melissa Curley and Nicolas Thomas eds., Advancing East Asian Regionalism, New York: Routledge, 2007, pp: 52-73. (NTU Lib) Australia’s strategy towards Asian regionalism Assigned readings : A. Sun, S., & Li, W. (2024). Aesthetic strategic narratives and political artwork: revisiting the Australia-China spat over Wuheqilin’s Peace Force illustration. The Pacific Review, 1–31. https://doi.org/10.1080/09512748.2024.2434670 B. Andrew O’Neil, “Less Geneva, More Jakarta: Assessing Australia’s Asia Pivot”, in G. Rozman, J.C. Liow (eds.), International Relations and Asia’s Southern Tier, Asian–Palgrave Macmillan Series, 2018: 261-278. C. Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Annual Report 2020-2021, pp. 17-58. https://www.transparency.gov.au/annual-reports/department-foreign-affairs-and-trade/reporting-year/2020-21. D. US Congressional Research Service, AUKUS and Indo-Pacific Security, 22 May 2022. https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF/IF12113
    May 29Week 15India’s strategy towards Asian regionalism Assigned readings : G. Vineeta Yadav, “India in 2023: Economic Strength and Democratic Decline,” Asian Survey (2024) 64 (2): 197–210. H. Arshid Iqbal Dar, “Understanding India’s Exit from the RCEP: A ‘Two-Level Game’ Conundrum,” Asian Survey (2024) 64 (1): 1–26. I. Dhiraj Nayyar, “India’s Asian trade strategy”, in Shiro Armstrong and Tom Westland eds., Asian Economic Integration in an Era of Global Uncertainty, Sydney: Australian National University Press, 2019: 217-234. J. Rahul Mishra, “From Look East to Act East: Transitions in India’s Eastward Engagement”, in G. Rozman, J.C. Liow (eds.), International Relations and Asia’s Southern Tier, Asian–Palgrave Macmillan Series, 2018: 321-342. references K. Kanti Bajpai and Harsh Pant ed., Indian Foreign Policy, Oxford, UK: OUP, 2013. L. Arndt Michael, India’s Foreign Policy and Regional Multilateralism, London: Palgrave, 2013. M. Ian Hall ed., The Engagement of India: Strategies and Responses, Washington D. C.: Georgetown University Press, 2014. N. Ramesh Chandra and Rajiv Kumar, “South Asian Integration: Prospects and Lessons for East Asia”, in Masahiro Kawai et. al. eds., Asian Regionalism in World Economy, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2010, pp 414-445. Russian’s strategy towards Asian Regionalism Assigned readings : A. Pomerlyan, E., & Belitski, M. (2023). Regional integration and economic performance: evidence from the Eurasian Economic Union. Eurasian Geography and Economics, 65(5), 627–655. https://doi.org/10.1080/15387216.2022.2163414 B. Cieślik, A., & Gurshev, O. (2023). Trade policies in Central Asia after EAEU enlargement and after Russian WTO accession: regionalism and integration into the world economy revisited. Eurasian Geography and Economics, 65(5), 656–678. https://doi.org/10.1080/15387216.2022.2162098 C. Bobo Lo, “ONCE MORE WITH FEELING: RUSSIA AND THE ASIA-PACIFIC: How Moscow is rebooting the ‘turn to the East’ as part of its global strategy”, October 2019. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/publications/once-more-feeling-russia-and-asia-pacific D. Alexander Libman, Anastassia V. Obydenkova, “Understanding Authoritarian Regionalism”, Journal of Democracy, Volume 29, Number 4, October 2018, pp. 151-165. E. Mateusz Danielewski, “The Russian Pivot to Asia – Russian Foreign Policy in the Asia-Pacific”, IPSA Virtual Congress on 10 February 2021. references F. Helge Blakkisrud, “An Asian Pivot Starts at Home: The Russian Far East in Russian Regional Policy” and Tamara Troyakova, “Primorskii Krai and Russia’s ‘Turn to the East’: A Regional View”, in Helge Blakkisrud and Elana Wilson Rowe eds., Russia’s Turn to the East, London: Palgrave, 2018: 11-50. G. Edith W. Clowes, Gisela Erbslöh, Ani Kokobobo eds., Russia's Regional Identities: The Power of the Provinces, London: Routledge, 2018, 306 pages. H. Fyodor Lukyanov, “Russian Dilemmas in a Multipolar World”, Journal of International Affairs, 63(2), Spring/Summer 2010, pp. 19-33. I. Ronal Grigor Suny, “Provisional Stabilities: The Politics of Identities in Post-Soviet Eurasia”, International Security, 24(3), Winter 1999/2000, pp. 139-78.
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