International Relations of East Asia / Ngā Hononga ā-Ao o Ahia ki te Rāwhiti

Description

This course introduces students to the international relations of East Asia: what they are, how they work, what drives their development and examines in particular the transformations of international order in modern and contemporary East Asia. The course also trains students for effective policy analysis and research engagement on current international relations of East Asia. This course may also be able to be taken towards a major in POLS. See major requirements for details. The course covers modern transformations of international order in East Asia; how geopolitics and nation building projects related to war and peace in the region; the shaping of bipolar structure during the Cold War; how East Asian culture, civilization and national identity have interacted with the forces of the liberal international order; the East Asian wave of industrialization and the world economic structure; liberal institutionalism and post-Cold war engagement for regional security and economic engagement; and the problem of nation-state and Westphalian principles in East Asia. The course also trains students for effective policy analysis and research engagement on new trends and developments in international relations of East Asia.