Cursos / 1º Ciclo / Faculty of Law :: International Relations

ÁSIA (QUESTÕES POLÍTICAS, ECONÓMICAS E SOCIAIS) - 2016/2017

3º curricular year
Semestralidade: 2nd semester
ECTS: 6

Teachers

Leading Teacher: Prof. Doutor Paulo Amorim
Assistant Professor: Prof. Doutor Paulo Amorim

Class type and School hours

Orientação Tutorial : 1 Horas
Teórico-prática : 2 Horas

Teaching Language

Portuguese

Main Aims/Objectives

Identify the challenges, dilemmas, and conflicts of the Asia-Pacific Region from 1945 to the present. Study the major regional actors and their interactions in the region such as Japan, China, Taiwan, Korea (South and North), and the US, their role and particular significance. Understand the impact of political, social, economic, and security issues from each of the actors at a regional and global level. Finally, at the end of the course the students should be able to have theoretical insights of international relations and a comparative, critique and constructive framework about the role of t

Specific Aims/Objectives

This syllabus unit aims at enlarging the students’ knowledge in the area of of the Asia-Pacific Region from 1945 to the present, both as a concept/theory and its evolution throughout the history of politics: to know the leading asian political doctrines, to understand its relations with the social and historical events, to recognise long-term phenomena and the recurrences of the political thought, and to criticizing analyse the contemporary political theory and practice.

Skills to be acquired

Considering the development of their training, the students must be prepared to complement the knowledge acquired in other syllabus units with the conceptual frame of the contemporary asian political thought, in order to develop a critical sense about the different external positions and their insertion within the respective political context.

Teaching Procedures

The classes are interactive with discussion groups through games simulation about the course. The themes are exposed mainly through oral exposition and with the help of power point. Attendance and participation is important to achieve a good grade. There will be a final examination covering the class readings. Students are responsible for attending all class meetings. Excessive absence from class will result in a lower final grade regardless of student’s performance on graded assignments. The research written assignment shall one of the following styles: Chicago style or Harvard Style. All wor

Programme

I. The Asian Continent: From Confrontation to Peace
1. Introduction: Geographic Study of Asia and Asian sub-regions
1.1 Asia: From the sixteenth century to World War II
1.2 The post-war (1945) to the Cold War
1.3 The Asia today: Major actors

II. The Conflicts in the Southwest, Southeast and Northeast Asia
2. Introduction
2.1 The conflict in Afghanistan
2.2 Conflicts of India and Pakistan
2.3 The Conflict in Indochina
2.4 the Conflict of Korea

III. The Question of Identity and Security in the Asia-Pacific Region: Eclecticism?
3. Introduction
3.1 Security, Identity and Stability
3.2 The behavior of China´s search for security
3.3 Japan and Asia-Pacific security
3.4 The triangle China-US-Japan

IV - The East Asia in the World Economy: Small Powers vs. Great Powers
4. Introduction
4.1 The Koreas
4.2 China
4.3 Japan
4.4 India

V - Security and Politics in Asia-Pacific: Current Reflections
5. Introduction: Soft Power vs. Hard Power-
5.1 Soft Power and Diplomacy in Asia
5.2 Democracy and Security in Asia-Pacific
5.3 Safety-Human (Human Security) and Global Security: The Case of Japan and Norway

VI - General Overview of the discipline

Evaluation Type

Teaching Resources

Use of Powerpoint and Projector, additional readings, such as:
1. Herbert Yee and Ian Storey (eds.) The China Threat: Perceptions, Myths, and Reality. London and New York: RoutledgeCurzon, 2002.
2. Ikenberry, John G. 2003. International Relations Theory and the Asia-Pacific. New York: Columbia University Press.
3. Tow, William T. 2009. Security Politics in the Asia-Pacific – A Regional Global Nexus? Cambridge University Press, 2009.

Sustainability Objectives

Keywords

Asia
Pacific
Security

Main Bibliography

Complementary Bibliography