- Department: Politics
- Module co-ordinator: Dr. Dimitrios Stroikos
- Credit value: 20 credits
- Credit level: H
- Academic year of delivery: 2021-22
This module examines Asia-Pacific’s international relations and key contemporary security issues.
Occurrence | Teaching period |
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A | Spring Term 2021-22 |
The Asia-Pacific region has emerged as the centre of twenty-first century world politics. The module provides a theoretically informed introduction to the region’s key players and pressing security challenges since the end of the Cold War. Topics include China’s foreign policy and security, India’s rise as an Asia-Pacific power, the United States’ regional alliances and the ‘Pivot’ to Asia, regional security institutions, and non-traditional security challenges.
Task | Length | % of module mark |
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Essay/coursework Essay |
N/A | 100 |
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Essay/coursework Essay |
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Students will receive written timely feedback on their formative assessment. They will also have the opportunity to discuss their feedback during the module tutor’s feedback and guidance hours.
Students will receive written feedback on their summative assessment no later than 20 working days; and the module tutor will hold a specific session to discuss feedback, which students can also opt to attend. They will also have the opportunity to discuss their feedback during the module tutor’s regular feedback and guidance hours.
Saadia M Pekkanen, John Ravenhill, and Rosemary Foot (eds), The Oxford Handbook of the International Relations of Asia (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014).
Michael Yahuda, The International Politics of the Asia-Pacific (London: Routledge, 2019, 4rth edition)
Mark Beeson, Regionalism and Globalization in East Asia: Politics, Security and Economic Development (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014, 2nd edition).
Amitav Acharya and Evelyn Goh (eds), Reassessing Security Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific: Competition, Congruence, and Transformation (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2007).
G.John Ikenberry and Michael Mastanduno (eds), International Relations Theory and the Asia Pacific (New York: Columbia University Press, 2003).