Checking date: 21/04/2023


Course: 2023/2024

Geopolitics of Asia and the Pacific
(17793)
Geopolitics and Strategic Studies (Plan: 387 - Estudio: 346)
EPC


Coordinating teacher: GARCIA ALVAREZ, ANTONIO JACOBO

Department assigned to the subject: Humanities: History, Geography and Art Department

Type: Electives
ECTS Credits: 6.0 ECTS

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Objectives
-To Know the most important geopolitical and geostrategic elements and themes of the Asia-Pacific region. -To interrelate and synoptically understand the different geopolitical and geostrategic elements and specific phenomena of the Asia-Pacific region areas. -To apply theories and methodologies of regional analysis of a general or systematic nature to the understanding of particular regional spaces and dynamics in Asia-Pacific. -To place and relate the particular geopolitical and geostrategic regional dynamics of Asia-Pacific with the global geopolitical architecture.
Skills and learning outcomes
Description of contents: programme
PART I. INTRODUCTION TO ASIAN GEOPOLITICS. LESSON 1. SETTING THE CONTEXT: SPACE, TIME AND IDENTITY. THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES ON ASIAN GEOPOLITICS. PART II. THE LEGACY OF THE PAST. LESSON 2. CHINA, THE MIDDLE KINGDOM. LESSON 3. SOURCES OF AUTHORITY IN INDIAN TRADITION. PART III. THE ERA OF MODERNIZATION. THE GEOPOLITICS OF NATIONAL IDENTITY. LESSON 4. THE COLONIAL HERITAGE AND THE BIRTH OF MODERN INDIA AND PAKISTAN. LESSON 5. CONTEMPORARY INDIA: THE INTERNAL DIMENSION. LESSON 6. PAKISTAN: A NATION FOR SOUTH ASIAN MUSLIMS. LESSON 7. KASHMIR, A CASE STUDY. LESSON 8. CHINA: THE REVIVAL OF THE MIDDLE KINGDOM? LESSON 9. JAPAN: A MODEL FOR ASIAN MODERNIZATION. PART IV. GLOBALIZATION AND REGIONALISM: A NEW SPATIAL REORGANIZATION. LESSON 10. FROM UNIPOLARITY TO MULTIPOLARITY. ASEAN AND THE NEW REGIONAL MULTILATERALISM. LESSON 11. SECURITY DILEMMAS: THE RISE OF CHINA AND INDIA. LESSON 12. TERRORISM AND NON-STATE ACTORS IN SOUTH ASIA. LESSON 13. RELATIONS WITH EXTERNAL POWERS. THE USA IN ASIA. EUROPE AND ASIA. LESSON 14. WORLD LEADERSHIP: ASIAN PERSPECTIVES ON GLOBAL GOVERNANCE.
Learning activities and methodology
Learning Activities -Theoretical classes -Theoretical and practical classes -Tutorials -Group work -Student's individual work -Tests and final examinations Teaching Methodologies -Classroom lectures by the teacher with the support of computer and audiovisual media, in which the main concepts of the subject are developed and the bibliography is provided to complement the students' learning. -Critical reading of texts recommended by the teacher of the subject: press articles, reports, manuals and/or academic articles, either for their later discussion in class, or to extend and consolidate the knowledge of the subject. -Solving practical cases, problems, etc. raised by the teacher individually or in groups. -Presentation and discussion in class, under the moderation of the teacher, of topics related to the content of the subject, as well as practical cases. -Preparation of papers and reports, individually or in groups. Tutorials will be carried out through the procedures established by the university.
Assessment System
  • % end-of-term-examination 50
  • % of continuous assessment (assigments, laboratory, practicals...) 50
Calendar of Continuous assessment
Basic Bibliography
  • Pelletier, P., dir.. Géopolitique de l¿Asie, 3ème ed.. Nathan. 2013
  • Chapman, G.P. . The Geopolitics of South Asia: From early empires to the Nuclear age, 3rd edition.. Routledge. 2016
  • Cohen, S.P. . The Idea of Pakistan. Brookings Institution Press. 2004
  • Cohen, S.P. . India: emerging power. Brookings Institution Press.. 2001
  • Fukuyama, F. . The Origins of Political Order. Farrar, Strauss and Giroux.. 2011
  • Kaplan, R.D. . Asia¿s Cauldron. The South China Sea and the End of a Stable Pacific. Random House. 2014
  • Kaplan, R.D. . Monsoon. The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power. Random House. 2011
  • Lucian, W. Pye, Lucian W. . Asian Power and Politics. Belknap Press. 1985
  • Yahuda, M. . The International Politics of the Asia-Pacific. Third and revised edition. Routledge. 2011
Additional Bibliography
  • Breslin, S., Freeman, C. and Shen, S. Eds. . International Relations of China, Volumes III and VII,. Sage. 2015
  • Charlton, S.E.M. (2004) . Comparing Asian Politics, second edition. Westview Press. 2004
  • Franke, F. R. & Harry Harding, H. ed. . The India-China Relationship. Columbia University Press.. 2004
  • MacFarquhar, R. . The Politics of China. The Eras of Mao and Deng. Second edition.. Cambridge University Press.. 1998
  • Metha, J. ed. . Politics in India. Oxford University Press. 2010

The course syllabus may change due academic events or other reasons.