International Politics in East Asia

Lecture-based Discussions Session 1 Guidance and Introduction　 Session 2 Historical Development of Asian Order (Sahashi) Session 3 U.S.-China Rivalry (Sahashi) Session 4 Japan in the World (Chen) Session 5 Security Challenges in East Asia (Chen) Presentation-based Discussions Session 6 Taiwan Strait Session 7 Korean Peninsula Session 8 South China Sea Session 9 Critical Debate I: Transnational Trafficking in Southeast Asia Session 10 Critical Debate II: Competing Visions of the International Order Session 11 Critical Debate III: Nationalism, Historical Memory, and Reconciliation in East Asia Research Proposal Presentations Session 12&13 Presentations on research proposals

Lecture, student presentations and discussions, reflection paper, and research paper

Attendance and participation (10%) Two short presentations (20%) One reflection paper from the presentation (~850 words) (20%) One research paper (50%) (4000 words)

All required course materials will be made available via hyperlinks in the syllabus or through a shared Google Drive. A detailed syllabus will be distributed at the first class meeting.

1. Asia Pacific Regional Security Assessment (London: IISS). 2. Joseph Chinyong Liow, Ambivalent Engagement: The United States and Regional Security in Southeast Asia after the Cold War (Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, 2017). 3. Alice Lyman Miller and Richard Wich, Becoming Asia (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2011). 4. David Shambaugh, ed, International Relations of Asia, Third Edition (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc, 2022). 5. Ryo Sahashi, Yasuhiro Matsuda, and Waka Aoyama, eds, Asia Rising (Springer Singapore, 2024). (Open access)

・The classroom is located on the 3rd floor at the Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia (Tobunken) on Hongo campus. ・Enrollment is limited to 12 students. Students must attend the first class meeting and submit a short assignment to get permission to register for the course.