International Cooperation Seminar I

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1 Fall Semester 2013 Graduate School of International Studies Seoul National University Chang-Beom Cho, Ambassador Rt. Visiting Professor International Cooperation Seminar I - SPECIAL TOPICS IN INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURTY 1. Course Overview This course will analyze new challenges and tasks in international peace and security of today s world. It will start with overview of structural characteristics of today s international system and then focus on new threats to international peace and security and the related contentious issues drawing much international attention. The issues selected for in-depth analysis will include specific cases involving nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament, terrorism and rule of law, human rights and democracy, responsibility to protect(r2p), the United Nations and international security enforcement mechanism, major regional disputes, changing security environment in Northeast Asia and major powers strategic competition, East Asian regional architecture, North Korea and peace regime on the Korean peninsula, etc. The course will take the format of seminar, interactive discussions, and case-teaching on topical issues based on practical experience and expertise accumulated through the instructor s diplomatic career. 2. Course Objectives The principal objective of this course is to provide students with the knowledge and analytical tools needed for comprehensive understanding of the most contentiously debated issues involving 1

2 international peace and security in the cotemporary international society. Aiming to help students develop their own perspectives on how to effectively address such issues, the course will put much emphasis on the practicality of the studies. The course would be beneficial to those students preparing for a career in the international fields such as diplomatic and/or civil service in governments or international institutions. 3. Requirements Students are expected to make presentations (15-20 minutes) at the class on the assigned topics and actively participate in interactive discussions. Each week s topic and presenters will be announced in advance in class. There will be mid-term and final examinations 4. Evaluation Class participation: 20% Presentation: 20% Examinations: 60% (Mid-term 30%, Final 30%) 5. Weekly Work Plan and Recommended Readings Week1: Course introduction and work programs Week2: Overview of the structural characteristics of today s international system and new security environment - National Intelligence Council, Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds, December, 2012, US Gov. Printing Office, electronic version: - John Baylis, Steve Smith, Patricia Owens, The Globalization of World Politics, Fifth Edition, Oxford University Press 2012, 2

3 Introduction, Chapter Joseph S. Nye Jr./ David A. Welch, Understanding Global Conflicts and Cooperation: An Introduction to Theory and History, Ninth Ed, Pearson Longman, 2012, Chapter1-2, 9 - Fareed Zakaria, The Post-American World, W.W.Norton, New York, Joseph S. Nye, Jr. "American Power in 21st Century." The Korea Times, September 14, Joseph S. Nye, Jr. The Future of Power (New York: Public Affairs, 2011), chapters Ian Bremmer, Nouriel Roubini, A G-Zero World, Foreign Affairs; Mar/Apr 2011, Vol. 90 Issue 2, pp Richard Haas, The Age of Nonpolarity: What will follow U.S. Dominance, Foreign Affaires, May/June G. John Ikenberry, Liberal Leviathan: The Origins, Crisis, and Transformation of the American World Order (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2011), chapters Robert Cooper, The Breaking of Nations: Order and Chaos in the Twenty-First Century, Grove Press 2003, Part One (Chapter 1-3) - Zbigniew Brezezinski, After America: How Does the World Look in an Age of U.S. Decline? Dangerously Unstable, Foreign Policy (Jan/Feb. 2012) Week 3: Northeast Asia and strategic competition of major powers - Rise of China, foreign and security policies of Japan, United States and Russia - Ikenberry, G. John and Stephen Walt. "Offshore Balancing or International Institutions? The Way Forward for U.S. Foreign 3

4 Policy." Brown Journal of World Affairs XIV, no. 1 (Fall/Winter 2007): Liebental, Wang Jisi, "Strategic Distrust ", Brookings Institution, Washington D.C., Joshua R. Itzkowitz Shifrinson and Michael Beckley. "Correspondence: Debating China's Rise and U.S. Decline." International Security 37, no. 3 (Winter 2012/13). - Michael Beckley. "China's Century? Why America's Edge Will Endure." International Security 36, no. 3 (Winter 2011/12): Hillary Clinton, America s Pacific Century, Foreign Policy, November Henry Kissinger, The Future of U.S.-China Relations, Foreign Affairs 91:2 (Mar/Apr. 2012), pp Aaron Friedberg, A Contest for Supremacy: China, America, and the Struggle for Mastery in Asia (New York: Norton, 2011), Introduction, chapters G. John Ikenberry, The Rise of China and the Future of the West, Can the Liberal System Survive? Foreign Affaires, Jan/Feb Randall L. Schwaller, Xiaoyu Pu, After Unipolarity: China s Vision of International Order in an Era of U.S. Decline, International Security 36:1 (summer 2011), pp Wang, Jisi, China's Search for a Grand Strategy, Foreign Affairs, Mar/Apr2011, Vol. 90 Issue 2, p Robert Kaplan, The Geography of Chinese Power, Foreign Affairs 89:3 (May/June 2010):

5 - Wang, Jisi, China's Search for a Grand Strategy, Foreign Affairs, Mar/Apr2011, Vol. 90 Issue 2, p68 - Barry R. Posen, Pull Back-The Case for a Less Activist Foreign Policy, Foreign Affairs, January/February Stephen G. Brooks, G. John Ikenberry, and William C. Wohlforth. "Don't Come Home, America: The Case against Retrenchment." International Security 37, no. 3 (Winter 2012/13): Stephen M. Walt, More or less: The debate on U.S. grand strategy, Foreign Policy, Posted on www. Foreignpolicy.com, January 2, :34 PM - Robert S. Ross, The Problem With the Pivot: Obama s New Asia Policy Is Unnecessary and Counterproductive, Foreign Affairs, November/December Shawn Brimley and Ely Ratner, Smart Shift: A Response to the Problem With the Pivot", Foreign Affairs, January/February Vladimir N. Kolotov, Russia s Views of the Security Situation in East Asia, Brookings Northeast Asia Commentary Number 61, Brookings Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies (CNAPS), The Brookings Institution, September Nye, Joseph. "Japan's Nationalism is a Sign of Weakness." Financial Times (London), November 27, Eric Heginbatham, Ely Ratner, and Richard Samuels, Tokyo s Transformation, Foreign Affairs 90:5 (Sep/Oct 2011), pp Week 4: Global nuclear non-proliferation regime and disarmament: challenges and responses 5

6 - John Baylis, Chapter 22 - Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission, Final report, Weapons of Terror: Freeing the World of Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Arms, Stockholm, Sweden, 1 June Mohamed Elbaradei, The Age of Deception: Nuclear diplomacy in treacherous times, Metropolitan Book Henry Holt and Company, Joseph Siracusa, Nuclear Weapons: A very short Introduction, Oxford, Ivo Daalder and Jan Lodal, The Logic of Zero : Toward a World Without Nuclear Weapons, Foreign Affairs, November/December Amitai Etzioni, Tomorrow's Institution Today: The Promise of the Proliferation Security Initiative, Foreign Affairs, May/June 2009 Week 5: North Korean nuclear issue: Can it be resolved through negotiations? - Lessons from past negotiations and future prospects - UN Security Council documents, Resolutions, S/RES/1874(2009), S/RES/1718(2006), S/RES/2094 (2013) - Richard N. Haas, Defining Success Down, The Washington Post, May 14, Henry A. Kissinger, North Korea s Nuclear Blackmail, The New York Times, August 10, Arms Control Association resources, Arms Control and Proliferation Profile: North Korea, Chronology of U.S.-North Korean Nuclear and Missile Diplomacy, available at 6

7 -Joel S. Wit, Daniel B. Poneman, Robert L. Gallucci, Going Critical: The First North Korean Nuclear Crisis, Brookings Institution Press Charles L.Pritchard. Failed Diplomacy: The Tragic Story of How North Korea Got the Bomb, Brookings Institution Press, Statement by the President of the UN Security Council, S/PRST/2012/13, April 16,2012, New York - Gareth Evance, Kawaguci, Special Commission Report on Non- Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and Disarmament, CHEON, Seongwhun, The Rise and Demise of North Korean Nuclear Agreements and the 2012 Leap Day Deal, IFANS Review, Vol.20, No.1 June 2012, Korea National Diplomatic Academy (KNDA),Seoul - Park, John S. "The Leap in North Korea's Ballistic Missile Program: The Iran Factor." Policy Brief, National Bureau of Asian Research, December Peter Hayes, A Breakthrough Six-Party Summit in 2013? Why Not?, Nautilus Peace and Security (NAPSNet), December 27, 2012 Week 6: Combating international terrorism and rule of law - John Baylis, Chapter 21 - Allen S. Weiner, The Torture Memos and Accountability, ASIL Insights, Volume 13, Issue 6, May 15, UN General Assembly document, The United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, Resolution A/RES/60/288, 20 September Michael Chertoff, The Responsibility to Contain: Protecting Sovereignty Under International Law, Foreign Affairs, 7

8 January/February Secretary General s report Annual report on strengthening and coordinating United Nations Rule of Law Activities (A/64/298) Week 7: Human rights, democracy and international politics - Chris Brown, Chapter John Baylis, Chapter Morton H. Halperin, Joseph T. Siegle, and Michael M. Weinstein, The Democracy Advantage: How Democracies Promote Prosperity and Peace, Routledge, 2004 Week 8: Mid-term examination (In-class) Week 9: Responsibility to protect (R2P) and international peace and security - Sovereignty, intervention, legality of use of force - John Baylis, Chapter UN General Assembly document, Implementing the Responsibility to Protect, Report of the Secretary-General, A/63/677, 12 January Gareth Evans, The Responsibility to Protect: Ending Mass Atrocity Crimes Once and for All, Brookings Institute Press, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon s Reports: Early Warning, Assessment and the Responsibility to Protect (2010); The Role of Regional and Sub-Regional Arrangments in Implementing the Responsibility to Protect (2011); and The Responsibility to Protect: Timely and Decisive Response (2012). Week 10: United Nations and international security enforcement mechanism - John Baylis, Chapter Simon Chesterman, Secretary or General?, Cambridge University Press,

9 - Thomas G. Weiss, What's Wrong With the United Nations and How to Fix It Polity Books, Stephen G. Brooks and William C. Wohlforth, Reshaping the World Order: How Washington Should Reform International Institutions, Foreign Affairs, March/April Ban Ki-moon, THE SECRETARY-GENERAL S FIVE-YEAR ACTION AGENDA, 25 JANUARY Report of the Secretary-General on the work of the Organization, A/67/1, United Nations, New York, 2012 Week 11: Major regional security issues and disputes - Marika Vicziany, David Wright-Neville and Pete Lentini ed., Regional Security in the Asia Pacific: 9/11 and After, Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc Max Boot, Pirates, Then and Now: How Piracy Was Defeated in the Past and Can Be Again, Foreign Affairs, July/August United Nations, Security Council 2012 Round-up, Press Release SC/10881, 14 January Bruce, Scott, John Hemmings, Balbina Y. Hwang, Terence Roehrig, and Scott A. Snyder. Global Korea: South Korea's Contributions to International Security.New York: Report for Council on Foreign Relations Press, October Payne, Richard J., Global Issues, Ed. No.4, Shin-wha Lee, The Responsibility to Protect (R2P) in Humanitarian Emergencies: From Libya to North Korea?, EAI Asia Security Initiative Working Paper No. 22,May 14, Sang-hyun Lee, The Nuclear Security Summit and South Korea s Growing International Role,, [EAI Commentary No.27], East Asia Institute, April 23,

10 Week 12: Special lecture by Invited senior government official (TBA) Week 13: Multilateral security cooperation and East Asia regional architecture - ARF, APT, EAS, APEC, Applicability of OSCE experiences in Northeast Asia - Amitav Acharya, Evelyn Goh, Reassessing Security Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific: Competition, Congruence, and Transformation, MIT Press, August 2007, Introduction, pp Dick K. Nanto, East Asian Regional Architecture: New Economic and Security Arrangements and U.S. Policy, CRS Report for Congress, Congressional Research Service, Jan Amitav Acharya, Evelyn Goh, Reassessing Security Cooperation in the Asia- Pacific: Competition, Congruence, and Transformation, MIT Press, August 2007, Introduction, pp Lee Shin-wha, The East Asia Summit and the Difficulty of Establishing a Security Regime in Northeast Asia, FA, Nov/Dec, Council on Foreign Relations Press, November Dick K. Nanto, East Asian Regional Architecture: New Economic and Security Arrangements and U.S. Policy, CRS Report for Congress, Congressional Research Service, Jan Lee, Sook Jong Korean Perspective on East Asian Regionalism. In Kent E. Calder and Francis Fukuyama ed. East Asian Multilateralism: Prospects for Regional Stability (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University), pp Amitav Acharya, The Emerging Regional Architecture of World Politics, World Politics 59 (July 2007): Ellen Frost, Asia s New Regionalism (New York: Lynne Rienner, 2008): Amitav Acharya, Asia Is Not One, The Journal of Asian Studies 69:4 (November 2010):

11 - Andrew Yeo, China, Japan, South Korea Trilateral Cooperation: Implications fornortheast Asian Politics and Order, EAI Issue Briefing No. MASI , East Asia Institute, November 6, 2012 Week 14: Prospects for Korean reunification and peace regime on Korean Peninsula- ROK policy toward North Korea, major powers policies toward Korean peninsula - Han Sung-Joo, What lies ahead for North Korea? Korea Review, Volume II, Number I, May 2012, pp Evans J.R. Revere, Kim Jong-un s New Year s Speech: A Kinder, Gentler North Korea?, Opinion, Brookings Institution, January 3, Victor Cha, The Impossible State: North Korea, Past and Future, Ecco, Chung-in Moon, The Sunshine Policy: In Defense of Engagement as a Path to Peace in Korea, Yonsei University Press, Peter Beck, North Korea in 2011 & Katrin Katz, Victor Cha, South Korea in 2011, Asian Survey, v. 52, n. 1 (February 2012), pp , Paul B. Stares and Joel S. Wit, Preparing for Sudden Change in North Korea Council on Foreign Relations Special Report No. 42 (January 2009). - LEE Sang-sook, The Power Structure of Kim Jong-un Regime and Possibility of Opening-up, IFA NS BRIEF , July 23, 2012, Korea National Diplomatic Academy (KNDA),Seoul - HAN, Dong-ho, Exploring the Possibility of Korean Reunification: A Brief Survey of Internal and External Factors, CHOI, Jinwook, Beyond Debate between Principle and Flexibility: Searching for a Comprehensive North Korea Policy, IFANS Review, Vol.19, No.2, 2011, KNDA 11

12 - IFANS, Peace Regime and Korea's Diplomacy, IFANS Review Vol.15 No.2 December 2007,KNDA -Korea Institute for National Unification(KINU), Korean Unification from an International Perspective: KINU-KPSA Joint International Forum, KINU, Seoul, October 2012 Week 15: Wrap-up discussions Week 16: Final Examination (Take-Home) ///// 12