Political Science 2475.10: International Relations of East Asia (CRN: 24298) The George Washington University Spring 2013 (Tues and Thurs 11:10-12:25) Professor Mike Mochizuki Office: 1957 E Street, Suite 401 (Dean s Suite, Elliott School) Telephone: 202-994-7074 (direct), 994-6034 (assistant) E-mail: mochizuk@gwu.edu Office Hours: Please make an appointment via e- mail Course Description This course is an undergraduate class, combining lecture and discussion, on the international relations of East Asia. It will cover the following topics: Historical evolution of international relations of the region. Regional security dynamics in the context of power transitions and potential flash points. Problem of historical memory and the process and prospects of regional reconciliation. Politics of regional economic interdependence. East Asian regional order and global governance. Course Requirements The course has the following requirements: Regular attendance of lectures and completion of assigned readings. Mid-term examination on February 19 (Tuesday). Policy brief (no more than 3000 words in length). One-paragraph definition of the policy problem to be addressed due on February 26 (Tuesday). Articulation of policy options and list of key sources due on March 28 (Thursday). Final policy briefs due on April 29 (Monday). Final examination. Course grades will be calculated in the following manner: o Mid-term examination 25% o Policy brief 40% o Final examination 35% Course Readings: Required readings will be made available to students through Blackboard. Learning Assessment and Objectives Understand the key structural transformations of the East Asian international system and the forces that brought about these transformations. Develop the conceptual and theoretical tools for analyzing the dynamics of East Asian international relations. Link domestic politics and international factors to explain the foreign policies of the major powers in East Asia.
2 Learn how to define critical policy problems in East Asia, identify viable policy alternatives, and articulate a clear and persuasive argument on behalf of a recommended policy. Class Policies Attendance will be taken at each class with a sign-up sheet. Students who have more than 3 unexcused absences will have their final course grades penalized by one grade notch for every 3 absences. Students who come to the classroom more than 10 minutes late will be considered absent from that class. No use of cell phones or texting during the class period. The use of computers will not be permitted in class because access to the internet can be distracting to you and to other students. Make-up examinations will be allowed if the student notifies the instructor before the examination with a valid and verified excuse. This class will follow the university policy regarding religious holidays. Students should notify the instructor during the first week of the semester of their intention to be absent from class on their day(s) of religious observance. Academic Integrity I personally support the GW Code of Academic Integrity. It states:: Academic dishonesty is defined as cheating of any kind, including misrepresenting one's own work, taking credit for the work of others without crediting them and without appropriate authorization, and the fabrication of information. For the remainder of the code, see: http://www.gwu.edu/~ntegrity/code.html Support for Students Outside the Classroom DISABILITY SUPPORT SERVICES (DSS) Any student who may need an accommodation based on the potential impact of a disability should contact the Disability Support Services office at 202-994-8250 in the Marvin Center, Suite 242, to establish eligibility and to coordinate reasonable accommodations. For additional information please refer to: http://gwired.gwu.edu/dss/
3 Lectures and Required Readings Jan 15: Introduction Jan 17: Contending Analytical and Theoretical Perspectives Stephen M. Walt, International Relations: One World, Many Theories, Foreign Policy Spring 1998, pp. 29-46. I. HISTORICAL EVOLUTION OF THE EAST ASIAN INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM Jan 22 & 24: Decline of the Sino-Centric Order to the Pacific War Samuel S. Kim, The Evolving Asian System: Three Transformations in David Shambaugh & Michael Yahuda (eds.), International Relations of Asia, ch. 2, pp. 35-56. David C. Kang, Hierarchy, Balancing, and Empirical Puzzles in Asian International Relations, International Security Vol. 28, No. 3 (Winter 2003/04), pp. 165-180. Jan 29 & Jan 31: Post-World War II and Cold War Eras Bruce Cumings, The Origins & Development of the Northeast Asian Political Economy, International Organization Vol. 38, No. 1 (Winter 1984), pp. 1-40. Lowell Dittmer, The Strategic Triangle: An Elementary Game-Theoretical Analysis, World Politics Vol. 33, No. 4 (July 1981), pp. 485-516. Feb 5, 7 & 12: Post-Cold War Power Transition and the US-Japan-China Triangle G. John Ikenberry, Power and Liberal Order: America s Postwar World Order in Transition, International Relations of the Asia-Pacific Vol. 5, No. 2 (2005), pp. 133-152. John J. Mearsheimer, Imperial by Design, National Interest, January/February 2011, pp. 16-34. Hillary Clinton, America s Pacific Century, Foreign Policy, November 2011. Michael J. Green, Japan s Confused Revolution, Washington Quarterly, January 2010, pp. 3-19. Tsuyoshi Sunohara, The Anatomy of Japan s Shifting Security Orientation, Washington Quarterly 33:4 (October 2010), pp. 39-57. Elizabeth C. Economy, The Game Changer: Coping with China s Foreign Policy Revolution, Foreign Affairs Vol. 89 (Nov-Dec 2010), pp. 142-152. Wang Jisi, China s Search for a Grand Strategy: A Rising Great Power Finds Its Way, Foreign Affairs March/April 2011. Feb 14: Discussion of Policy Brief Assignment and Research Resources
4 February 19 (Tuesday): Mid-term Examination II. REGIONAL SECURITY DYNAMICS Feb. 21, 26 & 28: Korea and Taiwan as Potential Flashpoints Michael J. Mazarr, The Long Road to Pyongyang, Foreign Affairs Vol. 86, No. 5 (Sept/Oct 2007). Victor D. Cha, What Do They Really Want?: Obama s North Korea Conundrum, Washington Quarterly Vol. 32, No. 4 (October 2009), pp. 119-138. Evan Revere, Re-Engaging North Korea After Kim Jong-Il s Death, Brookings Institution Policy Paper, January 2012. Robert S. Ross, Taiwan s Fading Independence Movement, Foreign Affairs Vol. 85, No. 2 (Mar/Apr 2006), pp. 141-148. Phillip C. Saunders & Scott L. Kastner, Bridge over Troubled Water? Envisioning a China-Taiwan Peace Agreement, International Security Vol. 33, No. 4 (Spring 2009), pp. 87-114. Nancy Bernkopf Tucker & Bonnie Glaser, Should the United States Abandon Taiwan? Washington Quarterly Fall 2011, pp. 23-37. Mar 5: US-China Strategic Interaction James Dobbins, et. al., Conflict with China: Prospects, Consequences, and Strategies for Deterrence (RAND Arroyo Center, 2011). Douglas C. Peifer, China, the German Analogy, and the New AirSea Operational Concept, Orbis Winter 2011, pp. 114-131. Mar 7: Maritime Security in the South China & East China Seas Mark J. Valencia, The South China Sea: Back to the Future? Global Asia Winter 2011, pp. 8-17. Yoichi Kato, China s Naval Expansion in the Western Pacific. Global Asia Winter 2011, pp. 18-21. Yang Mingjie, Sailing on a Harmonious Sea: A Chinese Perspective, Global Asia Winter 2011, pp. 22-25. Mar 12 & 14 Spring Break No Class III. HISTORICAL MEMORY AND RECONCILIATION Mar 19 & 21: Comparing East Asia and Europe Thomas U. Berger, Different Beds, Same Nightmare: The Politics of History in Germany and Japan, AICGS Policy Report #39 (2009). Jennifer Lind, The Perils of Apology: What Japan Shouldn t Learn from Germany, Foreign Affairs Vol. 88, No. 3 (2009), pp. 132-146.
5 Mar. 26: The Yasukuni Shrine Issue Mike M. Mochizuki, The Yasukuni Shrine Conundrum: Japan s Contested Identity and Memory, in Mikyoung Kim & Barry Schwartz (eds.), Northeast Asia s Difficult Past (2010), pp. 31-52. Mar. 28: The Comfort Women Issue C. Sarah Soh, Japan s National/Asian Women Fund for Comfort Women, Pacific Affairs Vol. 76, no. 2 (Summer 2003), pp. 209-233. Hata Ikuhiko, No Organized or Forces Recruitment: Misconceptions about Comfort Women and the Japanese Military (Society for the Dissemination of Historical Fact, 2007). Apr. 2: Do Political Regimes Matter?: Japan-China versus Japan-South Korea Yinan He, Remembering and Forgetting the War, History & Memory Vol. 19, No. 2 (Fall/Winter 2007), pp. 43-74. Paul Midford, Challenging the Democratic Peace?: Historical Memory and the Security Relationship between Japan and South Korea, Pacific Focus Vol. 23, No. 2 (August 2008), pp. 189-211. IV: POLITICS OF REGIONAL ECONOMIC INTERDEPENDENCE Apr. 4: The East Asian Economic Miracle Ming Wan, The Political Economy of East Asia, ch. 5, pp. 131-170. Apr. 9: Impact of Regional and Global Financial Crises Ming Wan, The Political Economy of East Asia, ch. 6, pp. 171-198. Joseph S. Nye, Jr., American and Chinese Power after the Financial Crisis, Washington Quarterly 33:4 (October 2010), pp. 143-153 Wu Xinbo, Understanding the Geopolitical Implications of the Global Financial Crisis, Washington Quarterly 33:4 (October 2010), pp. 155-163. Apr. 11: Regional Trade & Investment Liberalization Edward J. Lincoln, The Asian Regional Economy, in David Shambaugh & Michael Yahuda (eds.), International Relations of Asia, ch. 13, pp. 277-299. Ann Capling & John Ravenhill, Multilateralising regionalism: what role for the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement? Pacific Review 24:5 (December 2011), pp. 553-575. Apr. 16: Will Economic Interdependence Lead to Conflict or Cooperation? David P. Rapkin & William R. Thompson, Will Economic Interdependence Encourage China s and India s Peaceful Ascent? in Ashley Tellis & Michael Wills (eds.), Strategic Asia 2006-07, pp. 333-363. Avery Goldstein & Edward D. Mansfield, When Fighting Ends: Peace & Prosperity in East Asia, Global Asia, Summer 2011, pp. 8-15. Wu Xinbo, Building Closer Ties: Economic Regionalism s Impact on Security,
6 Global Asia, Summer 2011, pp. 24-29. Danielle Cohen & Jonathan Kirshner, Myth-Telling: The Cult of Energy Insecurity and China-U.S. Relations, Global Asia, Summer 2011, pp. 38-41. Apr. 18: Climate Change and the Environment Richard A. Matthew, Climate Change and Environmental Impact, Tellis, Marble, and Tanner, Strategic Asia 2010-11: Asia s Rising Power and America s Continued Purpose. V. CONCLUDING REFLECTIONS Apr. 23 & 25: International Order in the Asian Century Nick Bisley, Asian Security Architectures, in Tellis & Wills (eds.), Strategic Asia 2007-08, pp. 341-369. Kishore Mahbubani, The Case Against the West: America and Europe in the Asian Century, Foreign Affairs 87:3 (May/June 2008), pp. 111-124. Yukio Hatoyama, Japan s New Commitment to Asia: Toward the Realization of an East Asian Community, Speech in Singapore 15 November 2009. Alex J. Bellamy & Catherine Drummond, The responsibility to protect in Southeast Asia: between non-interference and sovereignty as responsibility, Pacific Review 24:2 (May 2011), pp. 179-200. Gregory Chin and Ramesh Thakur, Will China Change the Rules of Global Order? Washington Quarterly 33:4 (October 2010), pp. 119-138.