Comparative East Asian Studies CREDIT 3 INSTRUCTORS Prof. Christina Davis Prof. Gi-Wook Shin Prof. Allen Carlson OFFICE OFFICE HOURS TIME TBA CLASSROOM LOCATION TBA E-MAIL Please send all inquiries to Prof. Rennie Moon (rennie.moon@yonsei.ac.kr) * Please leave the fields blank which haven t been decided yet. [COURSE INFORMATION] East Asian Political Economy (Weeks 1 & 2): The first two weeks of the course will examine conditions that support open markets and economic growth with a focus on the East Asian experience. How have the countries of East Asia responded to the constraints and opportunities of the world economy? The path to export-led rapid growth in Japan, Korea, China, and Southeast Asia will be compared to assess the ``East Asian Miracle'' and the role of state-led industrial policy. The experience of financial crisis and role of international institutions to mediate policy choices will be discussed. What implications does China s emergence as economic powerhouse hold for the region and global economy? COURSE DESCRIPTION & GOALS Historical Disputes and Reconciliation in East Asia (Weeks 3& 4): Northeast Asia has witnessed growing intraregional exchanges and interactions, especially in the realms of culture and economy. Still, the region cannot escape the burden of history as wounds inflicted in times of colonialism and war are not fully healed and have become highly contentious diplomatic matters vividly illustrated by recent territorial disputes. This class examines how the past events in the region have affected historical memories and national identities and how they in turn affect regional relations in Northeast Asia. It will also discuss various ways of achieving historical reconciliation including a possible role that the U.S., a key player in the region since 1945, can play. Asian Security and China s Rise (Weeks 5 & 6): For decades some analysts have been predicting that Asia is a region ripe for rivalry, while others have forwarded more optimistic predictions about the prospects for peace in the region. Recent developments in China, Korea, Japan, and throughout the disputed maritime territories claimed by each of these countries (and others) have raised new questions about these fundamental issues of conflict and stability. This class will exam the deep his background of the current Asian security dynamic, how it developed during the course of the Col and whether the relative quietude in the region over the last two decades will be enduring (or not) will examine these issues with an attention not only to empirical events and detailed case studi also through a focus on broader theoretical issues that are of central importance in the general lit on international relations and security studies. PREREQUISITE None.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS Attendance and three exams (1 per instructor) GRADING POLICY 10% Attendance 30% Exam 1(Weeks 1&2) 30% Exam 2 (Weeks 3&4) 30% Exam 3 (Weeks 5&6) TEXTS & NCES See readings listed below for each week. Prof. Christina Davis I am an Associate Professor at the Department of Politics and the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs of Princeton University. My teaching and research interests bridge international relations and comparative politics, with a focus on trade policy. My interests include the politics and foreign policy of Japan and the European Union and the study of international organizations. I am the author of Food Fights Over Free Trade: How International Institutions Promote Agricultural Trade Liberalization (Princeton University Press, 2003) and Why Adjudicate? Enforcing Trade Rules in the WTO (Princeton University Press, 2012). My research has been published in leading journals including the American Political Science Review, Comparative Politics, International Security, and World Politics. INSTRUCTOR S PROFILE Prof. Gi-Wook Shin Gi-Wook Shin is a professor of sociology, the director of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, and the Tong Yang, Korea Foundation, and Korea Stanford Alumni Chair of Korean Studies, all at Stanford University. As a historical-comparative and political sociologist, his research has concentrated on social movements, nationalism, development, and international relations. Shin is the author/editor of a dozen books and numerous articles in sociology and Asian studies journals. His recent books include History Textbooks and the Wars in Asia: Divided Memories (2011); One Alliance, Two Lenses: U.S.-Korea Relations in a New Era (2010); Cross Currents: Regionalism and Nationalism in Northeast Asia (2007); Ethnic Nationalism in Korea: Genealogy, Politics, and Legacy (2006). Shin is currently writing two books with his colleagues: one on historical memories of the Asia-Pacific wars and the other on global talent. Prof. Allen Carlson Allen Carlson is an Associate Professor in Cornell University s Government Department. He was granted his PhD from Yale University s Political Science Department. His undergraduate degree is from Colby College. In 2005 his Unifying China, Integrating with the World: Securing Chinese Sovereignty in the Reform Era was published by Stanford University Press. He has also written articles that appeared in the Journal of Contemporary China, Pacific Affairs, Asia Policy, and Nations and Nationalism. In addition, he has published monographs
for the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations and the East-West Center Washington. Carlson was a Fulbright-Hays scholar at Peking University during the 2004-2005 academic year. In 2005 he was chosen to participate in the National Committee s Public Intellectuals Program, and he currently serves as an adviser to Cornell s China Asia Pacific Studies program and its East Asia Program. Carlson is currently working on a project exploring the issue of nontraditional security in China s emerging relationship with the rest of the international system. His most recent publications are the co-edited Contemporary Chinese Politics: New Sources, Methods and Field Strategies (Cambridge University Press, 2010) and New Frontiers in China s Foreign Relations (Lexington, 2011). [WEEKLY SCHEDULE] * Your detailed explanation would be very helpful for prospective students to get a pre-approval for credit-transfer from their home university in advance. The East Asian Miracle. Policy Research Report of the World Bank, 1993. pp. 1-26. 1 2 Varieties of the Development State in East Asia Managing Global Capital and Trade Rules Krugman, Paul. ``The Myth of Asia's Miracle,'' Foreign Affairs, Nov/Dec 1994 (9 pages). Doner, Richard, ``Systemic Vulnerability and the Origins Developmental States: Northeast and Southeast Asia in Comparative Perspective'' International Organization, 51 (Spring 2005) pp. 327-361. Grimes, William. Currency and Contest in East Asia: The Great Power Politics of Financial Regionalism (Cornell University Press, 2009) pp. 1-9, 71-159. Bown, Chad and Rachel McCulloch. ``U.S.-Japan and U.S.-China Trade Conflict: Export Growth, Reciprocity, and the International Trading System.'' Journal of Asian Economics, 20 (2009) pp. 669-687.
W.G. Beasley, The Greater East-Asia Co-prosperity Sphere, pp. 233-250 in his book Japanese Imperialism 1894-1945. Between Nationalism and Regionalization T.J. Pempel, Emerging Webs of Regional Connectedness, pp. 1-28 in Pempel, ed., Remapping East Asia. 3 Session 1: Introduction Session 2: War and Colonialism Session 3: Regionalization Session 4: Nationalism Jin Linbo, Japan s Neo-Nationalism and China s Response Zhu Jianrong, Japan s Role in the Rise of Chinese Nationalism Both in Hasegawa and Togo, eds., East Asia s Haunted Present. Daniel Sneider. Interrupted Memories: The Debate over Wartime Memory in Northeast Asia, Chirot, Shin, Sneider, eds., Criminality, Collaboration, and Reconciliation. Historical Disputes and Reconciliation Gi-Wook Shin, Historical Reconciliation in Northeast 4 Session 1: Historical Memory Session 2: Disputes and Reconciliation Session 3: U.S. and Northeast Asia Session 4: Exam or Presentation Asia: Past Efforts, Future Steps, and the U.S. Role, Chirot, Shin, Sneider, eds., Criminality, Collaboration, and Reconciliation. Gilbert Rozman, U.S. Strategic Thinking on the Japanese-South KoreanHistorical Disputes, Rozman ed., U.S. Leadership, History, and Bilateral Relations in Northeast Asia. Session 1: East Asia Today and Required Texts: Yesterday- Region at a Crossroads Avery Goldstein, Rising to the Challenge: China s Session 2: Moving Past WWII- Grand Strategy and International Security. Stanford, The Korean Conflict and Life in 2005. Asia During the First Decades of the 5 Cold War Alice Miller and Richard Wich. Becoming Asia; Session 3: US-China Normalization Change and Continuity in Asian International and the Region- The Clouds of War Relations Since World War II. Stanford, 2011. Recede (Somewhat) Session 4: The End of the Cold War ADDITIONAL READINGS TBA. and the Shock of Tiananmen- Peace,
Stability, and Deepening Economic Relations Required Texts: Session 1: Maturing Regionalism Avery Goldstein, Rising to the Challenge: China s and Residual Tensions in the 1990s Grand Strategy and International Security. Stanford, Session 2: China s Rise and its 2005. 6 Implications for Asia (and the World) Alice Miller and Richard Wich. Becoming Asia; Session 3: Regional Hotspots in Change and Continuity in Asian International Theoretical Perspective Relations Since World War II. Stanford, 2011. Session 4: In Class Exam ADDITIONAL READINGS TBA.