40014 - INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OF EAST ASIA

Anno Accademico 2020/2021

  • Docente: Antonio Fiori
  • Crediti formativi: 8
  • SSD: SPS/06
  • Lingua di insegnamento: Inglese

Conoscenze e abilità da conseguire

This course is an overview of international relations of the East Asian region, which aims at broadly exploring the economic and political issues surrounding the Asia-Pacific rim. At the end of the course students will be able to examine a set of topics related to historical and contemporary patterns of state relations in East Asia, US security alliance in East Asia and the new Asian Pivot, the rise of China, nuclear crisis in the Korean Peninsula, territorial disputes, regional multilateral institutions, East Asian development models and economic integration, environmental challenges, energy security, and other related issues.

Contenuti

The course is organized in lectures and seminars, as detailed in the following program. Lectures (16 hours in remote on MS TEAMS) aim to introduce students to the core tenets of the discipline. Seminars (12 hours) aim to provide occasions for in-depth discussions of class materials and exercises. For the seminar section of the course, students will be divided in two groups according to their preferences and according to rules concerning the current pandemic emergency: one group will do the seminar in classroom (12 hours) and another group will do the seminar remotely on MS TEAMS (12 hours), for a total of 28 hours for each student. Students are required to carefully read the assigned material before the session and - in the case of seminars - active participation through presentations of existing scholarship and case studies will also be expected. Regardless of the health-related conditions and the specific organization of the course, students will be able to follow the lessons of the entire course remotely on MS TEAMS.

The course focuses on the role East Asia plays in the international system and how that role will develop in the coming years. Topics covered include the Chinese challenge to the liberal order, China and India's development path, China's "great rejuvenation" and the Chinese model, Asia's economic development (and its new role in the world economy), Asia trade in the new global order, the Belt and Road Initiative (and, therefore, China-Southeast Asia relations, China-Central Asia relations, China-EU relations), Energy Security in Asia and Eurasia, and China's role in the African continent (and the "confrontation" between the Washington and the Beijing consensus).

Metodi didattici

The course will consist of a combination of lectures and class discussions related to the different readings. Students will be given the texts that must be read and analyzed, in order to be discussed in class.

Modalità di verifica e valutazione dell'apprendimento

Presentation and class discussions of the materials assigned by the lecturer; written papers; and oral examination at the end of the course.

Strumenti a supporto della didattica

Slides and short clips

Orario di ricevimento

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