Actual problems of studying the Asia-Pacific countries

2023/2024

Учебный год

ENG

Обучение ведется на английском языке

3

Кредиты

Кто читает:

Департамент менеджмента

Статус:

Курс обязательный

Когда читается:

1-й курс, 1 модуль

Преподаватель

Веселова Людмила Сергеевна

Course Syllabus

Abstract

During this course it will be studied several important problems and issues of Asian Studies which are important for the better understanding of development of East Asia. We approach the sociocultural premises of foreign policy in East Asia, which often remain implicit yet invite direct inquiry. The idea of the course is a comparative analysis of both political and economic aspects of this policy through developing inductive research design and thorough qualitative research study. The course is based on the interactive principle and qualitative research methods; the students are encouraged to participate in the discussions over the key problems within world politics in the era of globalization. The assessment of the course includes a creative research portfolio and its oral presentation in the class.

Learning Objectives

• The purpose of this course: to acquaint students with the main countries of the Asia-Pacific region, its history and main stages of the development. Show the main challenges with which the APR countries faced during the XX-XXI centuries.

Expected Learning Outcomes

• Able to improve and develop intellectual and cultural level, build a trajectory of professional development and career.
• Able to develop complex oriental projects using modern conceptual models and research technologies of domestic and foreign oriental studies Able to use traditional and interactive methods of classroom and extracurricular work in the framework of teaching the basics of oriental studies and teaching various special oriental disciplines
• Able to freely carry out professional and scientific communication in foreign languages Able to search for information on topical issues in Asia and and process it using modern methods of qualitative and quantitative analysis Able to independently identify the problematic field of research in the field of various aspects of the study of Asia and Africa
• Able to solve problems in professional and social activities, taking into account social, socio-cultural, socio-political, ethnocultural and religious differences between the peoples of Asia and Africa Able to understand and analyze scientific, political and journalistic literature on the development of Asia and Africa, including in foreign languages

Course Contents

• Lecture 1. Seminar 1. Introduction to the course.
• Lecture 2. Seminar 2. Territorial disputes in the APR
• Lecture 3. Seminar 3. Main features of US foreign policy in Asia
• Lecture 4. Seminar 4. Are India and Japan still the Great Powers?
• Lecture 5. Seminar 5. Changing in China's international position
• Lecture 6. Seminar 6. The Role of Russia in the APR

Assessment Elements

• In-Class Participation
• Group Presentation
• Essay

Interim Assessment

• 2023/2024 1st module
  0.35 * Essay + 0.4 * Group Presentation + 0.25 * In-Class Participation

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Damayanti, A. (2018). US Pivot and Stability in the Asia Pacific Region. https://doi.org/10.20473/jgs.9.1.2015.63-80
• Heritage, A. V. aut. (2020). Order, Contestation and Ontological Security-Seeking in the South China Sea by Anisa Heritage, Pak K. Lee.
• Perwita, A. A. B., & Tertia, J. (2018). India-Japan Maritime Security Cooperation in Indo-Pacific: Creating a Maritime Power Nexus in Balancing China (2012-2017). https://doi.org/10.19166/verity.v10i19.1306

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Vassilieva, A., & Akaha, T. (2014). Russia and East Asia : Informal and Gradual Integration. Routledge.
• Will China’s rise be peaceful? Security, stability, and legitimacy edited by Asle Toje. (2018).