EAST4505 - Autumn 2007

Undervisningsplan

Dato	Undervises av	Sted	Tema	Kommentarer / ressurser
21.08.2007	Vladimir Tikhonov?	Kl. 12:15-14, semnar room C311, Vilhelm Bjerknes hus?	Introduction?	?
28.08.2007	Vladimir Tikhonov ?	Kl. 12:15-14, semnar room C311, Vilhelm Bjerknes hus ?	Cold War in Asia: Japan and South Korea in USA’s hegemonic sphere, China as an “inimical other”/ally in “containing the Soviets"?	Obligatory reading: Akira Irie, The cold war in Asia: a historical introduction, pp. 130-193. Bruce Cumings, Parallax visions : making sense of American-East Asian relations at the end of the century, pp. 173-205 (“area studies” during the Cold War in the USA and their influence on the perceptions of the “enemies”). Supplementary reading: K. Weathersby, “New Fundings of the Korean War”: http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?topic_id=1409&fuseaction=library.document&id=426 G.Kennan, “Japanese Security and American Policy” (1964): http://www.foreignaffairs.org/19641001faessay43102/george-f-kennan/japanese-security-and-american-policy.html G.Kennan, “American Foreign Policy in the 1970s” (1972): http://www.foreignaffairs.org/19721001faessay51113/george-f-kennan/after-the-cold-war-american-foreign-policy-in-the-1970s.html ?
04.09.2007	Vladimir Tikhonov ?	Kl. 12:15-14, semnar room C311, Vilhelm Bjerknes hus ?	China-US relationship: from a Cold War alliance to trade interdependency/incipient hegemonic rivalry. Part 1 - Trade?	Obligatory reading: David Lampton, Same bed, different dreams: managing U.S.-China relations, 1989-2000, pp. 1-64, 111-155. Bruce Cumings, Parallax visions : making sense of American-East Asian relations at the end of the century, pp. 151-173. Supplementary reading: Jane Perlez, “Across Asia, Beijing’s star is in ascendance” (2004): http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/china/perlez.htm K.Bradsher, D. Barboza, “Made in China. Bought Everywhere” (2005): http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/china/europe.htm?
11.09.2007	Vladimir Tikhonov ?	Kl. 12:15-14, semnar room C311, Vilhelm Bjerknes hus ?	China-US relationship: from a Cold War alliance to trade interdependency/incipient hegemonic rivalry. Part 2 - Security?	Obligatory reading: David Lampton, Same bed, different dreams: managing U.S.-China relations, 1989-2000, pp. 64-111. Peter Hays Gries, China's New Nationalism: Pride, Politics and Diplomacy, pp. 69-151 Supplementary reading: Chinese Military Power: http://www.comw.org/cmp/?
18.09.2007	Vladimir Tikhonov ?	Kl. 12:15-14, semnar room C311, Vilhelm Bjerknes hus ?	Japan: US alliance and the shifting regional role?	Obligatory reading: Javed Maswood (ed.), Japan and East Asian regionalism, pp. 1-51, 68-90. Greg Austin & Stuart Harris, Japan and greater China: political economy and military power in the Asian century, pp. 87-89, 140-152, 318-323. Michael H. Armacost, Friends or rivals?: the insider's account of Japan-U.S. relations, pp.172-224. Supplementary reading: G.McCormack, “Koizumi’s Japan in Bush’s World” (2005): http://www.japanfocus.org/article.asp?id=162?
09.10.2007	Vladimir Tikhonov?	Kl. 12:15-14, semnar room C311, Vilhelm Bjerknes hus ?	China-Japan relationship 1: emergence of new economical order in North-East Asia?	Obligatory reading: Greg Austin & Stuart Harris, Japan and greater China: political economy and military power in the Asian century, pp. 152-277. Michael Green, Japan's reluctant realism: foreign policy challenges in an era of uncertain power, pp. 98-103. Supplementary reading: Japan-China relationship – official information from the Japanese Foreign Ministry: http://www.mofa.go.jp/region/asia-paci/china/ ?
16.10.2007	Vladimir Tikhonov ?	Kl. 12:15-14, semnar room C311, Vilhelm Bjerknes hus ?	China-Japan relationship 2: emergence of new hegemonic balance in North-East Asia?	Obligatory reading: Greg Austin & Stuart Harris, Japan and greater China: political economy and military power in the Asian century, pp. 1-42, 80-87, 89-140, 277-318, 323-368. Michael Green, Japan's reluctant realism: foreign policy challenges in an era of uncertain power, pp. 77-98, 103-111. Supplementary reading: “Japan, China face off over energy” (2005): http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Japan/GG02Dh01.html ?
23.10.2007	Vladimir Tikhonov ?	Kl. 12:15-14, semnar room C311, Vilhelm Bjerknes hus ?	China-Japan relationship 3: the power of the historic perceptions?	Obligatory reading: Greg Austin & Stuart Harris, Japan and greater China: political economy and military power in the Asian century, pp. 42-80 Supplementary reading: “War and Japan’s Memory Wars” (2005): http://www.japanfocus.org/article.asp?id=206?
30.10.2007	Vladimir Tikhonov ?	Kl. 12:15-14, semnar room C311, Vilhelm Bjerknes hus ?	North Korea 1: US’s main “inimical other” in the East Asia?	Obligatory reading: Bruce Cumings, Parallax visions : making sense of American-East Asian relations at the end of the century, pp. 121-151. Supplementary reading: S.Harrison, “Did North Korea cheat?”: http://www.japanfocus.org/article.asp?id=186 ?
06.11.2007	Vladimir Tikhonov ?	Kl. 12:15-14, semnar room C311, Vilhelm Bjerknes hus ?	North Korea 2: economic dependency on and “inimical coexistence” with Japan?	Obligatory reading: Christopher W. Hughes, Japan's economic power and security: Japan and North Korea, pp. 117-161. Michael Green, Japan's reluctant realism: foreign policy challenges in an era of uncertain power, pp. 111-130. Supplementary reading: Wada Haruki, “Japan-North Korea diplomatic normalization and Northeast Asia peace” (2004): http://www.japanfocus.org/article.asp?id=118 G.McCormack, “Disputed Bones: Japan-North Korea Clash” (2005): http://www.japanfocus.org/article.asp?id=306?
14.11.2007	Vladimir Tikhonov ?	Kl. 12:15-14, group room 5, Georg Sverdrups hus?	Inter-Korean relations: Ups and Downs of the “Sunshine Policy” and North Korea’s reluctant reforms?	Supplementary reading: Park Yoon-shik, “Sunshine Policy of the DJ Kim Administration and its effects”: http://home.gwu.edu/~yspark/File/PDF/Park%20Paper%20for%20Georgetown%20University%20Conference%20on%20North-South%20Korea%20economic%20cooperation%20-%20June%202002.pdf “Overview of North Korea’s July 1 Economic Reforms” (2005): http://www.koreafocus.or.kr/essays.asp?vol=39&no=1110&section=2 “Does it make sense to provide North Korea with security assurance?” (2005): http://www.koreafocus.or.kr/essays.asp?vol=38&no=1081&section=2 “Is North Korea moving toward a market economy?” (2004): http://www.koreafocus.or.kr/essays.asp?vol=35&no=979&section=2 “North Korea’s Food Crisis” (2004): http://www.koreafocus.or.kr/essays.asp?vol=34&no=973&section=2?
20.11.2007	Vladimir Tikhonov ?	Kl. 12:15-14, semnar room C311, Vilhelm Bjerknes hus ?	Japan – South Korean relations: economic pragmatism and the weight of history?	Obligatory reading: Michael Green, Japan's reluctant realism: foreign policy challenges in an era of uncertain power, pp. 130-144. Suplementary reading: “History overshadows Japan-S. Korea rapprochement” (2005): http://www.japanfocus.org/article.asp?id=233?
27.10.2007	Vladimir Tikhonov ?	Kl. 12:15-14, semnar room C311, Vilhelm Bjerknes hus ?	South-East Asia: a periphery for the new industrial core? ?	Obligatory reading: Javed Maswood (ed.), Japan and East Asian regionalism, pp. 90-139.?
04.12.2007	Vladimir Tikhonov ?	Kl. 12:15-14, semnar room C311, Vilhelm Bjerknes hus ?	Environmental issues in the South-North East Asian international relationship?	Obligatory reading: Javed Maswood (ed.), Japan and East Asian regionalism, pp. 51-68. ?

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