This class aims for enhancing your understanding of contemporary international political economy mainly in Northeast Asia (also expands in East Asia, Asia-Pacific and Indo-Pacific) through examining theories of regionalism/regional integration, policy frameworks and practices.
Region is a dynamic concept. The main objective of this course is to explore dynamic natures of the “region” through learning historical backgrounds, perspective of multi-layered stakeholders (regional organizations, states, private sectors, individuals), and through various issue areas.
Re-mapping the region is the basic approach of this class. Through examining different issue areas and case studies including: 1) trade and investment, 2) comparative politics, 3) security and military, 4) society and culture etc., the class will encourage students to explore, based on your own interests, new approaches to re-construct the region.