World Politics: Readings from History, Theory and What Global, Regional and National Policy
Implications?: 1st Draft
Professor Kim, Byungki
International Studies Hall 540
Korea University
Thursday 0900-1145
Room 423
byungki_kim@naver.com
Tel: +822 3290-2407, Fax: +822-929-0402
Office hours:
Thursday 1515-1615 and by prior appointment through the Teaching Assistant
All contacts via only Teaching Assistant please:
Kang, Yeji
International Studies Hall 220
Mobile: +8210-7435-3395
Tel: +822-3290-1395, Fax: +822-929-0402
Email: yeji.kang.0214@gmail.com
This course is designed to introduce students to the basic factors of world politics in the modern age
through major historical, theoretical and policy analysis of major developments in the international
system from 500 A.D. to 21st century with a particular emphasis on the role of the individual, the
leadership, state and society, and the evolving technology which shapes the basic forces that structure
the varying context of the given global, regional, national and sub-national relationships among state
and non-state actors in the international system. Basic to the methodology will be a firm
understanding of history and major theoretical as well as policy approaches which will enable the
students to conceptualize the causation and impact of the complex, “glocal” human interactions as we
know it. This course will be primarily a lecture course, but with time allowed for lively discussion of
current events, presentation which may or may not involve audio-visual material and role playing.
There will be a mid-term, a final with two presentations. Grade will be accorded as follows.
Class participation:
Presentation:
Mid-term:
Final:
20%
20%
20%
40%
Students are expected to attend every class not withstanding death in the family or medical reasons
with both official medical slips and prior permission from the instructor; class participation is essential
and the student will be penalized a half grade for every two classes she or he misses from the first class
of the course beginning on September, 3, 2015 (Thursday). Student is expected to be prepared well
for every class by not only reading but also understanding fully each assignment as well as the relevant
current issue which may be applied towards our enhanced understanding of the text; final
examination will be based on the reading, discussion, role-playing, presentation and lecture. Optional
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essay will be maximum ten pages in length dealing with analysis of key subject in the reading, lecture,
audio-visual assignment, role-playing, discussion or presentation. Any dis-originality will be heavily
penalized, while attendance of outside lecture, organized by the instructor, with review essay will be
added towards extra-credit.
The syllabus will be, upon need by basis, edited and when the instructor has to be away on an
important seminar either an alternate instructor or make-up will be provided. Additional study guide
and review session will be provided as necessary.
Students should become familiar with the following select periodicals, which deal with wider issues of
world politics that will prove useful in research.
American Economic Review
American Historical Review
American Political Science Review
American Sociological Review
Armed Forces and Society
Asia-Europe Studies
Asian Affairs
Asian Perspective
Asian Survey
Asian Wall Street Journal
The Australian Journal of International Affairs
The BBC Summary of World Broadcast, various regions
The Boston Globe
The British Journal of Political Science
The Canadian Journal of International Affairs
The Christian Science Monitor
Comparative Strategy
Current History
The Daily Telegraph
Diplomacy (Seoul)
Diplomatic History
Eurasian Studies
Far Eastern Economic Review (out of print)
The Financial Times
The Fletcher Forum
Foreign Affairs
Foreign Broadcast Information Service, Daily Report, various regions.
Foreign Policy
The Guardian
Hankook Jungchi Hakpo(Seoul)
Hankook Kookje Junchi Hakpo(Seoul)
Harvard International Review
http://www.cnn.com
http://www.nytimes.com
Ilmin Review(Seoul)
The International Herald Tribune (out of print)
International Affairs(London)
International Defense Review
International Organization
International Security
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International Studies Quarterly
International Studies Review
Jane’s Defense Review
Japan Quarterly
Jeolryak Yoenkoo(Seoul)
Joint Press Research Service, various regions.
Journal of Conflict Resolution
Journal of Democracy
Journal of East Asian Affairs
Journal of International Affaris
The Journal of Northeast Asian Affairs
The Journal of Slavic Military Studies
Jungchaek Yonkoo(Seoul)
Korea Herald
Korea National Defense University Review
Korea Times
Kookjemoonje(Seoul)
The Korean Journal of Defense Analysis
The Korean Journal of International Relations
The Korean Journal of International Studies
Korea and World Affairs
The Los Angeles Times
Millennium
The New Left Review
Newsweek
National Interest
The New York Times
The New York Times Review of Books
Oekyo (Seoul)
Orbis
Pacific Affairs
Pacific Focus
Pacific Review
Peace Forum
Polis
Problems of Post-Communism
The Review of International Affairs
Strategic Review
Survival
The Times(London)
Times
The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal Europe
The Washington Postgraduate
The Washington Quarterly
World Policy Journal
World Politics
PART I: UNDERSTANDING WORLD POLITICS THORUGH HISTORY, AND THEORY: AN
INTRODUCTION
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September 3
Thursday
I
September 10 II
Thursday
Introduction-I.
Why study world politics in the context of history, theory and policy?
Course requirements and tool kit
Introduction-II: Preface, Acknowledgements, Guided Tour of the Text
Book Features, About the Contributors, Introduction & Globalization and
Global Politics (I).
John Balylis, Steve Smith and Patricia Owens, eds., The Globalization of World Politics: An
Introduction to International Relations, 4th ed., (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008), preface,
acknowledgements, guided tour of the text book features, about the contributors, preface-p.20.
September 17
Thursday
III.
Globalization and Global Politics-II & The Evolution of International Society
(I)
The Globalization of World Politics, p. 20-42.
September 24 IV
Thursday
The Evolution of International Society (II) & International History, 1900-90
(I)
The Globalization of World Politics, p.42-63
October 1
Thursday
V
International History, 1900-90 (II) & From the Cold War to the War on
Terror
The Globalization of World Politics, p.64-83.
October 8
Thursday
VI
1st Group Presentation: 1st 4-5 students, covering week II reading and Q
& A; 2nd 4-5 students, covering week III reading and Q & A, each group
lasting 45-50 minutes maximum followed by intensive class discussion.
October 15
Thursday
VII
1st Group Presentation: 1st 4-5 students, covering week IIII reading and Q
& A; 2nd 4-5 students, covering week V reading and Q & A, each group lasting
45-50 minutes maximum followed by intensive class discussion.
*Every student will be comprised in a small group and be asked to prepare for a presentation,
including presentation material (45-50 minutes), which after presentation (30 minutes) will be
discussed in-depth in class among all the students with instructor’s guidance. Weeks II-VII will be
covered in the presentation.
October 22
Thursday
VIII
In-class Mid Term (2 hours and 45 minutes)
October 29
Thursday
VIIII
From the Cold War to the War on Terror (II) &
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PART III: UNDERSTANDING WORLD POLITICS THROUGH THEORY
Realism
The Globalization of World Politics, p.83-106
November 12 XI
Thursday
Liberalism & Contemporary Main Approaches: Neo-Realism and NeoLiberalism (I)
The Globalization of World Politics, p.108-131
November 19 XII
Thursday
Contemporary Main Approaches: Neo-Realism and Neo-Liberalism
(II) & Marxist Theories of International Relations (I)
The Globalization of World Politics, p.131-154
November 26 XIII
Thursday
2nd Group Presentation: 1st 4-5 students, covering week XIIII reading and Q
& A; 2nd 4-5 students, covering week X reading and Q & A, each group lasting
45-50 minutes maximum followed by intensive class discussion.
December 3
Thursday
2nd Group Presentation: 1st 4-5 students, covering week XI reading and Q
& A; 2nd 4-5 students, covering week XII reading and Q & A, each group
lasting 45-50 minutes maximum followed by intensive class discussion.
XIIII
*Every student will be comprised in a small group and be asked to prepare for a presentation,
including presentation material (45-50 minutes), which after presentation (30 minutes) will be
discussed in-depth in class among all the students with instructor’s guidance. Weeks XIIII-XII will be
covered in the presentation.
December 10
Thursday
XV
Marxist Theories of International Relations (II) &
Alternative Approaches to International Theory
The Globalization of World Politics, p.155-178.
December 17
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XVI
In class Final (2 hours and 45 minutes)