DRAFT 3/16/2012
IGA-110
MODERN DIPLOMACY: PEACE AND WAR IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
Professor Nicholas Burns
Autumn 2013
M/W 2:40 – 4:00 PM
L230
Optional Discussion Session:
TBD Weekly
Office Hours:*
M/W 10:30 am – 12:30 pm
Littauer Bldg 374
Nicholas_Burns@hks.harvard.edu
Faculty Assistant:
Alison Hillegeist
Littauer Bldg 372
Alison_hillegeist@hks.harvard.edu
* Office Hours sign-up sheets will be posted bi-weekly on Monday mornings outside L372.
Students may only sign up for one slot at a time and slots cannot be reserved in advance.
Course Assistants:
Divya Agarwal (MPA2/MIT Sloan)
divya_agarwal@hks14.harvard.edu
Akol Aguek (MPA2)
akol_aguek@hks14.harvard.edu
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This is a class about war and peace from the end of the Cold War in 1989-90 to the present
day. We will focus on the importance of diplomacy in a globalized world as a central policy
instrument for the United States, China, the European countries and other powers. Specifically,
we will look at those instances—German Unification in NATO, the end of Apartheid in South
Africa, the Peru-Ecuador border dispute, the first Gulf War, and Bosnia—when the international
community deployed diplomacy successfully to prevent war, end an international crisis, or
achieve a positive outcome. We will also study examples of when diplomacy fails and war,
crisis or disagreement ensue—the genocide in Rwanda, the 2003 Iraq War, the Iran nuclear
issue and the South & East China Sea crises. While this is not a course specifically and solely
about American diplomacy, the United States will be discussed frequently given its current
leading role in global affairs. We will pay close attention to the “how” of diplomacy. How is
diplomacy conducted at the highest levels? How can a country use negotiations and the
combination of diplomacy and the threat of force effectively? How can the United Nations and
other international organizations operate more effectively to prevent human rights violations,
injustice and war?
In addition to lecture and class discussions, we will use class debates, case studies and student
presentations to help you practice the skills that are critical to success in public service as well
as the private sector—deep intellectual knowledge of the core issues of our time, analytical
thinking, effective writing skills and the ability to make clear and succinct oral presentations.
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ASSIGNMENTS AND GRADING
Students should come to class having done all readings and prepared to engage in discussion
and debate. We require active class participation with cold calling as the norm. Each of you will
be assigned membership in a small group at the start of the course. All small groups will
prepare short presentations one to two times per semester on assigned class topics. These
presentations will give you the chance to practice the kind of cogent and focused briefings
common in the professional environment. In addition, there will be a final oral exam at the end of
the semester.
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Class Discussion/Participation
Group Presentations
Two (2) Concise Policy Memoranda (max. 1000 words)
Oral Exam
15%
15%
30%
40%
Please use only your exam ID on your memos. Your exam ID is a 4-digit number and is
different than your HUID. Cross registrants will be assigned an exam ID by the teaching staff.
REQUIRED READINGS
I am assigning three texts for you to purchase. These books will form the core of the reading
list. They are:
 Haass, Richard N. War of Necessity, War of Choice: A Memoir of Two Iraq Wars. New
York: Simon & Schuster, 2009.
 Holbrooke, Richard. To End A War. New York: Random House, 1998.
 Ross, Dennis. Statecraft: And How to Restore America’s Standing in the World.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007.
In addition, I will assign other required readings for each class. Except for the above texts, all
readings will be posted electronically on the course page. I will designate still other, nonmandatory readings under the rubric “For Further Exploration” for those interested in delving
more deeply into particular issues. As this is a course that looks at several contemporary global
issues, students are encouraged to read a major international newspaper daily and The
Economist weekly, which is available for free online in the Harvard Library system (eresources).
Students are also encouraged to post articles and discussion topics and to start conversations
on the course website.
I will also offer a course discussion hour weekly that is not mandatory.
MAKE-UP CLASSES**
Class will not be held on Wednesday, September 25 This class will be made up on Friday,
October 18. Please note time and location in the syllabus. The make-up class is mandatory;
however, if you cannot attend due to schedule conflicts we will make a recording available.
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COURSE CALENDAR
Wednesday, September 4 – SHOPPING CLASSES
2:40 – 3:10 PM – Section I
3:25 – 3:55 PM – Section II
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INTRODUCTION TO DIPLOMACY
WEEK 1: INTRODUCTION TO DIPLOMACY
Friday, September 6
Required Readings:
 Burns, Nicholas. Speech, “The Return of American Diplomacy,” Chautauqua Institution.,
August 5, 2013
WEEK 2: DEFINING DIPLOMACY
Monday, September 9
Required Readings:
 Nicolson, Harold. Peacemaking 1919: Being Reminiscences of the Paris Peace
Conference. Safety Harbor: Simon Publications, 2001. pp 3-10; 30-56.
 Kissinger, Henry. Diplomacy. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994. "The New World
Order," pp 17-28.
For Further Exploration:
 Library of Congress. Foreign Service Oral Histories. Association for Diplomatic Studies
and Training.
 Freeman, Chas. W., Jr. The Diplomat’s Dictionary. National Defense University Press,
1993.
 Mak, Dayton and Kennedy, Charles Stuart. American Ambassadors in a Troubled World:
Interviews with Senior Diplomats. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1992.
 Rice, Condoleezza. Speech on Transformational Diplomacy. Georgetown University,
Washington, D.C., January 18, 2006.
Wednesday, September 11
Required Readings:
 Yunus, Mohamed. Nobel Peace Prize Lecture, 2006
 President John F. Kennedy Commencement Address at American University,
Washington D.C., June 10, 1963. Audio and video files also available online.
 Obama, Barack H. Nobel Peace Prize Lecture. Oslo, December 10, 2009
For Further Exploration:
 Chollet, Derek and James Goldgeier. America between the Wars: From 11/9 to 9/11.
New York: BBS Public Affairs, 2008.
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EXPLORING EFFECTIVE DIPLOMACY
WEEK 3: THE PEACEFUL END OF THE COLD WAR: GERMAN UNIFICATION IN NATO
Monday, September 16
Required Readings:
 Rice, Condoleeza and Philip D. Zelikow. Germany Unified and Europe Transformed: A
Study in Statecraft. Harvard University Press: 1995. Ch. 1 (pp 4-38) & 3 (pp 63-101)
 Ross, Dennis. Statecraft, pp 29-47. (TEXT)
 Cox, Michael and Steven Hurst. “His Finest Hour? George Bush and the Diplomacy of
German Unification.” Diplomacy and Statecraft, Dec. 2002.
 Heuvel, Katrina Vanden and Stephen F. Cohen. “Gorbachev on 1989.” The Nation,
October 28, 2009.
Wednesday, September 18
Required Readings:
 Cherniaev, Anatolii. “The Unification of Germany: Political Mechanisms and
Psychological Stereotypes.” Russian Science Review, May/June 1999, pp. 50-65.
 Kusters, Hanns Jurgen. “The Kohl-Gorbachev Meetings in Moscow and in the
Caucasus, 1990.” Cold War History, Jan 2002.
 Zoellick, Robert B. “Two Plus Four: The Lessons of German Unification.” National
Interest, Fall 2000.
 Euronews. “Mikhail Gorbachev, former USSR President: ‘Perestroika won, but politically
I lost.’” Interview, May 11, 2009.
For Further Exploration:
 Hutchings, Robert. American Diplomacy and the End of the Cold War. Princeton:
Woodrow Wilson Center Press, 1997.
 Genscher, Hans Dietrich. Rebuilding a House Divided. New York: Broadway, 1998.
WEEK 4: GERMANY CONT’D.
Monday, September 23 – German Unification Class Presentations
Wednesday, September 25 – NO CLASS**
WEEK 5: THE END OF APARTHEID IN SOUTH AFRICA
Monday, September 30 – Guest speaker: Jim Smith – An Eyewitness to the End of
Aparthied
Required Readings:
 Mandela, Nelson. Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela.
London: Abacus, 1994. "Part Ten: Talking with the Enemy," pp. 609-668; “Part 11:
Freedom,” pp. 669-751.
 Seedat, Tony. Oliver Tambo Remembered. "Visits to Austria and West Germany." Ed. Z.
Pallo Jordan. Basingstoke, Hampshire: Macmillan, 2007. pp. 191-197.
 Mufson, Steven. “South Africa 1990.” Foreign Affairs, Vol. 70, No. 1, America and the
World 1990/91, pp. 120-141.
 Biko, Steve. Black Consciousness and the Quest for a True Humanity. “I Write What I
Like,” London: Oxford, 1987. pp 87-98.
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Stengel, Richard. “Mandela: His 8 Lessons of Leadership,” TIME Magazine, July 9,
2008.
Wednesday, October 2
FIRST PAPER DUE: November 10, 1989 Briefing Memorandum to Chancellor Helmut
Kohl on the Fall of the Berlin Wall and German Unification
Required Readings:
 Sparks, Allister. Tomorrow is Another Country: the Inside Story of South Africa’s Road to
Change. (1995) pp 5-14; 21-36; 48-56; 120-178; 226-239
 Lyman, Princeton N. Partner to History: The U.S. Role in South Africa's Transition to
Democracy. Danvers: United States Institute of Peace Press, 2002. pp 23-43, 263-283.
 Carlin, John. “Nelson Mandela’s Legacy: What the World Must Learn from One of Our
Greatest Leaders,” The Cairo Review of Global Affairs, pp 43-47
 De Klerk, F.W. The Last Trek – A New Beginning. (1998) pp. 156-185
For Further Exploration:
 Treverton, Gregory F. and Pamela Varle. “The United States and South Africa: The 1985
Sanctions Debate.” Institute for the Study of Diplomacy, School of Foreign Service,
Georgetown University, 1992.
 Klotz, Audie. Norms in International Relations: The Struggle Against Apartheid. Ithaca:
Cornell University Press, 1995. pp 3-18.
 Orkin, Mark, ed. Sanctions Against Apartheid. Cape Town: David Philip, 1990. Chapters
9-13.
 Venter, D. J. "Apartheid and International Foreign Policy Responses [excerpt]." South
Africa, Sanctions and the Multinationals. Chichester, West Sussex: Carden Publications
Limited, 1989. pp. 33-44.
 Woods, Donald. Biko–Cry Freedom. New York: Henry Holt, 1987.
 Tutu, Desmond. “Leadership.” Essays on Leadership. Washington DC: Carnegie
Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict, 1998.
WEEK 6: THE FIRST GULF WAR, 1991: A DIPLOMATIC TRIUMPH
Monday, October 7
Required Readings:
 Haass, Richard N. War of Necessity, War of Choice: A Memoir of Two Iraq Wars. pp. 60115. (TEXT)
 Ferguson, Niall. Colossus: The Rise and Fall of the American Empire. pp 132-138.
 Ross, Dennis. Statecraft. pp 73-99. (TEXT)
Wednesday, October 9
Required Readings:
 Haass, Richard N. War of Necessity, War of Choice: A Memoir of Two Iraq Wars. pp.
116-153. (TEXT)
 Watkins, M. and Rosegrant, S. “The Gulf Crisis: Building a Coalition for War,” HKS
Case #1264.0.
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WEEK 7: THE PERU-ECUADOR BORDER DISPUTE: A LATIN AMERICAN DIPLOMATIC
BREAKTHROUGH
Monday, October 14 – NO CLASS (Columbus Day)
Wednesday, October 16 – Special Guest Speaker: Jamil Mahuad, Former President of
Ecuador (1998–2000)
Required Readings:
 Simmons, Beth. “Territorial Disputes and Their Resolution: The Case of Ecuador and
Peru.” Peaceworks No. 27. United States Institute of Peace, April 1999, pp 10-25.
 Herz, Monica and Joao Pontes Noguerira. Ecuador vs. Peru: Peacemaking Amid
Rivalry. Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2002. "The Mediation Process,” pp. 49-96.
 Einaudi, Luigi R. "The Ecuador-Peru Peace Process." Herding Cats. Ed. Chester A.
Crocker, et al. Danvers: United States Institute of Peace Press, 1999. pp 405-429.
 Downes, Richard and Gabriel Marcella, eds. Security Cooperation in the Western
Hemisphere: Resolving the Ecuador-Peru Conflict. Coral Gables, FL: North-South
Center Press, 1999. Introduction; Chapter 6 “Brazilian Diplomacy;” Chapter 7 “Three
Possible Scenarios;” pp 186-189 from Chapter 8 “Political-Military Coordination;” and
Chapter 9 “New Perspectives on Using Diplomacy”
**Friday, October 18 (make-up class): Peru-Ecuador Border Dispute Class Presentations
12:15 – 1:45 PM
Malkin Penthouse (4th Floor Littauer)
WEEK 8: ENDING THE BOSNIAN WAR: DIPLOMACY PREVAILS AT THE DAYTON PEACE
TALKS
Monday, October 21
Required Readings:
 HKS Case "Getting to Dayton: Negotiating an End to the War in Bosnia." C125-96-1356.
 Curran, Daniel F., James K. Sebenius, and Michael Watkins. "Two Paths to Peace:
Contrasting George Mitchell in Northern Ireland with Richard Holbrooke in BosniaHerzegovina." Negotiation Journal 20, no. 4, October 2004.
Wednesday, October 23
Required Readings:
 Holbrooke, Richard. To End a War. pp. xv-xx, 21-33, 112-121, 199-214, 231-240, 288327, 358-369. (TEXT)
 Ross, Dennis. Statecraft. pp 48-72. (TEXT)
For Further Exploration:
 Daalder, I. and Michael B.G. Froman. “Dayton’s Incomplete Peace.” Foreign Affairs,
Nov-Dec 1999.
 Halberstam, David. War in a Time of Peace: Bush, Clinton and the Generals. New York:
Scribner, 2001.
 Sharp, Jane. “Dayton Report Card.” International Security, Winter 1997-1998.
 Nation, R. Craig. “Russia and the Balkans.” Russian National Security: Perceptions,
Policies, and Prospects, Dec. 2000.
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WHEN DIPLOMACY FAILS
WEEK 9: THE GENOCIDE IN RWANDA
Monday, October 28
Required Readings:
 Power, Samantha. “Bystanders to Genocide,” The Atlantic, Vol. 288, September 2001.
 Gourevitch, Philip. “The Life After,” The New Yorker, May 4, 2009.
 Gourevitch, Philip. “Letter from Rwanda,” The New Yorker, December 19, 1995
 Human Rights Watch, “Leave None to Tell the Story: Genocide in Rwanda.” Read all
links under “History” and all links through “Rwandans Listened” under “Introduction.”
 Herbst, Jeffrey. “The Unanswered Question: Attempting to Explain the Rwandan
Genocide,” Foreign Affairs, May/June 2001.
 Kuperman, Alan J. “Rwanda in Retrospect,” Foreign Affairs, Jan/Feb 2000.
 Interview with Secretary Madeleine Albright on Rwanda, Frontline, April 1, 2004.
 Speech by President Clinton, “Remarks to the People of Rwanda,” March 25, 1998.
 Remarks by Ambassador Susan E. Rice at Kigali Institute of Science and Technology,
"Building a New Nation: Rwanda's Progress and Potential", November 23, 2011.
 Annan, Kofi. Interventions: a Life in War and Peace, Chapter 2 (pp 29-81).
For Further Exploration
 Groll, Elias. “5 highlights from Susan Rice's diplomatic career,” Foreign Policy, June 5,
2013.
 Boteach, Shmuley. “Rice's failure in Rwanda precludes her from becoming Secretary of
State,” Huffington Post, November 30, 2012.
 “Rwanda; Genocide Seeds Planted Here Decades Ago- Kagame,” The New Times
Rwanda, October 7, 2007.
 Philip Gourevitch, PBS Frontline interview on Genocide in Rwanda.
 Douglas Jehl, “Officials Told to Avoid Calling Rwanda Killings 'Genocide',” The New York
Times, June 10, 1994.
 “Rwanda: How the genocide happened,” BBC News, December 18, 2008.
 Philip Gourevitch, “We wish to inform you that tomorrow we will be killed with our
families: stories from Rwanda,” New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1998.
Wednesday, October 30
Required Readings:
 Dole, Bob. “Peacekeepers and Politics,” The New York Times, January 24, 1994.
 Evans, Gareth and Mohamed Sahnoun. "The Responsibility to Protect," Foreign Affairs,
Nov/Dec 2002.
 Shawcross, William. “Genocide,” excerpted from the book Deliver Us from Evil,
Touchstone Books (2000).
 Stedman, Stephan John. “Alchemy for a New World Order: Overselling ‘Preventive
Diplomacy,’” Foreign Affairs, May/June 1995.
 Land, Michael S. “Underrating Preventive Diplomacy,” Foreign Affairs, July/August 1995.
 DesForges, Alison and Kuperman, Alan J. "Shame: Rationalizing Western Apathy on
Rwanda," Foreign Affairs, May/June 2000.
 Stanton, Gregory. "Could the Rwandan Genocide Have Been Prevented?" The Journal
of Genocide Research, June 2004, pp 211-228.
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For Further Exploration
 “Rwanda remembers genocide victims: The Rwandan president has said his nation
bears the prime responsibility for the 1994 genocide but the outside world had stood by
and let it happen,” BBC News, Wednesday, April 7, 2004.
 Stephen D. Goose and Frank Smyth, “Arming Genocide in Rwanda: The High Cost of
Small Arms Transfers,” Foreign Affairs, September/October 1994.
 Anne-Marie Slaughter, “Obama should remember Rwanda as he weighs action in Syria,”
The Washington Post, April 6, 2013.
 Jon Ward, “Rwanda genocide unsettles Bush; signs seen in Kenya,” The Washington
Times, Wednesday, February 20, 2008.
 “Rwanda; Lessons Locals Share with Humanity From the Genocide,” The New Times
Rwanda, April 16, 2012.
WEEK 10: THE IRAQ WAR 2003: THE BREAKDOWN OF DIPLOMACY
Monday, November 4 – Special Guest Speaker Professor Meghan O’Sullivan (TBC)
Required Readings:
 Ferguson, Niall. Colossus: The Rise and Fall of the American Empire, pp 149-166.
 Haass, Richard N. War of Necessity, War of Choice: A Memoir of Two Iraq Wars, pp. 116, 202-266. (TEXT)
 Fallows, James. "Blind into Baghdad.” Atlantic Monthly, January/February 2004.
 Packer, George. “War after War.” The New Yorker, November 24, 2003.
 Bush, George W. Decision Points. New York: Crown Publishing, 2010. "Iraq," pp. 223271.
For Further Exploration:
 Ricks, Thomas. Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2003 to 2005. New
York: Penguin Books, 2007.
 Gordon, Michael R. and Gen. Bernard E. Trainor. Cobra II: The Inside Story of the
Invasion and Occupation of Iraq. New York: Penguin Press, 2006.
Wednesday, November 6
Required Readings:
 Haass, Richard N. War of Necessity, War of Choice: A Memoir of Two Iraq Wars, pp.
267-293. (TEXT)
 Scowcroft, Brent. “Don’t attack Saddam.” Wall Street Journal, August 15, 2002.
 Cheney, Dick. Speech to Veterans of Foreign Wars, Nashville, August 27, 2002.
For Further Exploration:
 Packer, George. The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq. New York: Farrar, Straus and
Giroux, 2005.
 Dobbins, James. "Who Lost Iraq? Lessons from the Debacle.” Foreign Affairs, New
York: Council on Foreign Relations, 2007.
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WEEK 11: THE IRANIAN NUCLEAR CRISIS: CAN DIPLOMACY PREVENT WAR?
Monday, November 11 – NO CLASS – Veteran’s Day
Wednesday, November 13
SECOND PAPER DUE on topic from course of the student’s choosing
Required Readings:
 Sebenius, James K., and Michael K. Singh. “Is a Nuclear Deal with Iran Possible? An
Analytical Framework for the Iran Nuclear Negotiations.” Belfer Center Iran Nuclear
Negotiation Working Group, Working Paper 2011-01, February 2011.
 “Weighing Benefits and Costs of Military Action Against Iran.”, The Iran Project, 2012
 Hadley, Stephen J., “Eight Ways to Deal With Iran”, Foreign Policy, 2012
 Allison, Graham, “Red Lines in the Sand”, Foreign Policy, 2012
 Burns, Nicholas, “Coping with Netanyahu on Iran”, Boston Globe, July 18, 2013
 Kissinger, Henry. “Iran needs to be President Obama’s immediate priority.” The
Washington Post. November 16, 2012.
 Burns, Nicholas, “Obama has an opening with Iran”, Boston Globe, July 18, 2013
WEEK 12: THE IRANIAN NUCLEAR CRISIS CONT’D
Monday, November 18
Required Readings:
 Speech by President Obama in Celebration of Nowruz, transcript, March 20, 2009.
 Remarks by Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in response to President Obama’s
speech, March 22, 2009.
 Goldberg, Jeffrey. “Obama to Iran and Israel: ‘As President of the United States, I Don’t
Bluff.” The Atlantic, March 2, 2012.
 Edelman, Eric et al. “The Dangers of a Nuclear Iran: The Limits of Containment.” Foreign
Affairs, Jan/Feb 2011.
 Limbert, John. Negotiating with Iran: Wrestling the Ghosts of History. U.S. Institute of
Peace, 2009. Chapter 6, “The Lessons: Fourteen Steps to Success,” (pp 153-177) &
Chapter 7, “Overcoming Mutual Myth Perceptions” (pp 179-195).
 Allison, Graham. “Iran: Bomb or Be Bombed?” Aspen Strategy Group. November 2012
For Further Exploration:
 “Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement and Relevant Provisions of Security
Council Resolutions in the Islamic Republic of Iran.” Report by the Director General,
IAEA. Nov 18, 2011. (IAEA Report, Nov. 2011)
 Tekeyh, Ray. Guardians of the Revolution: Iran and the World in the Age of the
Ayatollahs, Oxford University Press, 2009.
 Nasr, Vali. The Shia Revival. New York: W.W. Norton and Co., 2007.
 Pollack, Kenneth M. The Persian Puzzle: The Conflict between Iran and America. New
York: Random House, 2005.
 Ganji, Akbar. “The Latter-Day Sultan.” Foreign Affairs, November/December 2008.
 Podhoretz, Norman. “The Case for Bombing Iran.” Commentary Magazine, June 2007.
 Perkovich, George. “Iran Says ‘No’—Now What?” Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace, Policy Brief No. 63 September 2008.
 Keller, Bill. “Nuclear Mullahs,” The New York Times, September 9, 2012
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Wednesday, November 20: UN Security Council Debate on Iran
Readings TBD
WEEK 13: THE SOUTH & EAST CHINA SEA CRISES
Monday, November 25
Required Readings:
 Kaplan, Robert D. “The South China Sea is the Future of Conflict”, Foreign Policy,
Sept/Oct 2011
 Thang, Nguyen-Dang, Thao, Nguyen Hong, “China's Nine Dotted Lines in the South
China Sea: The 2011 Exchange of Diplomatic Notes Between the Philippines and
China,” Ocean Development & International Law. Jan-Mar 2012, Vol. 43 Issue 1, pp. 3556.
 Simon, Sheldon W., “Conflict and Diplomacy in the South China Sea,” Asian Survey,
Nov/Dec 2012, Vol. 52 Issue 6, pp. 995-1018.
 Fravel, M. Taylor, "China's Strategy in the South China Sea", Contemporary Southeast
Asia, 33(3), 2011, pp. 292-319
 “Cooperation from Strength: The United States, China and the South China Sea”, Center
for a New American Security, Washington D.C., January 2012; Executive Summary;
Chapter 1
 Cronin, Patrick M. and Alexander Sullivan, “America and the South China Sea
Challenge,” The Diplomat, May 2013
 Buszynski, Leszek. “The South China Sea: Oil, Maritime Claims, and U.S.—China
Strategic Rivalry,” The Washington Quarterly, Spring 2012
For Further Exploration:
 Ralf Emmers, “US Rebalancing Strategy And South China Sea Disputes – Analysis,”
Eurasia Review News and Analysis, September 11, 2012
 Derek Bolton, “Shifting Winds in the South China Sea: As global warming takes its toll on
the South China Sea, an already tense political climate could become more perilous,”
Foreign Policy In Focus, February 17, 2012
 Derek Bolton, “Pivoting Toward the South China Sea? The United States has a keen
interest in the South China Sea standoff, but it should tread lightly,” Foreign Policy In
Focus, June 11, 2012
 Jian Junbo, “US pivots toward trouble in West Pacific,” Asia Times, September 26, 2012
Wednesday, November 27 – NO CLASS – THANKSGIVING BREAK BEGINS
WEEK 14: THE SOUTH & EAST CHINA SEA CRISES CONT’D
Monday, December 2
Required Readings:
 Fact Sheet: Position of Japan on the Senkaku Islands,” Ministry of Foreign Affairs of
Japan, November 2012
 “White Paper: Diaoyu Dao, an Inherent Territory of China,” The People’s Republic of
China, September, 2012
 “Narrative of an Empty Space,” The Economist, December 22, 2102
 Wang, Yaping. “The Flawed Logic Behind Beijing’s Senkaku/Diaoyu Policy,” The
Diplomat, May 2013
 Carlson, Allen. “China Keeps the Peace at Sea: Why the Dragon Doesn’t Want War,”
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Foreign Affairs, February 21, 2013
Smith, Shiela A., “A Sino-Japanese Clash in the East China Sea.” Contingency Planning
Memorandum No. 18, Council on Foreign Relations
 Nye, Joseph. “The Role for the U.S. in the East China Sea Dispute,” NPR, January 30,
2013
 Donilon, Thomas E. “President Obama’s Asia Policy & Upcoming Trip to Asia,” The
White House Office of the Press Secretary, November 15, 2012
 Williams, Carol J. “China-U.S. power play at core of East Asian island disputes,” Los
Angeles Times, September 12, 2012
For Further Exploration:
 Nye, Joseph. “Work with China, Don’t Contain It,” The New York Times, January 25,
2013
 “The Senkaku/Diaoyu islands: Dangerous shoals ---The risks of a clash between China
and Japan are rising and the consequences could be calamitous,” The Economist,
January 19, 2013
 “China and Japan square up: The drums of war --Armed clashes over trivial specks in
the East China Sea loom closer,” The Economist, January 17, 2013
 Robert Kaplan, “The Geography of Chinese Power: How Far Can Beijing Reach on Land
and Sea?” Foreign Affairs, May/June, 2010
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Wednesday, December 4 – COURSE LESSONS
Group Presentations on Lessons from the Course
December 7–18: FINAL ORAL EXAMS
30-MINUTE ORAL FINAL EXAMS FOR CREDIT STUDENTS
A Doodle sign-up sheet will be sent during the course of the semester.
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