Graduate School of International Relations
Sogang University
Semester 1, 2006
Kim, Jangho
Room 309, Institute for Korean Unification Studies
Yonsei University
Kim Dae-jung Presidential Library
178-9 Donggyo-dong, Mapo-gu
Seoul, Korea
E-mail: jangho23kim@hotmail.com
East Asian International Relations
Text and Requisites
Muthiah Alagappa ed., Asian Security Practice: Material and Ideational Influences (Stanford: Stanford
University Press, 1998)
Muthiah Alagappa ed., Asian Security Order: Instrumental and Normative Features (Stanford: Stanford
University Press, 2003)
Michael H. Armacost and Daniel I. Okimoto eds., The Future of America’s Alliance in Northeast Asia
(Stanford: Asia Pacific Research Center Publications, 2004)
Michael E. Brown, Owen R. Cote, Jr., Sean M. Lynn-Jones and Steven E. Miller eds., The Rise of China
(Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2000)
Bruce Cumings, Korea’s Place in the Sun: A Modern History (New York: W.W. Norton & Company,
1997)
J.P.D. Dunbabin, International Relations Since 1945: The Cold War – The Great Powers and their Allies
(Harlow: Longman Group Limited, 1994)
Nicholas Eberstadt and Richard J. Ellings eds, Korea’s Future and the Great Powers (Seattle: University
of Washington Press, 2001)
Stephan Haggard, Pathways from the Periphery: The Politics of Growth in the Newly Industrializing
Countries (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1990)
G. John Ikenberry and Michael Mastanduno eds., International Relations Theory and the Asia Pacific
(New York: Columbia University Press, 2003)
Samuel S. Kim ed., The International Relations of Northeast Asia (Oxford: Rowman & Littlefield
Publishers, Inc., 2004)
Henry Kissenger, Diplomacy (London: Simon & Schuster Ltd., 1995)
Henry Kissinger, Does America Need a Foreign Policy?: Toward a Diplomacy for the 21 st Century (New
York: Simon & Schuster, 2001)
John J. Mearsheimer, The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.,
2001)
Joseph S. Nye, Jr., Soft Power: The Means to Success in World Politics (New York: Public Affairs, 2004)
Don Oberdorfer, The Two Koreas: A Contemporary History, 2nd edn. (New York: Basic Books, 2002)
J.J. Suh, Peter J. Katzenstein and Allen Carlson eds., Rethinking Security in East Asia: Identity, Power,
and Efficiency (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2004)
Robert G. Sutter, The United States and East Asia: Dynamics and Implications (Oxford: Rowman &
Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2003)
Robert G. Sutter, China’s Rise in Asia: Promises and Perils (Oxford: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers,
Inc., 2005)
James C. Thomson, Jr., Peter W. Stanley and John Curtis Perry, Sentimental Imperialists: The American
Experience in East Asia (New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1981)
Chul Koo Woo and Jinwoo Choi eds., Korea and China in the New Global System (Seoul: Korean
Association of International Studies, 2002)
Asian Perspective
Asian Survey
Chinese Foreign Policy
Diplomatic History
Foreign Affairs
International Security
Korean Journal of Defense Analysis
The Korean Journal of International Relations
Policy Analysis
Political Science Quarterly
This syllabus contains most of the required and additional readings for the duration of the semester.
However, pending on the needs of the students, other assorted articles and papers may be handed out, to
either replace or compliment the existing readings, for the students at an appropriate time. Required and
additional readings will be made in to a reading pack at the beginning of the semester.
Course Description
This course surveys major topics in East Asian International Relations. The course, which will be mainly
conducted in a seminar format, will include a wide range of issues pertaining to East Asian relations with
particular emphasis on Northeast Asia. The Latter half of the semester will deal with some of the most
pressing issues of the region, as well as the problems currently surrounding Korea. The format of “team
debates” will be explained in class – these debates are designed to enliven the seminar atmosphere, as
well as to enhance the ability of the students to engage in academic debates. English is the medium for the
class.
Evaluation
The term paper is due on Week 13, and should be no more than 15 page-long, double-space. Students will
be encouraged to choose their own topic of interest as to prove their awareness and understanding of the
issues dealt in the classroom. Presentations and participation in discussions will account for 55% of the
final grade, the term paper 35%, and attendance will account for the remaining 10%.
Tentative Class Schedule
East Asian International Relations and its Major Actors
Week 1. 3/7 Introduction - General Briefing
Week 2. 3/14 Overview
Lowell Dittmer, “The Emerging Northeast Asian Regional Order,” Samuel S. Kim ed., The International
Relations of Northeast Asia (Oxford: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2004), Chapter 11,
pp. 331-362.
Robert S. Ross, “The Geography of Peace: East Asia in the Twenty-First Century,” Michael E. Brown,
Owen R. Cote, Jr., Sean M. Lynn-Jones and Steven E. Miller eds., The Rise of China
(Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2000), pp. 167-204.
Muthiah Alagappa, “Constructing Security Order in Asia: Conceptions and Issues,” Muthiah Alagappa ed.,
Asian Security Order: Instrumental and Normative Features (Stanford: Stanford University
Press, 2003), Chapter 2, pp. 70-105.
Muthiah Alagappa, “Managing Asian Security: Competition, Cooperation, and Evolutionary Change,”
Muthiah Alagappa ed., Asian Security Order: Instrumental and Normative Features (Stanford:
Stanford University Press, 2003), Chapter 16, pp. 571-606.
G. John Ikenberry and Michael Mastanduno, “Introduction: International Relations Theory and the Search
for Regional Stability,” G. John Ikenberry and Michael Mastanduno eds., International
Relations Theory and the Asia Pacific (New York: Columbia University Press, 2003), pp. 1-21.
Week 3. 3/21 Globalisation and East Asian International Relation
Samuel S. Kim, “Northeast Asia in the Local – Regional – Global Nexus: Multiple Challenges and
Contending Explanations,” Samuel S, Kim ed., The International Relations of Northeast Asia
(Oxford: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2004), Chapter 1, pp. 3-61.
John Baylis, “International Global Security in the Post-Cold War Era’” John Baylis and Steve Smith, The
Globalization of World Politics: An Introduction to International Relations (Oxford: Oxford
University Press, 2001), Chapter 12, pp. 253-276.
Chung-in Moon and Yongho Kim, “Balance of Influence vs. Balance of Power: An Eclectic Approach for
East Asian Security,” Woosang Kim ed., Northeast Asian Regional Security Order and
Strategic Calculus on the Taiwan Straits (Seoul: Yonsei University Press, 2003), Chapter 9, pp.
205-230.
John J. Mearsheimer, The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.,
2001), Chapter 10, “Great Power Politics in the Twenty-first Century,” pp. 360-402.
Joseph S. Nye, Jr., Soft Power: The Means to Success in World Politics (New York: Public Affairs, 2004),
Chapters 1, “The Changing Nature of Power,” and Chapter 5, “Soft Power and American
Foreign Policy,” pp. 1-32, 127-148.
Week 4. 3/28 The Major Actors in East Asia I
Alastair Iain Johnston, “China’s International Relations: The Political and Security Dimensions,” Samuel
S, Kim ed., The International Relations of Northeast Asia (Oxford: Rowman & Littlefield
Publishers, Inc., 2004), Chapter 2, pp. 65-99.
Wu Xinbo, “China: Security Practice of a Modernising and Ascending Power,” Muthiah Alagappa ed.,
Asian Security Practice: Material and Ideational Influences (Stanford: Stanford University
Press, 1998), Chapter 3, pp. 115-156.
Thomas Berger, “Japan’s International Relations: The Political and Security Dimensions,” Samuel S, Kim
ed., The International Relations of Northeast Asia (Oxford: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers,
Inc., 2004), Chapter 4, pp. 135-169.
Peter J. Katzenstein and Nobuo Okawara, “Japan and Asian – Pacific Security,” J.J. Suh, Peter J.
Katzenstein and Allen Carlson eds., Rethinking Security in East Asia: Identity, Power, and
Efficiency (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2004), Chapter 3, pp. 97-130.
Week 5. 4/4 The Major Actors in East Asia II
Gilbert Rozman, “Russian Foreign Policy in Northeast Asia,” Samuel S. Kim
ed.,
The
International
Relations of Northeast Asia (Oxford: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2004), Chapter 6,
pp. 201-223.
Kent E. Calder, “U.S. Foreign Policy in Northeast Asia,” Samuel S, Kim ed., The International Relations
of Northeast Asia (Oxford: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2004), Chapter 7, pp. 225248.
Henry Kissinger, Does America Need a Foreign Policy?: Toward a Diplomacy for the 21 st Century (New
York: Simon & Schuster, 2001), Chapter 4, “Asia: The World of Equilibrium,” pp. 110-163.
Issues in Northeast Asian Relations
Week 6. 4/11 Regional Cooperation
Avery Goldstein, “Balance-of-Power Politics: Consequences for Asian Security Order,” Muthiah
Alagappa ed., Asian Security Order: Instrumental and Normative Features (Stanford: Stanford
University Press, 2003), Chapter 5, pp. 171-209.
Jangho Kim, “Prospects for a Multilateral Security Order and the United States,” The Korean Journal of
Defense Analysis, vol. XVII, no. 3, 2005, pp. 87-104.
Jangho Kim, “Back to the Basics: Multilateral Security Cooperation in Northeast Asia and the Neorealist
Paradigm,” The Korean Journal of International Relations, vol. 45, no. 5, 2005, pp. 37-56.
John S. Duffield, “Asia – Pacific Security Institutions in Comparative Perspective,” G. John Ikenberry and
Michael Mastanduno eds., International Relations Theory and the Asia Pacific (New York:
Columbia University Press, 2003), Chapter 7, pp. 243-270.
Thomas J. Christensen, “China, the U.S. – Japan Alliance, and the Security Dilemma in East Asia,” G.
John Ikenberry and Michael Mastanduno eds., International Relations Theory and the Asia
Pacific (New York: Columbia University Press, 2003), Chapter 1. pp. 25-53.
Week 7. 4/18 The Rise of China
Denny Roy, “Hegemon on the Horizon? China’s Threat to East Asian Security,” International
Security, vol. 19, no. 1, 1994, pp. 149-168.
Gerald Segal, “Does China matter?” Foreign Affairs, vol. 78, no. 5, 1999, pp. 24-36.
Samuel S. Kim, “China’s Path to Great Power Status in the Globalization Era,” Asian Perspective, vol. 27,
no. 1, 2003, pp. 35-75.
Robert G. Sutter, China’s Rise in Asia: Promises and Perils (Oxford: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers,
Inc. 2005), Conclusion, “China’s “Peaceful Approach” to Asia and Its Implications for the
United States,” pp. 265-280.
Week 8. 4/25 Mid-term
Week 9. 5/2 The United States and the Asia Pacific
G. John Ikenberry and Michael Mastanduno eds., International Relations Theory and the Asia Pacific
(New York: Columbia University Press, 2003), Conclusion, “Images of Order in the AsiaPacific and the Role of the United States,” pp. 421-439.
Michael Mastanduno, “Incomplete Hegemony: The United States and Security Order in Asia,” Muthiah
Alagappa ed., Asian Security Order: Instrumental and Normative Features (Stanford: Stanford
University Press, 2003), Chapter 4, pp. 141-170.
Eric A. McVadon, “U.S.-China Relations: Implications for Northeast Asia in an Evolving
Security Environment,” Korea and China in the New Global System (Seoul: Korean
Association of International Studies, 2002), pp. 97-122.
David Shambaugh, “Patterns of Interaction in Sino-American Relations,” Chinese Foreign Policy, pp.
197-223.
Joseph Cabuay, “Shock, Awe, and Echoes: An American Impact in 21 st Century East Asia,” The
Korean Journal of International Studies, vol.31, no. 1, 2004, pp. 97-124.
Week 10. 5/9 Discussion on Term Paper and Team Debate
South Korea’s Diplomatic Environment
Week 11. 5/16 Northeast Asia and South Korea
C. Kenneth Quinones, “United States Global Strategy and Peace Building on the Korean Peninsula,” The
Korean Journal of International Studies, vol.31, no. 1, 2004, pp. 1-32.
Niklas Swanstrom, “Can China Untie the Gordian Knot in North Korea?,” The Korean Journal of
International Studies, vol.31, no. 1, 2004, pp. 51-95.
Nicholas Eberstadt and Richard J. Ellings eds, Korea’s Future and the Great Powers (Seattle: University
of Washington Press, 2001), Introduction, pp. 1-17.
Ki-Jung Kim, “Understanding Security Dynamics in Northeast Asia,” in Woosang Kim ed., Northeast
Asian Regional Security Order and Strategic Calculus on the Taiwan Straits (Seoul: Yonsei
University Press, 2003), pp. 41-61.
Week 12. 5/23 R.O.K. – U.S. Alliance and Northeast Asian Security
Victor D. Cha, “Shaping Change and Cultivating Ideas in the US-ROK Alliance,” Michael H. Armacost
and Daniel I. Okimoto eds., The Future of America’s Alliance in Northeast Asia (Stanford: Asia
Pacific Research Center Publications, 2004), pp. 121-146.
Won-soo Kim, “Challenges for the R.O.K. – U.S. Alliance in the Twenty-First Century,” Michael H.
Chung-min Lee, “Domestic Politics and the Changing Contours of the R.O.K. – U.S. Alliance: The End
of the Status Quo,” Michael H. Armacost and Daniel I. Okimoto eds., The Future of America’s
Alliance in Northeast Asia (Stanford: Asia Pacific Research Center Publications, 2004), pp.
199-220.
Donald P. Gregg, “The United States and South Korea: An Alliance Adrift,” Michael H. Armacost and
Daniel I. Okimoto eds., The Future of America’s Alliance in Northeast Asia (Stanford: Asia
Pacific Research Center Publications, 2004), pp. 147-156.
Week 13. 5/30 Team Debate (Term Paper Due – in class, in print)
Week 14. 6/6 Hyunchoong-il
Week 15. 6/13 Finals