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Course Content |
| Week 1 |
The Rise of Regions in IR
Fawcett, Louise. ”Exploring regional domains: a comparative history of regionalism.” International Affairs 80, no. 3 (2004): 429-446.
Paul, Thazha Varkey, ed. International relations theory and regional transformation. Cambridge University Press, 2012. Chapter-1
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| Week 2 |
The Concept of Regional Security: The Nature Part I
Buzan, Barry, and Ole Wæver. “Security Complexes: A Theory of Regional Security.” In Regions and Powers: The Structure of International Security. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 40-65, 2003.
Acharya, Amitav. “The Emerging Regional Architecture of World Politics.” World Politics 59, no. 4 (2007): 629–52. https://doi.org/10.1353/wp.2008.0000.
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| Week 3 |
The Concept of Regional Security: The Management Part II
Morgan, Patrick M. “Regional Security Complexes and Regional Orders,” in Regional Orders: Building Security in a New World, ed. David A. Lake and Patrick M. Morgan (University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1997), 20-42.
Robert Stewart-Ingersoll and Derrick Frazier, “Regional Security Orders,” in Regional Powers and Security Orders: A Theoretical Framework (London: Routledge, 2012), 15-40.
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| Week 4 |
Explaining Endurance of India-Pakistan Rivalry
Paul, T. V. 2006. “Why Has the India-Pakistan Rivalry Been so Enduring? Power Asymmetry and an Intractable Conflict.” Security Studies 15 (4): 600–630. doi:10.1080/09636410601184595.
Sridharan, Elattuvalapil. ”International Relations Theory and the India—Pakistan Conflict.” In The India-Pakistan Nuclear Relationship, pp. 26-50. Routledge India, 2020.
Jacob, Happymon. Line on Fire: Ceasefire Violations and India–Pakistan Escalation Dynamics. Oxford University Press, 2018. Chapter 5 |
| Week 5 |
Nuclearization of South Asia
Kapur, P. S. (2005). Do Nuclear Weapons Stabilize South Asian Militarized Crises? Evidence from the 1990 Case. Asian Security, 1(2), 174–189. https://doi.org/10.1080/14799850490961099
Hall, I. (2014). The Requirements of Nuclear Stability in South Asia. The Nonproliferation Review, 21(3–4), 355–371. https://doi.org/10.1080/10736700.2014.1072991
MAHESH SHANKAR, T. V. PAUL, Nuclear doctrines and stable strategic relationships: the case of south Asia, International Affairs, Volume 92, Issue 1, January 2016, Pages 1–20, https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2346.12503
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| Week 6 |
China’s Rise in South Asia: Security Implications and Regional Responses
Sachdeva, Gulshan. 2021. “China’s Current South Asia Strategy” in David B. H. Denoon (ed.) China’s Grand Strategy: A Roadmap to Global Power? 146-172, New York: New York University.
Pal, Deep. 2021. “China’s Influence in South Asia Vulnerabilities and Resilience in Four Countries”. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Paul, TV. 2019. “When balance of power meets globalization: China, India and the small states of South Asia”, Politics, 39(1) 50–63. |
| Week 7 |
Sensitive Borders and Sudden Clashes
Oztig, Lacin Idil. ”Pakistan’s Border Policies and Security Dynamics along the Pakistan–Afghanistan Border.” In South Asia, pp. 50-65. Routledge, 2021.
Jenne, Nicole. ”The Thai–Cambodian border dispute: an agency-centred perspective on the management of interstate conflict.” Contemporary Southeast Asia (2017): 315-347.
Ranjan, Amit. 2016. “INDIA-CHINA BOUNDARY DISPUTES: AN OVERVIEW.” Asian Affairs 47 (1): 101–14. doi:10.1080/03068374.2015.1129869.
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| Week 8 |
Mid-term
Book Review |
| Week 9 |
South China Sea Dispute
Andrew Chubb, International Law as a Driver of Confrontation? UNCLOS and China’s Policy in the South China Sea, European Journal of International Law, 2026;, chaf066,
Hayton, B. (2018). The Modern Origins of China’s South China Sea Claims: Maps, Misunderstandings, and the Maritime Geobody. Modern China, 45(2), 127-170. https://doi.org/10.1177/0097700418771678 (Original work published 2019)
Keating, Steven G. ”Rock or island? It was an UNCLOS call: The legal consequence of geospatial intelligence to the 2016 South China sea arbitration and the law of the sea.” American Intelligence Journal 35, no. 2 (2018): 101-123.
(Recommended) SACKS, BENJAMIN J. “The Political Geography of the South China Sea Disputes: A RAND Research Primer.” RAND Corporation, 2022. http://www.jstor.org/stable/resrep44901.
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| Week 10 |
SAARC Vs ASEAN: Providing Regional Security ?
Bajpai, K. (1996). Security and Saarc. South Asian Survey, 3(1-2), 295-307. https://doi.org/10.1177/097152319600300125 (Original work published 1996)
Wagner, Christian. 2018. “India’s Bilateral Security Relationship in South Asia.” Strategic Analysis 42 (1): 15–28. doi:10.1080/09700161.2017.1418952.
Acharya, Amitav. 2021. “Anchoring Multilateralism: From Asia-Pacific to Indo-Pacific” in ASEAN and Regional Order: Revisiting Security Community in Southeast Asia. Lon-don: Routledge.
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| Week 11 |
Non-Traditional Security and Regional Governance
Caballero-Anthony, Mely. ”Non-traditional security concept, issues, and implications on security governance.” Georgetown Journal of Asian Affairs (2016).
Barthwal-Datta, M., & Basu, S. (2017). Reconceptualizing regional security in South Asia: A critical security approach. Security Dialogue, 48(5), 393-409. https://doi.org/10.1177/0967010617717619 (Original work published 2017)
Hameiri, Shahar, and Lee Jones. ”The politics and governance of non-traditional security.” International Studies Quarterly 57, no. 3 (2013): 462-473. |
| Week 12 |
Insurgents and their Cross-Border Connections
Bhattacharyya, Rajeev. ULFA: The mirage of dawn. Harper Collins, 2023.
Ong, Andrew, Stalemate: Autonomy and Insurgency on the China Myanmar Border (Ithaca, NY, 2023; online edn, Cornell Scholarship Online, 21 Sept. 2023)
Presentation: At What level Insurgencies are being dealt in South Asia and South-east Asia?
Hint:
-”Our Eyes Initiative”
-Tan, Andrew TH. ”Evaluating counter-terrorism strategies in Asia.” Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism 13, no. 2 (2018): 155-169.
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| Week 13 |
Transnational Cyber Crime in Southeast Asia
WIRED Reporting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOcNaWmmn0A
Huang, H. ”Cybercrime in ASEAN: Fostering Regional Collaboration.” (2024).
Yutthaworakool, Saittawut, and Ika Kurnia Riswandari. ”Scams that Scorch: Cybercrime, Labor Trafficking, and the Future of ASEAN Digital Governance.”
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| Week 14 |
Transboundary Haze Issue In Southeast Asia
Cassaniti, Julia. “A Burning Issue: Spirits of Land and Capital in Thailand’s Agricultural Haze Crisis.” Journal of Southeast Asian Studies 55, no. 1 (2024): 4–27. https://doi.org/10.1017/S002246342400016X.
Hurley, Arran, and Taedong Lee. ”Delayed ratification in environmental regimes: Indonesia’s ratification of the ASEAN agreement on transboundary haze pollution.” The Pacific Review 34, no. 6 (2021): 1108-1137.
Varkkey, Helena. 2015. “Regionalization and Patronage Politics.” In The Haze Problem in Southeast Asia: Palm Oil and Patronage. New York: Routledge.
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| Week 15 |
Shared Rivers and Governance
Ghosh, NILANJAN., and JAYANTA. Bandyopadhyay. "Governing the Ganges and Brahmaputra: Beyond reductionist hydrology." Occasional Paper 273 (2020).
Bhardwaj, Sheetal. "The Indus Waters Treaty: Is Transboundary Water Governance a Geopolitical Tool?." (2025).
Bisht, Medha. "From the edges of borders: reflections on water diplomacy in South Asia." Water Policy 21, no. 6 (2019): 1123-1138.
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| Week 16 |
Final Assignment |
self-directed
learning |
01.Participation in professional forums, lectures, and corporate sharing sessions related to industry-government-academia-research exchange activities.
05.Participation in various workshops organized by different departments of NCHU.
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