East Asia

 

Courses and research in the Department examine fundamental political, economic and security issues in the Asia and Pacific region. The emphasis is on the post-Cold War period, though in a longer-term perspective. Attention focuses on military capacities, doctrines, organisations and international relations. Particular stress is put on the interaction between domestic and foreign-security policies. Topics include foreign policies of major powers in the region, China and globalisation, East Asia and the EU, the Chinese military and cross-Strait relations, US-China relations, the US-Japan security arrangement, the situation in the Korean Peninsula, the nuclearised subcontinent, and the ASEAN regional arrangement. The industrialisation of East Asia, from the late-nineteenth century to the present, is also considered.

• China and Globalisation - L. Xiang
• The Asian Security System - L. Xiang
• Foreign Policies of Major Powers - L. Xiang
• East Asia and the European Union - L. Xiang
• Military Asia after the Cold War - L. Xiang
• The United States and East Asia since the 19th Century - L. Xiang
• The United States and China since 1945 - L. Xiang

• Empires and Slavery in the Making of the Modern World Economy - G. Austin
• Colonialism, Decolonisation and the International System - G. Balachandran
• The Spread of Industrialisation in Asia, Africa and Latin America - G. Austin

Currently about half a dozen professors across the various disciplinary departments and interdisciplinary centres at the Graduate Institute are experts on one or another aspect of East Asian Studies.  See a complete listing here.