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Programme: M. Phil |
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This course investigates the underlying theoretical-empirical context of the Korean peninsula in the international Affairs. For the obvious reasons, course primarily concentrates on Republic of Korea rather than People’s Republic of Korea. It contains four mutually related but distinct sections. The first section offers clear understanding of the traditional Cold War context of Korea's foreign relations. The second section assesses the impact of the post-Cold War on the durability of Korea's political, economic and strategic partnerships with the United States and Japan. Furthermore, this section will explore the post-Cold War transformation of relations with the Cold War era adversaries, China, Russia, and North Korea. The third section focuses on Korea-India bilateral relations. The fourth section looks at Korea's efforts to multilateralism and globalization. In this course, attention will be given to the role played by variables at four levels of analysis in the formulation of Korea’s external relations. At the level of leadership, course delves into the significance of personality and historical memory. At the level of ideology, it considers variables such capitalism, socialism and market socialism, which have important bearing on the policy priorities of Korea. At the domestic level, it considers the external ramifications of Korea's earlier era authoritarianism and its famed ‘developmental state’ (during the cold war) and its ongoing democratic consolidation (in the post-cold war). And at the systemic level, variables will include the distribution of political economic power, alliance structures, and strategic weapon systems. It also investigates the policy priorities and potential pitfalls in Korea's path to unification as well as the implications of a re-united Korea on the regional/global balance of power in post-Cold War period. |
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Evaluation System The evaluation of researcher’s performance is purely judged on the basis of academic merit classified under the following heads: 1) Participation, 2) Presentation, 3) Midterm; 4) Term-Paper and 5) Final Examination Paper Students are required to write one short research paper (4000~5000 words) on any relevant issue relating to Korea’s foreign relations. Please arrange to meet with the course-in charge to discuss and chose your term-paper topic well in advance. Readings Students should earnestly try to complete relevant readings before each class. Also, it is advised that supplementary readings should be reviewed. In-depth reading of one of the following texts is critical to complete this course: Books 1. Don Oberdorfer, The Two Koreas: A Contemporary History (Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1997). 2. Victor Cha, Alignment Despite Antagonism: The United States-Korea-Japan Security Triangle (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1999). 3. Young-whan Kihl, ed., Korea and the World (Boulder: Westview, 1994). 4. William Gleysteen, Massive Entanglement, Minimal Influence (Washington DC: Brookings, 2000). 5. Bruce Cumings. North Korea: Another Country (New Press, 2004). Research Papers 1. Victor Cha. “Hawk Engagement and Preventive Defense on the Korean Peninsula.” International Security (Summer 2002). 2. John Park. “Inside Multilateralism: The Six-Party Talks.” Washington Quarterly (Autumn 2005). 3. Chang-hee Nam. “Relocating the U.S. Forces in South Korea.” Asian Survey (July/August 2006). 4. Thomas Christensen. “China, the U.S.-Japan Alliance, and the Security Dilemma in East Asia.” International Security (Spring 1999). 5. Robert Ross. “The Geography of the Peace: East Asia in the Twenty-First Century.” International Security (Spring 1999).
LECTURE & DISCUSSION TOPICS Lecture -1: INTRODUCTION Lecture -2: HISTORICAL ORIGINS Lecture - 3: TRADITIONAL CONTEXT Lecture – 4: AUTHORITARIANISM, DEVELOPMENTAL STATE, AND FOREIGN POLICY BEHAVIOR (I) Lecture – 5: AUTHORITARIANISM, DEVELOPMENTAL STATE, AND FOREIGN POLICY BEHAVIOR (II) Lecture – 6: EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT IN THE NEW MILLENIUM Lecture – 7: B. Alliance in Question Lecture – 8: UNITED STATES I: Cold War Period Lecture – 9: UNITED STATES II: Post-Cold War Period Lecture – 10: SOVIET UNION/RUSSIA: Success of Nordpolitik Lecture – 11: CHINA: Transformation of Relations Lecture – 12: INDIA I: India-Korea: Historical Interaction Lecture – 13: INDIA II: India-Korea Economic Interaction Lecture – 12: DOMESTIC SOURCES OF POST-COLD WAR FOREIGN POLICY Lecture – 13: GLOBALIZATION (SEGYEHWA), MULTILATERALISM, AND THE UNITED NATIONS Lecture – 14: KOREAN RE-UNIFICATION: NORTH-SOUTH RELATIONS Lecture – 15: NORTH KOREA: FUTURE PROSPECTS Lecture – 16: UNIFICATION AND THE BALANCE OF POWER IN ASIA COURSE CONTENTSLecture -1: INTRODUCTION Overview of Korea’s role in the International Affairs Lecture -2: HISTORICAL ORIGINS Imperialism, Colonialism, and Korea at the Turn of the Century Gerald Curtis and Sung-joo Han, eds., The US-South Korean Alliance (Lexington: DC Heath, 1983), pp. 7-29. Carter Eckert et al., Korea Old and New: A History (Korea Institute at Harvard University for Ilchokak Press, 1992), pp. 254-326. Supplementary Readings: Bruce Cumings, Korea’s Place in the Sun (New York: Norton, 1997). Youngnok Koo and Sung-joo Han, "Historical Legacy," in Koo and Han, Foreign Policy of the Republic of Korea (NY: Columbia, 1985). Kenneth Thompson, Korea: A World in Change (Lanham: University Press, 1996). Lecture - 3: THE TRADITIONAL CONTEXT: THE EARLY COLD WAR YEARS: LEADERSHIP AND LEGACIES Robert Jervis, Perception and Misperception (Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press, 1976). Sung-joo Han, "Policy Toward The United States," in Youngnok Koo and Sung-joo Han, Foreign Policy of the Republic of Korea (NY: Columbia, 1985), pp. 139-166. Donald MacDonald, US-Korean Relations from Liberation to Self-Reliance (Boulder: Westview, 1992), pp. 111-132. Chang-jin Park, "The Influence of Small States upon the Superpowers," World Politics 28.1 (October 1975), pp. 97- 117. Supplementary Readings: David Steinberg, The Republic of Korea: Economic Transformation and Social Change (Boulder: Westview, 1989). Youngnok Koo, "The Conduct of Foreign Affairs," in Wright, ed., Korean Politics in Transition (Seattle: Univ. of Washington, 1975), pp. 207-242. Astri Suhrke, "Gratuity or Tyranny: The Korean Alliance," World Politics 25.4 (July 1973), pp. 508-532. Robert Oliver, Syngman Rhee: The Man Behind the Myth (NY: Dodd Mead & Co., 1954). Robert Oliver, Syngman Rhee and the American Involvement in Korea, 1942-1960 (Seoul: Panmun, 1978). Kwan-bong Kim, The Korea-Japan Treaty Crisis (NY: Praeger, 1971). Lecture – 4: AUTHORITARIANISM, THE DEVELOPMENTAL STATE, AND FOREIGN POLICY BEHAVIOR (I) Victor Cha, "Bridging the Gap: The Strategic Context of the 1965 Korea-Japan Normalization Treaty," Korean Studies 20 (1996), pp. 123-160; or Cha, Alignment Despite Antagonism, Chapters. 1 and 3) Bae-ho Hahn, "Policy Toward Japan," in Youngnok Koo and Sung-joo Han, eds., The Foreign Policy of the Republic of Korea (NY: Columbia University Press, 1985), pp. 167-197. Supplementary Readings: Bae-ho Hahn, "Reflection on the Demise of the Authoritarian Park Regime," Asian Perspective 10.2 (1986), pp. 289-310. Frank Gibney, "The Ripple Effect in Korea," Foreign Affairs 56.1 (October 1977), pp. 160-174. Chae-jin Lee and Hideo Sato, US Policy toward Japan and Korea (New York: Praeger, 1982), pp. 73-100, pp. 101- 127. Fuji Kamiya, "The US Presence in the Republic of Korea as Foreign Policy," Japan Echo 4.3 (1977), pp. 92-105 Lecture – 5: AUTHORITARIANISM, THE DEVELOPMENTAL STATE, AND FOREIGN POLICY BEHAVIOR (II) Institutional Context Scott Snyder, “Patterns of Negotiation in a South Korean Cultural Context,” Asian Survey 39.3 (May/June 1999). Youngnok Koo, "Foreign Policy Decision-making," in Koo and Han, The Foreign Policy of the Republic of Korea (NY: Columbia, 1985), pp. 14-47. Chung-in Moon and Soek-soo Lee, "The Post-Cold War Security Agenda of Korea: Inertia, New Thinking and Assessments," The Pacific Review 8.1 (1995), pp. 99-115. Supplementary Readings: Gregory F.T. Winn, Korean Foreign Policy Decision-making: Process and Structure (Honolulu: University of Hawaii, 1976). Peter Gourevitch, "The Second Image Reversed," International Organization 32 (Autumn 1978), pp. 881-912. Lecture – 6: THE EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT IN THE NEW MILLENIUM A. Traditional Allies: JAPAN I: Cold War Period Cha, Alignment Despite Antagonism, Chapter 4. Byung-joon Ahn, "Japanese Policy toward Korea," in Gerald Curtis, ed., Japan's Foreign Policy After the Cold War (Armonk: ME Sharpe, 1993), pp. 263-273. Supplementary Readings: Jung-hoon Lee, "Korean-Japanese Relations: The Past, Present and Future," Korea Observer 21.2 (Summer 1990), pp. 159-178. Chong-sik Lee, Japan and Korea: The Political Dimension (Stanford: Hoover, 1985). Kwan-bong Kim, The Korea-Japan Treaty Crisis (NY: Praeger, 1971). Soong-hoom Kil, "South Korean Policy Toward Japan, Journal of Northeast Asian Studies 2.3 (September 1983), pp. 35-50. Sung-joo Han, "Convergent and Divergent Interests in Korean-Japanese Relations," in Bae-ho Hahn, ed., Korea-Japan Relations in Transition: Challenges and Opportunities (Seoul: Asiatic Research Center, 1982). Lecture – 7: JAPAN II: Post-Cold War Period Masao Okonogi, “Beyond the Status Quo: View from Japan,” in Moon ed., Kim Dae-jung Government and Sunshine Policy (Seoul: Yonsei University Press, 1999), 181-198. Hong-nak Kim, "Japan and North Korea: Normalization Talks between Pyongyang and Tokyo," in Young Whan Kihl, ed., Korea and the World (Boulder: Westview, 1994), pp. 111-129. Supplementary Readings: Hosup Kim "The End of the Cold War and Korea-Japan Relations: Old Perceptions and New Issues," in Manwoo Lee and Richard Mansbach, eds., Changing Order in Northeast Asia (Boulder: Westview, 1993), pp. 217-240. Jung-hyun Shin, Japanese-North Korean Relations: Linkage Politics in the Regional System of East Asia (Seoul: Kyunghee University Press, 1981). Masao Okonogi, "Japan-North Korean Negotiations for Normalization," in Lee and Mansbach, Changing Order in Northeast Asia, pp. 195-216. Brian Bridges, Japan and Korea in the 1990s (Brookfield, VT: Edward Elgar/Ashgate, 1993). Dal-joong Chang, "The End of the Cold War and the Future of South Korea-Japan Relations - A More Strained Relationship?" Korea and World Affairs (Fall 1992), pp. 503-524. Lecture – 8: UNITED STATES I: Cold War Period Cha, Alignment despite Antagonism, Chapters, 5-6. Chae-jin Lee, "The United States and Korea: Dynamics of Changing Relations," in Kihl, Korea and the World, pp. 69-82. Supplementary Readings: Hong-nak Kim, "The United States and Korea: Dynamics of Political and Security Relations in the 1990s," Korea and World Affairs 19.1 (Spring 1995), pp. 5-28. Eun Mee Kim, "Foreign Direct Investment between the United States and South Korea," in Donald Clark et al US-Korean Relations (1995), pp. 59-80. Joo-hong Nam, America's Commitment to South Korea (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1986). Bruce Cumings, "American Hegemony in Northeast Asia: Security and Development," in Morris Morley, ed. Crisis and Confrontation (NJ: Rowman and Littlefield, 1988), pp. 80-106. Seung-soo Han, "US-Korean Relations: Continuity and Change in the Post-Cold War Era," in Thompson, Korea: A World of Change, Chapter. 5, pp. 81-98. Lecture – 9: UNITED STATES II: Post-Cold War Period Victor Cha, "Realism, Liberalism and the Durability of the US-South Korean Alliance," Asian Survey (July 1997). Doug Bandow, "America's Protectorate in a Changed World," in Bandow and Carpenter, The US-South Korean Alliance, pp. 75-93. Gi-Wook Shin, "South Korean Anti-Americanism," Asian Survey 36.8 (August 1996), pp. 787-803. Supplementary Readings: Selig Harrison, "Political Alignments in the two Koreas: The Impact of the American Presence," in Doug Bandow and Ted Galen Carpenter, The US-South Korean Alliance (New Brunswick: Transaction, 1992), pp. 121-135. John Kie-Chiang Oh, "Anti-Americanism and Anti-Authoritarian Politics in Korea," In Depth 4.2 (Spring 1994), pp. 65-87. Victor Cha, "The Geneva Framework Agreement and Korea's Future," EAI Reports (June 1995), East Asian Institute, Columbia University, pp. 1-20. Donald Clark, The Kwangju Uprising (Boulder: Westview, 1988). Tim Warburg, "The Kwangju Uprising: An Inside View," Korean Studies 11 (1987), pp. 33-57. William Taylor, "The Military Balance on the Korean Peninsula, in Bandow and Carpenter, The US-South Korean Alliance (New Brunswick: Transaction, 1992), pp. 17-36. Mark Barry, "North Korea and the United States: Promise or Peril?" in Thompson, Korea: A World of Change, Chapter. 8, pp. 133-155. Joo-hong Nam, "US-ROK Security Relations in the 1990s: A Challenging Partnership," Journal of East Asian Affairs 4.2 (Summer 1990), 243-255. Patrick Morgan, "The US-ROK Strategic Relationship: A Liberalist Analysis," in Donald Clark et al, US-Korean Relations (Claremont, CA: Keck Center for International and Strategic Studies, Monograph series 8, 1995), pp. 81-105. Jongryn Mo and Ramon Meyers, eds., Shaping a New Economic Relationship: The Republic of Korea and the United States (Stanford: Hoover, 1993), Chapters; 1,2,3,10. Kongdan Oh and Ralph Hassig, "Korea as a Pawn in the Global Non-Proliferation Conflict," Korean Journal of Defense Analysis 6.2 (Winter 1994), pp. 157-177. MIDTERM EXAMINATION (15th March, 2009) Lecture – 10: SOVIET UNION/RUSSIA: Successes of Nordpolitik Tae-hwan Kwak and Seung-ho Joo, “Military Cooperation between Russia and South Korea,” paper presented at the 1999 APSA annual meeting, Atlanta, GA, September 2-5, 1999. Ilpyong Kim, "The Soviet Union/Russia and Korea: Dynamics of 'New Thinking,'" in Kihl, Korea and theWorld, pp. 83-95. Hakjoon Kim, "The Process Leading to the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations Between South Korea and the Soviet Union," Asian Survey37.7 (July 1997), pp. 637-651. Peggy Falkenheim Meyer, "Gorbachev and Post-Gorbachev Policy Toward the Korean Peninsula: The Impact of Changing Russian Perceptions," Asian Survey 32.8 (August 1992), pp. 757-772. Supplementary Readings: Gennady Chufrin, "Russian Interests in Korean Security in the Post-Cold War World," in Andrew Mack, ed., Asian Flashpoint (Canberra: Allen and Unwin, 1993), pp. 29-36. Joseph Ha and Linda Beth Jensen, "Soviet Policy Toward North Korea," in Jae-Kyu Park, et al., eds., The Foreign Relations of North Korea (Boulder: Westview, 1987), pp. 139-168. Seung-Ho Joo, "Soviet Policy toward the Two Koreas 1985-1991: The New Political Thinking and Power," Journal of Northeast Asian Studies(Summer 1995), pp. 23-46. Astri Suhrke, "Gratuity or Tyranny: The Korean Alliance," World Politics 25.4 (July 1973), pp. 508-532. Eugene and Natasha Bazhanov, "The Evolution of Russian-Korean Relations: External and Internal Factors," Asian Survey 34.9 (Sept. 1994), pp. 789-798. Lecture – 11: CHINA: Transformation of Relations Don Oberdorfer, The Two Koreas, Chapter 10, pp. 229-248 Keum Hieyeon, "Normalization and After: Prospects for Sino-South Korean Relations," Korea and World Affairs20.4 (Winter 1996), 572-589. Thomas Bernstein and Andrew Nathan, "The Soviet Union, China, and Korea," in Curtis and Han, The US-SouthKorean Alliance, pp. 89-127. Hong Yung Lee, "China and the Two Koreas: New Emerging Triangle," in Kihl, Korea and the World, pp. 97-110. Jia Hao and Zhuang Qubing, "China's Policy toward the Korean Peninsula," Asian Survey 32.12 (Dec 1992), pp. 1137-1156. David Shambaugh. “China Engages Asia: Reshaping the Regional Order.” International Security (Winter 2004/05). Supplementary Readings: James Lilley, "US-Chinese Relations and North Korea: Past and Future," in Thompson, Korea: A World of Change, Chapter. 6, pp. 99-117. Qin Yongchun, "China-ROK Relations in a New Period," Korean Journal of International Studies 25.3 (Summer 1994), pp. 147-159. James Cotton, "The Unraveling of China and the China-Korea Relationship," Korea and World Affairs 18.1 (Spring 1994), pp. 67-82. Hong Liu, "Sino-South Korean Normalization: A Triangular Explanation," Asian Survey (November 1993). FINAL PAPER DUE (5th APRIL 2009) Lecture – 12: INDIA I India-Korea: Historical Interaction Pankaj, Narendra M. "Korea and India: Twentieth Century Interactions." Korean Culture 18:1 (Spring 1997): 20-33. C. Raja Mohan. ”India and the Balance of Power.” Foreign Affairs (July/August 2006). Gurcharan Das. “The India Model.” Foreign Affairs (July/August 2006). Nanda, Prakash, Nuclearization of Divided Nations: Pakistan-India-Korea, New Delhi: Manas Publications, 2001). Lee, Ocksoon, India, Korea’s ‘Orient’: Signs of Reproduced Orientalism, International Journal of Korean History (Vol.5, Dec. 2003) Lecture – 13: INDIA II India-Korea Economic Interaction Uttam, Jitendra. “Economic Relations between India and Korea” in edited volume “Thirty Years of Korea-India Relations” (Seoul: Shingu Publishing Co. 2003), pp. 106-136. Lecture – 12: DOMESTIC SOURCES OF POST-COLD WAR FOREIGN POLICY Korea's Democratic Consolidation David Steinberg, "Presidential Elections and the Rooting of Democracy," Asian Update (Asia Society, November 1997). Victor Cha, "Politics and Democracy under the Kim Young Sam Government," Asian Survey 33.9 (September 1993), pp. 849-863. Young whan Kihl, "Democratization and Foreign Policy," in James Cotton, ed., Politics and Policy in the New Korean State (NY: St. Martin's Press, 1995), pp. 109-140. Supplementary Readings: Bruce Russett, Grasping the Democratic Peace (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1993). Michael Doyle, "Liberalism and World Politics," American Political Science Review 80 (December 1986), pp. 1151-1169. Sang-jin Han, "Economic Development and Democracy: Korea as a New Model?" Korea Journal (Summer 1995), pp. 5-17. Lecture – 13: GLOBALIZATION (SEGYEHWA), MULTILATERALISM, AND THE UNITED NATIONS Chung-in Moon, "Globalization: Challenges and Strategies," Korea Focus 3.3 (May-June 1995), pp. 62-77. Jong-suk Lee, "Measures on the Import of Japanese Pop Culture," Korea Focus 5.1 (January-February 1997), pp. 83-96. Supplementary Readings: Ralph Cossa, "Multilateralism, Regional Security, and the Prospects for Track II in East Asia," NBR Analysis 7.5 (1996).
STUDENT PRESENTATIONS (15th April 2009) FINAL PAPER DUE (5th May 2009) Lecture – 14: KOREAN RE-UNIFICATION: NORTH-SOUTH RELATIONS Sunshine Policy of Engagement Chung-in Moon, “Understanding the DJ Doctrine: The Sunshine Policy and the Korean Peninsula,” in Moon ed., Kim Dae-jung Government and the Sunshine Policy (Yonsei University Press, 1999), 35-56. Soon-young Hong, “Thawing Korea’s Cold War,” Foreign Affairs (May/June 1998) RESERVE Don Oberdorfer, The Two Koreas, Chapter 6, pp. 139-160. B.C. Koh, "A Comparison of Unification Policies," in Kihl, Korea and the World, pp. 153-166. Supplementary Readings: Young-whan Kihl, "The Politics of Inter-Korean Relations: Co-existence or Reunification," in Kihl, Korea and the World, pp. 133-152. Hakjoon Kim, Unification Policies of South and North Korea: A Comparative Study (Seoul: Seoul National University Press, 1978). Man Won Je, "Forging a Common Security View: Prospects for Arms Control in Korea," in Henriksen and Lho, One Korea? Kyung-ae Park and Sung-Chull Lee, "Changes and Prospects in Inter-Korean Relations," Asian Survey 32.5 (May 1992). Lecture – 15: NORTH KOREA: FUTURE PROSPECTS Don Oberdorfer, The Two Koreas, Chapters. 14-15, pp. 337-408. Marcus Noland, "Why North Korea will Muddle Through," Foreign Affairs 76.4 (July/August 1997), pp. 105-118. Bruce Cumings, "Time to End the Korean War," Atlantic Monthly February 1997. Byung-joon Ahn, "North Korea's Foreign Relations After the Cold War," in Lee and Mansbach, The Changing Order, pp. 263-282. Nicholas Eberstadt, "North Korea: Reform, Muddling Through, or Collapse?" in Thomas Henriksen and Kyongsoo Lho, eds., One Korea? (Stanford: Hoover, 1994), pp. 13-30. Supplementary Readings: Kongdan Oh and Ralph Hassig, "North Korea's Nuclear Program," in Kihl, Korea and the World, pp. 233-252. Michael Mazarr, "Going Just a Little Nuclear: Nonproliferation Lessons from North Korea," International Security 20.2 (Fall 1995), pp. 92-122. Nicholas Eberstadt, "National Strategy in North and South Korea," NBR Analysis 7.5 (1996). Stephen Goose, "The Comparative Military Capabilities of North Korean and South Korean Forces," in Bandow and Carpenter, The US-South Korean Alliance, pp. 37-57. Paul Bracken, "The North Korean Nuclear Program as a Problem of State Survival," in Andrew Mack, ed., Asian Flashpoint (Canberra: Allen and Unwin, 1993), 85-96. David Kang, "Rethinking North Korea," Asian Survey (March 1995). Byung-joon Ahn, "The Man Who Would be Kim," Foreign Affairs 73.6 (November/December 1994), pp. 94-108. Lecture – 16: UNIFICATION AND THE BALANCE OF POWER IN ASIA Processes, Prospects and Scenarios Nicholas Eberstadt, "Hastening Korean Unification," Foreign Affairs 76.2 (March/April 1997), pp. 77-92. Cha, Alignment Despite Antagonism, Chapter. 7. Aidan Foster-Carter, "Korea: Sociopolitical Realities of Reuniting a Divided Nation," in Henriksen and Lho, OneKorea?, pp. 31-47. Hy-Sang Lee, "Economic Factors in Korean Unification," in Kihl, Korea and the World, pp. 189-216. William Drozdiak, "Unity Eludes Germans of East, West," Washington Post October 27, 1996. Supplementary Reading Han-kyo Kim, "Korean Unification in Historical Perspective," in Kihl, Korea and the World, pp. 17-28. Jongryn Mo, "German Lessons for Managing the Economic Cost of Korean Reunification," in Henriksen and Lho, One Korea?, pp. 48-67. Thomas Henriksen, "Political Leadership, Vision, and Korean Reunification," in Henriksen and Lho, One Korea?, pp. 68-80. Donald MacDonald, "The Role of the Major Powers in the Reunification of Korea," Washington Quarterly 15.3 (Summer 1992), pp. 135-153. Edward Olsen, "Korea's Unification: Implications for the US-ROK Alliance," in Henriksen and Lho, One Korea?, pp. 108-122. In Kwan Hwang, "The Two Koreas Unification Policies and Neutralization," in Ilpyong Kim, ed., Korean Challenges and American Policy (NY: Paragon, 1991), pp. 515-558. Victor Cha, "National Unification: The Long and Winding Road," In Depth 4.2 (Spring 1994), pp. 89-124. |
Course Outline for Korean Peninsula in the International Affairs
Course Outline for Korean Peninsula in the International Affairs
Course Outline for Korean Peninsula in the International Affairs
A warm welcome to the modified and updated website of the Centre for East Asian Studies. The East Asian region has been at the forefront of several path-breaking changes since 1970s beginning with the redefining the development architecture with its State-led development model besides emerging as a major region in the global politics and a key hub of the sophisticated technologies. The Centre is one of the thirteen Centres of the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi that provides a holistic understanding of the region.
Initially, established as a Centre for Chinese and Japanese Studies, it subsequently grew to include Korean Studies as well. At present there are eight faculty members in the Centre. Several distinguished faculty who have now retired include the late Prof. Gargi Dutt, Prof. P.A.N. Murthy, Prof. G.P. Deshpande, Dr. Nranarayan Das, Prof. R.R. Krishnan and Prof. K.V. Kesavan. Besides, Dr. Madhu Bhalla served at the Centre in Chinese Studies Programme during 1994-2006. In addition, Ms. Kamlesh Jain and Dr. M. M. Kunju served the Centre as the Documentation Officers in Chinese and Japanese Studies respectively.
The academic curriculum covers both modern and contemporary facets of East Asia as each scholar specializes in an area of his/her interest in the region. The integrated course involves two semesters of classes at the M. Phil programme and a dissertation for the M. Phil and a thesis for Ph. D programme respectively. The central objective is to impart an interdisciplinary knowledge and understanding of history, foreign policy, government and politics, society and culture and political economy of the respective areas. Students can explore new and emerging themes such as East Asian regionalism, the evolving East Asian Community, the rise of China, resurgence of Japan and the prospects for reunification of the Korean peninsula. Additionally, the Centre lays great emphasis on the building of language skills. The background of scholars includes mostly from the social science disciplines; History, Political Science, Economics, Sociology, International Relations and language.
Several students of the centre have been recipients of prestigious research fellowships awarded by Japan Foundation, Mombusho (Ministry of Education, Government of Japan), Saburo Okita Memorial Fellowship, Nippon Foundation, Korea Foundation, Nehru Memorial Fellowship, and Fellowship from the Chinese and Taiwanese Governments. Besides, students from Japan receive fellowship from the Indian Council of Cultural Relations.