TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Elective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Bachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	-
SEMESTER	-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	5
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	Associate Professor Haluk Karadağ
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) Improve their analytic and critical thinking & discussion abilities in International Relations generally, and in East Asia studies in private. 2) Gain capability of closely keeping track of the political, economics and military developments in East Asia. 3) Learn the political problems especially in the South China Sea. 4) Learn global interactions and regional cooperations among the states in the region from the perspective of comparative studies. 5) Improve critical thinking and debating abilities by analyzing current political and economic problems in International Relations.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	No recommended optional programme components.
COURSE DEFINITION	The course scrutinizes regional fundamental problems of East Asian states of which today has a higher importance, however has a potential to be much more important in the near future. Course will be start with the historical background of significant East Asian states such as China, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan and their political and economic power in the world. Also, their interactions with the regional states and international actors will be held under the scope of course. In addition, regional and international security issues will be discussed in detail. In the final phase of the course new perspectives regarding the future of the region will be exposed.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Geopolitics of East Asia 2nd Week Historical background of East Asia 3rd Week Integration studies of Asian communities 4th Week Economic organizations in East Asia 5th Week Political organizations in East Asia 6th Week China in world economics and politics 7th Week Japan in world economics and politics 8th Week Midterm Week 9th Week Peace studies in East Asia 10th Week Conflict resolution in Asian communities 11th Week Regional security organizations in East Asia 12th Week United Nations and Asian communities 13th Week European Community vs. Asian community 14th Week New perspectives on Asian community
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Watanabe, Atsuko (2018). Greater East Asia Geopolitics and its geopolitical imagination of a borderless world: A neglected tradition? Political Geography, Vol.67. pp 23-31. Gunn, G. (2014). East-Southeast Asia in World History: The Making of a World Region. Trans-Regional and -National Studies of Southeast Asia, 2(1), 5-30. Biggart, Nicole Woolsey, (1996). Explaining Asian Economic Organization: Toward a Weberian Institutional Perspective. in Orru, Marco. Biggart, Nicole Woolsey. Hamilton, Garry. The Economic Organization of East Asian Capitalism. pp 3-32. Foot, R. (2012). Asia's Cooperation and Governance: The Role of East Asian Regional Organizations in Regional Governance: Constraints And Contributions. Japanese Journal of Political Science, 13(1), 133-142. Huntington, Samuel P. (2001). ?Japan?s role in global politics?. International Relations of the Asia Pacific Vol (1). pp.131-142. Kroeber, Arthur R.(2016). China's Economy: What Everyone Needs to Know. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp.3-16. Weissmann, M. (2012). The East Asian Peace Conflict Prevention and Informal Peacebuilding. Palgrave Macmillan pp.1-19. Karadağ, Haluk. (2018). United Nations and Taiwan?s Recognition Problem. In: A.Merthan Dündar (ed.) Taiwan Studies-I: History, Economy & International Relations. Ankara University Press. pp.47-54. Johanson, Daniel. Jie, Li. Wu, Tsunghan. (2019). New perspectives on China?s relations with the World: National, Transnational and International. E-international relations publishing. pp.77-87 and 104-115.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Discussion,Questions/Answers,Project
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Project 1 70 Attendance 1 30 Total(%) 100 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 100 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 0 Total(%) 100
ECTS WORKLOAD	Activities Number Hours Workload Midterm exam Preparation for Quiz Individual or group work 14 2 28 Preparation for Final exam Course hours 14 3 42 Preparation for Midterm exam Laboratory (including preparation) Final exam Homework Project 1 80 80 Total Workload 150 Total Workload / 30 5 ECTS Credits of the Course 5
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	English
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No