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In the global context, the understanding of regional and national security has to cover much broader strategic issues. The study of global security will help understand political, military, economic, and technological transformation around the world, identify sources of potential regional conflict and emerging threats of non-traditional security to global security.
The main purpose of the course is to help students understand real nature of regional security in the changing global context. Regional security challenges nowadays reflect a nature of comprehensive security, which refers to military aspect and non-traditional security aspects. Special reference will be highlighted on security threat and possible solutions. To strengthen international peace and security, new efforts would be based on co-operation, diplomacy, shared interests, the rule of law and universal values.
Regional security challenges including North Korea nuclear threat, China-Japan rivalry, Japan-Korea discord, China’s military buildup, unsettled maritime territorial disputes in the South China Sea and East China Sea, the Taiwan Strait, transnational security issues, such as energy, maritime, climate change, infectious diseases, etc. are becoming topping policy agenda of regional countries. In addition, the effect of the rising China has been accelerated by the global financial tsunami since 2008. There is also an important implication of the rising China for regional security. The study of Indo- Pacific Security would have to catch up with the most updated regional security trends, so as to bring the study in class to be more in line with reality and policy- centered exercises.
Since 2016, the cross-Strait relations have been deteriorating considerably, as the DPP government could not build on common political basis with China and has completely lost trust. This development by itself carries important security implications for the entire region. Yet, it is not just the changes of the cross-Strait itself, but also new strategic momentum that the region has witnessed recently.
In 2010, the United States publicly expressed its national interest in the South China Sea and has since then stirred up the complicated issues. In a hope of satisfying the "American First", US President Donald Trump broke the existing international mechanisms and intensified challenge against China by all means. As the US-China strategic competition intensifies, its potential impact on the regional security prospects looms larger. Then, it came with global pandemic, the COVID-19, which has overhauled the global structures and challenged our traditional wisdom of international and security studies.
In Feburary 2022, Russia in the name of Special Military Operation invaded Ukraine. It has unprecedentedly shakened the global security structure. In October 2023, Hamas stormed Israel and bursted out into a full scale of war in the Middle East.
In a larger geopolitical context, this course attempts to take Asia security in the global context, as the region overall has been impacted by the transformation of global security. It is hoped that the highlights will be beneficial to students in their understanding of regional and global security in the context of the Indo-Pacific region.
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1. Attendance (30%)
2. Term paper (40%)
3. Group presentation (20%)
4. Course discussion (10%)
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