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In the global context, the understanding of regional and national security has to cover much broader strategic issue areas. 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. In December 2019, the COVID-19 suddenly stroke the world and almost paralyzes regular ways of our lives. As a result, the global pandemic changes our ways of thinking and reminds us the traditional security studies is on the way of shifting paradigm. At the juncture of the US-China strategic competition, it came with surprising pandemic multiple-challenges.
In 2022, the Ukraine War burst up in February and the 4th Taiwan Strait Crisis began from early August onward. The region is facing capricious nature of security. As such, the main purpose of the course is to help students understand real nature of regional security in the changing global context. Paradigm shifting becomes necessary to survive and sustain. 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 in the region. To strengthen international peace and security, new efforts would be based on the concept of stakeholders which advocates 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 mutual trust with Beijing. 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. As the US-China strategic competition has become clearer, its potential impact on the regional security prospects looms larger. 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. Since January 2021, President Joe Biden has further intensified the trend of strategic competition with China. Now, Donald Trump returns for the second term of the presidency. He promises to make America great again and would possibly make a new America! He has brought great uncertainty to the world.
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.
能力項目說明
1. Understanding regional security and challenges
2. Knowing details of security polices conducted by stakeholders
3. Creating independent thinkings
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Introduction: Global security and increasing geopolitical challenges
Key questions: What is today’s main concern of global, regional and national security? What are the features of Asia security today in the turbulent global security context?
Transformation of Asian Geopolitics: facing a powerful China
Key questions: How much has a powerful China changed Asian geopolitics?
Agnew, John. (2012), “Is US security policy ‘pivoting’ from the Atlantic to Asia-Pacific? A Critical Geopolitical Perspective” Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung | Global Policy and Development, September,
Committee on Foreign Relations, US Senate, (2008), “China’s foreign policy and ‘soft power’ in South America, Asia, and Africa,”
Gothard, David. (2008), “Reviewing America Asia policy,” Wall street Journal Asia, May 27.
Ikenberry, G. John. (2008), “The Rise of China and the Future of the West: Can the Liberal System Survive? Foreign Affairs, (January/February).
Lind, Jennifer. (2018). “Life in China’s Asia,” Foreign Affairs, (March/April) https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/china/2018-02-13/life-chinas-asia
Martin Jacques, (2013). “How China Will Change the Global Political Map,” Transatlantic Academy, (March).
Schwenninger, Sherle R. (2003), “Revamping American Grand Strategy,” World Policy Journal, vol. XX, no. 3 (Fall).
Sutter, Robert. (2008), Chinese Foreign Relations: Power and Policy since the Cold War. New York: Rowman & Little field Publishers, Inc.
Twining, Daniel. (2007), “America’s grand design in Asia,” Washington Quarterly, 30:3 (Summer), pp. 79-94.
Wan, Ming. (2007), “Engaging China: The Political Economy and Geopolitical Approaches of the United States, Japan and the European Union,” Japan Focus (November 17).
Wang, Fei-ling. (2009), “To assess the rise of China,” Asia Policy, no. 8 (July), pp. 151-59.
Woody, Christopher. (2018). “Countries in Asia are looking for ways to counter China's growing power — with and without the US's help,” Business Insider, May 26. https://www.businessinsider.com/ways-countries-in-asia-are-responding-to-china-2018-5
The Uncertain United States to Asia: Leadership Challenged
Key questions: Is the United States’ leadership declining? What specific implication of American decline for the region?
Global security: multi-dimensional security challenges and paradigm shift in a New era of the COVID-19
Key questions: How serious does the COVID-19 impact on global security? Would the pandemic encourage more international cooperation feasible? How would the pandemic change the course of the great power game? How much would the pandemic affect the features of global security?
“2020 Geo-strategic outlook -- the COVID-19 update: Global rebalancing amid a pandemic,” (April 2020). https://www.ey.com/en_gl/geostrategy/why-companies-must-plan-for-geopolitical-volatility-and-global-rebalancing
Caballero-Anthony, Mely. (2021). “Global Health Security: Lessons from COVID-19 in East Asia,” Project for Peaceful Competition, https://www.peaceful-competition.org/pub/bjxk52wm/release/1
Heisbourg, François. (2020), “From Wuhan to the World: How the Pandemic Will Reshape Geopolitics,” Survival, Volume 62 Number 3, June–July. https://www.iiss.org/~/publication/ec485565-5fb7-40f1-b83e-a334f8ba1709/survival-global-politics-and-strategy-june-july-2020.pdf
Huang, Yanzhong and Scott Kennedy. (December 2021), “Advancing U.S.-China Health Security Cooperation in an Era of Strategic Competition,” CSIS, Washington D.C. https://csis-website-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/publication/211201_Kennedy_USChina_HealthSecurityCooperation.pdf?2CC5_x4F2jIhaOgwo8mvqpPKkztE7RFG
Muggah, Robert, David Steven, and Liv Tørres, (2020), “We urgently need major cooperation on global security in the COVID-19 era,” World Economic Forum, April 23. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/04/we-need-major-cooperation-on-global-security-in-the-covid-19-era/
Priborkin, Emily (2020), “The Impact of COVID-19 on National and Global Security,” May 21. https://www.american.edu/sis/news/20200521-the-impact-of-covid-19-on-national-and-global-security.cfm
Sullivan, Richard and Gemma Bowsher. (2022), “China, the West, and the Future of Global Health Security,” Center for Global Development, (January 5), https://www.cgdev.org/blog/china-west-and-future-global-health-security
Lessons of the Consistent Taiwan Strait Crisis: New Challenges to Asia and the World
Key questions: What specific consequences emerge after tension rises in the Taiwan Strait? How would the crisis impact on the current cross-strait relation?
n Relations Scott Kennedy
Maizland, Lindsay (2022), “Why China-Taiwan Relations Are So Tense,” Council on Foreign Relations, (August 3). https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/china-taiwan-relations-tension-us-policy-biden
Shattuck, Thomas (2022), “America should walk the walk in the Taiwan Strait,” Foreign Policy Research Institute, August 26, 2022. https://www.fpri.org/article/2022/08/america-should-walk-the-walk-in-the-taiwan-strait/
“The Military Dimensions of the Fourth Taiwan Strait Crisis”, CSIS, August 22, 2022. https://csis-website-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/event/220822_Taiwan_Crisis.pdf?ToiHW3mSCXdD2U_IR6Q_K5eyVccgQqtY
“Taiwan Strait Crisis,” (2022), International Crisis Group, https://www.crisisgroup.org/asia/north-east-asia/taiwan-strait
“Toward a Fourth Taiwan Strait Crisis,” (2022), CSIS, August 4. https://www.csis.org/analysis/toward-fourth-taiwan-strait-crisis
Twomey, Christopher (2022), “The Fourth Taiwan Strait Crisis is just starting,” War on the Rocks, August 22. https://warontherocks.com/2022/08/the-fourth-taiwan-strait-crisis-is-just-starting/
Geo-politics and geo-strategy in Northeast Asia:
Key question: How would US-China rivalry impact on Northeast Asian geopolitical landscape?
Agnew, John (2012). “Is US security policy ‘pivoting’ from the Atlantic to Asia-Pacific? A Critical Geopolitical Perspective” Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung | Global Policy and Development, September,
Twining, Daniel. (2007), “America’s grand design in Asia,” Washington Quarterly, 30:3 (Summer), pp. 79-94.
Southeast Asian Security in an Era of the Great Power Rivalry
Key question: Are regional countries forced to take side between the US and China?
Ba, Alice (2007), “Between China and America: ASEAN's Great Power Dilemmas,” in Simon, Sheldon W. Evelyn Goh, China, the United States, and South-East Asia Contending Perspectives on Politics, Security, and Economics. London: Routledge.
Chambers, Michael, (2007), “China's Military Rise to Great Power Status and its Implications for the United States in Southeast Asia,” in Simon, Sheldon W. Evelyn Goh, China, the United States, and South-East Asia Contending Perspectives on Politics, Security, and Economics.
Chen, Ian Tsung-Yen and Yang, Alan Hao (2013), “A harmonized Southeast Asia? Explanatory typologies of ASEAN countries’ strategies to the rise of China,” Pacific Review. July 2013, Vol. 26 Issue 3, pp.265-288.
See Seng Tan (2012). “Specters of Leifer: Insights on Regional Order and Security for Southeast Asia Today,” Contemporary Southeast Asia, December 2012, Vol. 34 Issue 3, pp.309-337.
Shambaugh, David. (2018), “U.S.-China Rivalry in Southeast Asia: Power Shift or Competitive Coexistence?”International Security, Vol. 42, No. 4 (Spring), pp. 85-127.
Simon, Sheldon. (2007), ASEAN and its Security Offspring: Facing New Challenges Carlisle, P.A.: US Army War College.
Stromseth, Jonathan. (2019), “Don’t make us choose Southeast Asia in the throes of US-China rivalry,” Brookings Institution, (December) https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/FP_20191009_dont_make_us_choose.pdf
Sutter, Robert. (2021), “Why US Rivalry with China Will Endure: Implications for Southeast Asia,” ISEAS Perspective, issue 2021, no. 138. https://www.iseas.edu.sg/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/ISEAS_Perspective_2021_138.pdf
The Nature of Southeast Asian Security
Key question: Is building a community a safe way for maintaining regional peace?
Acharya, Amitav (2000), Constructing a Security Community in Southeast Asia ASEAN and the Problem of Regional Order. London: Routledge.
Capie, David (2013). “Structures, Shocks and Norm Change: Explaining the Late Rise of Asia's Defence Diplomacy,” Contemporary Southeast Asia, April 2013, Vol. 35 Issue 1, pp.1-26.
Simon, Sheldon. (2007), ASEAN and its Security Offspring: Facing New Challenges Carlisle, P.A.: US Army War College.
Sukma, Rizal (2012). “The ASEAN political and security community (APSC): opportunities and constraints for the R2P in Southeast Asia,” Pacific Review, (March 2012), Vol. 25 Issue 1, pp.135-152.
Technology Transformation and Great Power Competition
Key question: How serious is US-China technological competition leading to a divided world? Would geopolitics change structure of global supply chain?
Allison, Graham, Kevin Klyman, Karina Barbesino, Hugo Yen, (2021), “The Great Tech Rivalry: China vs. the U.S.,” Belfer Center, Harvard Kennedy School, December. https://www.belfercenter.org/sites/default/files/GreatTechRivalry_ChinavsUS_211207.pdf
Lewis, James Andrew (2020), “Managing Semiconductor Exports to China,” May 5, CSIS Commentary, https://www.csis.org/analysis/managing-semiconductor-exports-china
Varas, Antonio and Raj Varadarajan (2020), “How Restricting Trade with China Could End US Semiconductor Leadership,” Boston Consulting Group, March 9. https://media-publications.bcg.com/flash/2020-03-07-How-Restrictions-to-Trade-with-China-Could-End-US-Semiconductor-Leadership.pdf
Maritime Security and Competition in the region: Gray Zone Strategy prevailing
Key question: Would maritime disputes in Asia be possibly solved or settled?
Baviera, Aileen S. P. (2013),“China-ASEAN Conflict and Cooperation in the South China Sea: Managing Power Asymmetry,” The Study of National Security at Fifty: Re-awakenings, National Security Review, December. http://www.ndcp.edu.ph/for%20NDCP%20website/BAVIERA_China-ASEAN%20Conflict%20and%20Cooperation%20in%20the%20South%20China%20Sea%20Managing%20Power%20Asymmetry.pdf
Buszynski, Leszek and Christopher B. Roberts, (2015), The South China Sea Maritime Dispute Political, Legal and Regional Perspectives, London: Routledge.
Djalal, Hasjim. (2011), “Conflict Management Experiences in Southeast Asia: Lessons and Implications for the South China Sea Disputes,” Asian Politics & Policy, Vol. 3, No. 4, pp. 627-642.
Liss, Carolin. (2013), “New Actors and the State: Addressing Maritime Security Threats in Southeast Asia,” Contemporary Southeast Asia, August 2013, Vol. 35 Issue 2, pp. 141-162.
Pavin, Chachavalpongpun ed., (2014), Entering Uncharted Waters?: ASEAN and the South China Sea, Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies.
Raine, Sarah and Christian Le Miere, (2013), Regional Disorder: the South China Sea Disputes, London: International Institute for Strategic Studies.
Snyder, Scott. (1996), “The South China Sea Dispute: Prospects for Preventive Diplomacy,” United States Institute of Peace, Special Report, no. 18 (August).
Song, Yann-huei. (2005),“Cross-Strait Interactions on the South China Sea Issues: A Need for CBMs,” Marine Policy, 29(3), pp. 265-280.
Storey, Ian (2008), “Conflict in the South China Sea: China’s Relations with Vietnam and the Philippines,” Japan Focus, (April 30).
Twomey, Christopher (2022), “The Fourth Taiwan Strait Crisis is just starting,” War on the Rocks, August 22. https://warontherocks.com/2022/08/the-fourth-taiwan-strait-crisis-is-just-starting/
The South China Sea and UNCLOS: US-China Strategic Contest
Key question: How would rules-based order prevail in the South China Sea?
Kronin, Patrick (2012), “From Strength to Cooperation: The United States, China and the South China Sea,” Washington D.C.: Center for a New American Security, (January).
Liu, Fu-Kuo and Jonathan Spangler, eds., (2016), South China Sea Lawfare: Legal Perspectives and International Responses to the Philippines v. China Arbitration Case, Taipei: South China Sea Think Tank/ Taiwan Center for Security Studies.
Pompeo, Michael (2020), “U.S. Position on Maritime Claims in the South China Sea,” Press Statement, US Department of State, July 13. https://www.state.gov/u-s-position-on-maritime-claims-in-the-south-china-sea/
Wang, Kuan-hsiung “The ROC’s Maritime Claims and Practices with Special Reference to the South China Sea,” Ocean Development & International Law, no. 41(2010), pp.237–252.
Climate Change and Global and Regional Security Challenges
Key question: How critical is climate change to Asia security?
Babson, Esther (2018), “Strained Stability Climate Change and Regional Security in Southeast Asia,” American Security Project, June. https://www.americansecurityproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Ref-0211-Strained-Stability-Climate-Security-Southeast-Asia.pdf
“The Security Implications of Climate Change,” (2010), CSCAP Memorandum no. 15. June. http://www.cscap.org/uploads/docs/Memorandums/CSCAP%20Memorandum%20No%2015%20-%20The%20security%20implications%20of%20climate%20change.pdf
Case I: geopolitical competition
Standoff between China and the Philippines in the South China Sea
Key question: How much is regional supply impacted by the COVID-19, the Ukraine War and the Taiwan Strait crisis?
Bateman, Sam (2011). “Solving the "Wicked Problems" of Maritime Security: Are Regional Forums up to the Task?”, Contemporary Southeast Asia, April 2011, Vol. 33 Issue 1, pp.1-28.
Cronin, Richard and Zachary Dubel (2012), “Maritime Security in East Asia: Boundary Disputes, Resources, and the Future of Regional Stability” < http://www.stimson.org/images/uploads/research-pdfs/Maritime_Security_in_East_Asia.pdf>
“Maritime Security in the East Asia and Pacific Region,” (2006), Bureau of Public Affairs, US Department of State, (April 21).
Cheng, Dean. (2023) “Rising Tensions Between China and the Philippines in the South China Sea: Tangible U.S. support to the Philippines will be required to check Chinese escalation,” (December 14),https://www.usip.org/publications/2023/12/rising-tensions-between-china-and-philippines-south-china-sea
“Rhetoric Escalates in China-Philippines South China Sea Dispute,” (2023), Aljazeera, (December 25), https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/12/25/rhetoric-escalates-in-china-philippines-sea-dispute
Storey, Ian. (2008), “Securing Southeast Asia’s Sea Lanes: A Work in Progress,” Asia Policy, no. 6 (July), pp. 95–127.
Shah, Anup. (2007), “Energy Security,” Global Issues, (October 3).
“U.S. proposes initiative for maritime security in Asia-Pacific,” (2004), Asian Political News, (May 17).<http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0WDQ/is_/ai_n6264453>
Wu, Kang. Fereidun Fesharaki, Sidney B. Westley and Widhyawan Prawiraatmadja, (2008), “Six Steps Toward Increased Energy Security in Asia Pacific,” Pinoypress (August 28). <http://www.pinoypress.net/2008/08/28/six-steps-toward-increased-energy-security-in-asia-pacific/>
Wu, Shicun and Keyuan Zou, Maritime Security in the South China Sea: Regional Implications and International Cooperation (London: Ashgate, 2009).
Case II: Great Power Strategic Competition
Global Competition: Indo-Pacific strategy vs. Belt and Road Initiative
“Belt and Road Initiative,” the World Bank, 29 March 2018. (with a long list of research reports on BRI) https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/regional-integration/brief/belt-and-road-initiative
“China’s Belt and Road Initiative in the global trade, investment and finance landscape,” OECD Business and Finance Outlook 2018, https://www.oecd.org/finance/Chinas-Belt-and-Road-Initiative-in-the-global-trade-investment-and-finance-landscape.pdf
Ghiasy, Richard. Fei Su, and Lora Saalma, (2018), “The 21st Century Maritime Silk Road: Security implications for ways forward for the European Union,” Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, https://www.sipri.org/sites/default/files/2018-09/the-21st-century-maritime-silk-road.pdf
“Indo - Pacific Strategy Report: Preparedness, Partnerships, and Promoting a Networked Region,” (2019), Department of Defense, https://media.defense.gov/2019/Jul/01/2002152311/-1/-1/1/DEPARTMENT-OF-DEFENSE-INDO-PACIFIC-STRATEGY-REPORT-2019.PDF
“Indo-Pacific Strategy of the United States,” (February 2022) the Whitehouse. https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/U.S.-Indo-Pacific-Strategy.pdf
Case III: Gray Zone Strategy
China’s Increasing Comprehensive Pressures to Taiwan
Question: What specific implication of Chinese expanding its gray zone approach to Taiwan?
De Guzman, Chad and Koh Ewe, “Why China Isn’t Blowing Up Over the Deaths of Fishermen That Taiwanese Forces Chased Away,” Time, February 15, 2024. https://time.com/6695206/taiwan-coast-guard-fishermen-deaths-china-condemnation/
Presentations
Conclusion: Asia Security in the Global Context: Reviewing Taiwan Contingency
1. Attendance (30%)
2. Final paper (40%)
3. presentation (20%)
4. Course discussion (10%)
Acharya, Amitav. (2002), Regionalism and multilateralism: essays on cooperative security in the Asia-Pacific. Singapore: Times Academic Press.
Acharya, Amitav and Evelyn Goh, eds., (2007), Reassessing Security Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific Competition, Congruence, and Transformation. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press.
Ayson, Robert and Desmond Ball, eds., (2006), Strategy and Security in the Asia-Pacific. Canberra: Allen & Unwin Academic.http://www.amazon.com/Rethinking-Security-East-Asia-Efficiency/dp/0804749795/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1222225137&sr=1-5
Bateman, Sam and Joshua Ho. Eds. (2012), Maritime Challenges and Priorities in Asia: Implications for Regional Security, Oxford: Routledge
Berkofsky, Axel and Giulia Sciorati. Eds., (2021), Post-Pandemic Asia: A New Normal for Regional Security? Milan, Italy: Ledizioni LediPublishing. https://www.ispionline.it/en/pubblicazione/post-pandemic-asia-new-normal-regional-security-28948
Bush, Richard C. (2005), Untying the Knot: Making Peace in the Taiwan Strait. Washington D.C.: The Brookings Institution Press.
Bush, Richard C. (2010), The Perils of Proximity: China-Japan Security Relations. Washington D.C.: The Brookings Institution Press.
Buszynski, Leszek and Christopher B. Roberts, (2015), The South China Sea Maritime Dispute Political, Legal and Regional Perspectives, London: Routledge.
Calder, Kent E., and Francis Fukuyama (eds.), (2008), East Asian Multilateralism: Prospects for Regional Stability. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press.
Clad, James, Sean M. McDonald, and Bruce Vaughn, (eds.), (2011). The Borderlands of Southeast Asia. Washington D.C.: Institute for national Strategic Studies, National Defense University.
Ghiasy, Richard. Fei Su, and Lora Saalma, (2018), “The 21st Century Maritime Silk Road: Security implications for ways forward for the European Union,” Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, https://www.sipri.org/sites/default/files/2018-09/the-21st-century-maritime-silk-road.pdf
Gupta, Amit. Ed., (2008), Strategic Stability in Asia. London: Ashgate.
Hoadley, Stephen. (2006), Asian Security Reassessed. Singapore: ISEAS.
“Indo - Pacific Strategy Report: Preparedness, Partnerships, and Promoting a Networked Region,” (2019), Department of Defense, https://media.defense.gov/2019/Jul/01/2002152311/-1/-1/1/DEPARTMENT-OF-DEFENSE-INDO-PACIFIC-STRATEGY-REPORT-2019.PDF
“Indo-Pacific Strategy of the United States,” (February 2022) the Whitehouse. https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/U.S.-Indo-Pacific-Strategy.pdf
Kang, David. (2017), American Grand Strategy and East Asian Security in the Twenty-First Century. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Medeiros, Evan S., et al., (2008), Pacific Currents: The Response of U.S. Allies and Security Partners in East Asia to China’s Rise. Santa Monica: RAND Corporation.
Pavin Chachavalpongpun, (2014), Entering Uncharted Waters? ASEAN and the South China Sea. Singapore: ISEAS.
Pempel, T.J. ed., (2013), The Economy-Security Nexus in Northeast Asia, Oxford: Routledge.
Sutter, Robert. (2008), Chinese Foreign Relations: Power and Policy since the Cold War. New York: Rowman& Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Sarah Raine and Christian Le Miere, (2013), Regional Disorder: the South China Sea Disputes. London: International Institute for Strategic Studies.