LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE

Political Science 4312 FA

Foreign Policies of Japan, China and India

Dr. S. Serajul Islam Fall 2006

Office: Ryan Building 2031 Wednesday: 11:30-2:30 p.m.

Telephone: 343-8157 RB 3046 E-Mail:

Office Hours:

Tuesday and Thursday 11.30-12.30 --or by appointment--

CONTENT:

This course intends to provide an overview of the foreign policies of three major powers in Asia: Japan, China and India. We will study the historical evolution, goals and determinants of these foreign policies, and the conflictual and cooperative interactions of these states with other countries in Asia and the world. We will also cover the efforts at institutionalized cooperation in East, South-east and South Asia. The course begins with a discussion of various approaches to foreign policy analysis, intended to provide the necessary theoretical and conceptual tools to understand the foreign policy behavior of states.

OBJECTIVES:

The main objectives of the course are as follows:

a) To allow students an opportunity to acquire an understanding of the main

issues in Asian International Relations;

b) To sensitize students regarding the position of Asian countries in world

politics;

c) To examine the position of Asian Powers regarding the Muslim world;

d) To analyze the interests, influence, issues and involvement of Asian major

powers in the late twentieth century, and

e) To forecast the possibility of dominance of Asia in International Politics in

the twenty-first century.

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TEACHING METHODOLOGY:

Lectures and class discussions.

EVALUATION:

Participation...... 5%

Mid-Term Test...... 25%

Research Paper...... 30%

Final Examination...... 40%

REQUIRED TEXT:

The Course Package

All the required reading materials are also available in the library.

RESEARCH PAPER:

Each student will write a research paper on any one of the following:

a.  Foreign (bilateral)Policy of Japan towards Canada

b.  Foreign (bilateral)Policy of China towards Canada

c.  Foreign (bilateral) Policy of India towards Canada

In the research paper you must have the following:

a.  Table of contents

b.  Theoretical framework

c.  The Text with sub-headlines

d.  The Data and Analysis

e.  At least 20 citations of sources from journals and books (not internets).

f.  Conclusion in the light of theoretical framework.

Further explanation on the research paper will be provided if necessary. The Research Paper is due by the last week of classes. The Research Paper should be 15-20 pages typed, double spaced. Pl. submit one hard copy and a diskette. If you are not comfortable with the above topic you could decide a separate topic according to your own interest. Please consult me before writing.

Students are strongly urged to be in touch and benefit from

consultation with the Professor regarding their progress in the course.

Students are reminded to consult the University’s Policy on cheating and plagiarism.

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LECTURE AND READINGS OUTLINE

PART I - THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK: UNDERSTANDING FOREIGN POLICY

WEEK 1

·  Introduction: An overview of the course

·  Asia in the International System: Lecture

WEEK 2

·  The Study of International Politics and Foreign Policy

Readings: Northedge: 1-38

Brecher: 1-14

PART II - FOREIGN POLICY OF JAPAN

WEEK 3

·  Historical Background: Explaining Japan's Foreign Policy

Readings: MaCridis: 186-221

Hook: 93-117

WEEK 4

·  Japan’s Search for Security

Readings: Curtis: 202-217; 105-136

WEEK 5

·  Post-Cold War Era Japanese Foreign Policy

Readings: Brown: 417-430

Auer and Lim’s Article (2004)

WEEK 6

·  MID-TERM EXAMINATION

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PART III - FOREIGN POLICY OF CHINA

WEEK 7

·  Explaining China's Foreign Policy Until Mao

Readings: Hook: 67-91

WEEK 8

·  China's Foreign Policy After Mao: Opening to the West

Readings: Sutter: 131-161, 176-186

WEEK 9

·  China in the Post Cold War Period

Readings: Mahbubani’s (2005) article

Wang Jisi’s (2005) article

Sutter’s (2004) article

Shambaugh’s(2005) article

Jones’s (2005) article

PART IV - FOREIGN POLICY OF INDIA

WEEK 10

·  Explaining India's Foreign Policy

Readings: Nanda: 170-184

Hook: 171-183

WEEK 11

·  India in Asia and the Global System

Readings: Andersen’s aticle

Rajamohan’s (2006)article

Mansingh’s article

Farell’s (2006) article

WEEK 12

·  Review and Conclusion

Readings: Calder’s (2006) article. Nathan’s article: 153-165. Mead’s article

RESEARCH PAPER DUE

FINAL EXAMINATION

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BOOKS AND ARTICLES FOR READINGS

Abramowitz, Morton and Stephen Bosworth, “Adjusting to the New Asia,” Foreign Affairs, July/August 2003.

Arase, D., “Japan’s Reluctant Realism: Foreign Policy Challenges in an Era of Uncertain

Power,” Journal of Japanese Studies Vol. 30, No. 1 (Winter 2004): 254-257.

Armstrong, J.D. Revolutionary Diplomacy: Chinese Foreign Policy and the United Front

Doctrine.

Auer, James E, “Is Japan America’s New South Korea?” Current History, Vol. 103, No.

674 (September 2004):280-284.

Bajpai, K Shankar, “Untangling India and Pakistan,” Foreign Affairs, May/June 2003.

Bajpai, A.K. and Cohen, S.P South Asia After Cold War

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Barnds, W.J. India,Pakistan and the Great Powers.

Berger, Samuel R , “A Foreign Policy for the Global Age,” Foreign Affairs, Nov-Dec, 2000.

Bijian, Zheng “China's ‘Peaceful Rise’ to Great-Power Status,” Foreign Affairs, Sept-Oct. 2005.

Brown, E. "Japanese Security Policy in the Post-Cold War Era," Asian Survey, Vol.34,

No.5 (May 1994): 417-30.

Boyd, R.G. Foreign Policy of China

Brecher, Michael, The Foreign Policy System of Israel.

Brecher, M. The New States of Asia

Burke, S.M. Mainsprings of Indian and Pakistani Foreign Policies

Buzan B. & Rizvi, G. (eds) South Asian Insecurity and the Great Powers

Calder, Kent, “China and Japan's Simmering Rivalry,” Foreign Affairs, March/April 2006.

Carter, Ashton B “America's New Strategic Partner?” Foreign Affairs, Vol 85, Number 4 July/August 2006

Carter, K.H.M. The Asian Dilemma in U.S. Foreign Policy

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Chawla, S. Southeast Asia Under the New Balance of Power

Chapham, C. Foreign Policies in the Third World.

Curtis, G.L. (ed) Japan's Foreign Policy After Cold War.

Das, Gurcharan , “The India Model,” Foreign Affairs, Vol 85, Number 4 July/August 2006

Dobson, H., “Evolving Foreign Policy Doctrine: From Yoshida to Miyazawa,” Pacific Review,

Vol. 14, No. 1 (2001): 130-152.

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Donnelly, M.W. "On Political Negotiation: America Pushes to Open Up Japan," Pacific

Affairs, Vol. 66, No. 3 (Fall 1993) 329-351.

Farrell, Diana “India Outsmarts China,” Foreign Policy, Jan-Feb2006

Frankel, F. and Harry Harding, eds. The India-China Relationship. New York: Columbia University Press, 2004.

Fravel, M. Taylor “Regime Insecurity and International Cooperation: Explaining China's Compromises in Territorial Disputes,” International Security, Fall, 2005, Vol. 30, No. 2: 46-83.

Friedberg ,Aaron L “The Future of U.S.-China Relations: Is Confict Inevitable?” International Security, Fall, 2005, Vol. 30, No. 2: 7-45.

Ganguly, Sumit, “Will Kashmir Stop India's Rise?,” Foreign Affairs, Vol 85, Number 4

July/August 2006

Ganguly, Sumit “Behind India's Bomb: The Politics and Strategy of Nuclear Deterrence,”

Foreign Affairs, September/October 2001.

Ganguly, S. U.S. Policy toward South Asia

Ganguly, S. & K. Bajpai "India and the Crisis in Kashmir," Asian Survey, Vol. 34, No. 5 (May

1994) 401-417

Ghosh, Partha Kashmir: A Study of India Pakistani Relation.

Gilboy, George and Eric Heginbotham, “China's Coming Transformation,” Foreign Affairs,

July/August 2001.

Gilley Bruce, China’s Democratic Future (New York: Columbia University Press, 2004)

Gittings, John The World and China

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Goldstein, Avery. Rising to the Challenge, China’s Grand Strategy and International Security.

Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2005.

Goldstein, Avery. “The Diplomatic Face of China’s Grand Strategy: A Rising Power’s

Emerging Choice. The China Quarterly. 168 (2001): 835-864.

Gordon, B.K. Dimensions of Conflict in Southeast Asia.

Gupta, Sisir. Cooperation and Conflict in South Asia

Hagstorn, L. “Relational Power Foreign Policy Analysis Issues in Japan’s China Policy,”

Pacific Review, Vol. 11, 2005.

Hale, David and Lyric Hughes Hale, “China Takes Off,” Foreign Affairs, November/December 2003

Harris, S., “China’s Regional Policies: How Much Hegemony?” Australian Journal of

International Affairs, Vol. 59, No. 4 (December, 2005): 481-492.

Heginbotham, Eric and Richard J. Samuels, “Japan's Dual Hedge,” Foreign Affairs,

September/October 2002.

Hempson-Jones, J.S. “The Evolution of China’s Engagement With Intergovernmental

Organization-Toward a Liberal Foreign Policy,” Asian Survey, Vol. 45, No. 5 (Sept-Oct, 2005):

702-704.

Hewitt, V.M. The International Politics of South Asia.

Hook, Steven, ed. Comparative Foreign Policy: Adaptation Strategies of the Great and

Emerging Powers. N.J. Prentice Hall, 2002.

Hsiung, J.C. "China's Omni-directional Diplomacy," Asian Survey, 35, June 1995: 573-

586.

Hughes, CR, “Nationalism and Multilateralism in China’s Foreign Policy,” Pacific Review, Vol.

18, No. 1 (2005): 119-135.

Ikenberry, G. John and M. Mastanduno, eds. International Relations Theory and the Asia Pacific. New York: Columbia University Press, 2004.

Inoguchi, T. Japan's Foreign Policy in an Era of Global Change.

Kapur, S. Paul, “India and Pakistan's Unstable Peace: Why Nuclear South Asia Is Not Like Cold War Europe,” International Security, Fall 2005, Vol. 30, No. 2: 127-152.

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Katzenstein, P. Jar& Nobuo Okawara. "Japan's National Security: Structures, Normal Policies,"

International Security, Spring 1993: 84-118

Kegley, Charles & Eugene, R. Wittkopf. . World Politics: Trends and Transformation

Kaspesson, Roger & J.V. Minghi (eds). The Structure of Political Geography

Korany, Bahgat How Foreign Policy Decisions are Made in the Third World

Kim, Samuel S. (ed) China and the World

Kataoka, Tetsuya Waiting for a "Pearl Harbor": Japan Debates Defense

Kapur, A. India's Nuclear Option.

Kux, Dennis “India's Fine Balance,” Foreign Affairs, May/June 2002.

Macridis, R.C. (ed) Foreign Policy in World Politics, (8th edition).

Matthews, Eugene, “Japan's New Nationalism,” Foreign Affairs, Nov-Dec, 2003.

Mead, W “The End of Asia? Redefining Changing Continent,” Foreign Affairs, November/December 2000.

Mahbubani, Kishore, “Understanding China,” Foreign Affairs, September/October 2005.

Misra, K.P. (ed) Studies in Indian Foreign Policy

Mellor, John W. (ed) India: A Rising Middle Power.

Mansingh, Surjit a. India's Search for Power

b.  "India-China Relations in the Post Cold War Era", Asian Survey, Vol. 34, No. 3 (March 1994) 285-300

Matthews, Eugene A “Japan's New Nationalism,” Foreign Affairs, November/December 2003..

Medeiros, E van S. and M. Taylor Fravel, “China's New Diplomacy,” Foreign Affairs, November/December 2003.

Nathan, K.S. "Asia and the Major Powers," Oriental Studies, 1994

Nayar, Baldev Raj a. American Geopolitics and India

Nanda, B.R. (ed) Indian Foreign Policy: The Nehru Years.

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Olson, I. Japan in Post War Asia

Ozdaman, James CC., “Religion as a Factor in Ethnic Conflict: Kashmir and Indian Foreign

Policy,” Terrorism and Political Violence, Vol. 17, No. 3 (Spring-Summer, 2005): 447-467.

Power, Paul F. (ed) India's Non-Alignment Policy

Prasad, Bimal Regional Cooperation in South Asia

Palmer, N.D. The New Regionalism in Asia and the Pacific.

Raja Mohan, C. “India and the Balance of Power,” Foreign Affairs, Vol 85, Number 4 July/August 2006

Rozman, G. “A Chance for a Breakthrough in Russo-Japanese Relations,” Pacific Review, Vol.

15, No. 3 (2002): 325-357.

Scalapino, Robert A. a. The Foreign Policy of Modern Japan

Schell, Orville, “China's Hidden Democratic Legacy,” Foreign Affairs, July/August 2004.

Shambaugh, David. “Facing Reality in China Policy,”Foreign Affairs, January/February 2001

Schoppa, Leonard J “Japan, The Reluctant Reformer,” Foreign Affairs, September/October

2001.

Shambugh, David, “China and Eorope: The Emerging Axis,” Current History, Vol. 103, No. 674 (September 2004): 243-249.

Shambaugh, David. “ Facing Reality in China Policy,” Foreign Affairs, January/February 2001.

Shambaugh, David , “China Engages Asia: Reshaping the Regional Order,” International Security, Winter 2004/05, Vol. 29, No. 3: 64-99.

Sission, R. War and Secession: Pakistan, India and Bangladesh.

Sutter, Robert G. Chinese Foreign Policy: Developments After Mao

Sutter, Robert, “Asia in the Balance: America and China’s ‘Peaceful Rise’,” Current History,

Vol. 103, No. 674 (September 2004):284-290.

Takamine, T. “A New Dynamism in Sino-Japanese Security Relations,” Pacific Review, Vol. 18,

No. 4, (December 2005): 439-461.

Tellis, Ashley J. “The Evolution of U.S.-Indian Ties: Missile Defense in an Emerging Strategic Relationship,” International Security, Spring 2006, Vol. 30, No. 4: 113-151.

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Thomas, Raju G.C. The Great Power Triangle and Asian Security

Tokinoya, Atushi The Japan - U.S. Alliance: A Japanese Perspective

Van Ness, Peter Revolution and Chinese Foreign Policy

Wang, J. & Zhimin Lin "Chinese Perceptions in the Post-Cold War Era: Three Images of the

U.S." Asian Survey, Vol. 32, No. 10 (October 1992) 902-918

Wilcox, Wayne. Asia and the International System.

Wolf, Martin. “Why is China Growing so Slowly?” Foreign Policy, Jan-feb2006

Yim, Kwan Ha. China Under Deng

Zhao, Interpreting Chinese Foreign Policy, Oxford University Press, 2004.

Zhu, Yc, Blackford D., “Ethnic Minority Issues in China’s Foreign Policy Perspective and Implications,” Pacific Review, Vol. 18, No. 2 (June 2005): 243-264.

For research paper please consult the following journals (last 5 years issues). SEARCH first Social Science Citation Index.

Asian Survey

Asia Week

The China Quarterly

Current Affairs

Foreign Affairs

International Journal (Canada)

Journal of Southeast Asian Studies (Singapore)

Japanese International Studies

International Studies (India)

Pacific Affairs

Pacific Review

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