Università Roma Tre

PART I – Introduction and historical overview
1. Defining Asia – East Asia as a regional entity
2. Historical overview: the XIX century in East Asia (the Sino-centric
order and the Japanese particularism)
3. Historical overview: the pre-war order in East Asia
4. Historical overview: World War II and its legacies

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5. The Cold War system
6. East Asia facing the Globalization
PART II – Major problems and theories
1. Theories of IR and East Asia: Three perspectives
2. The search for regional stability
3. Oral presentation
4. Mid-term examination
PART III – Regional powers and the role of external powers
1. China-US relationship (reflection on Trump-Xi meeting)
2. China’s role in Asia and Africa
3. Japan-China relations and the Japan-US alliance
4. Security dynamics in Asia
5. Europe’s role in Asia: distant but involved
6. A new Asian order? The role of ASEAN
7. Papers
8. Final exam

TESTI OBBLIGATORI:
Heilmann, S. and Perry, E.J. (eds.), 2011. Mao’s invisible hand. The political
foundation of adaptive Governance in China. Cambridge, MA: Harvard
University Press.
Frattolillo, Oliviero, 2013. Diplomacy in Japan-EU relations. From the Cold
War to the post-bipolar era. London and New York: Routledge – Japan
Contemporary Series.
Ikenberry, G. John, and Michael Mastanduno (eds), 2003. International
relations theory and the Asia-Pacific. New York : Columbia University Press.

TESTI CONSIGLIATI:
Crossley, P.K., 2010. The wobbling pivot. China since 1800: An interpretative
history, Chichester, UK: Wiley-Blackwell.
Mastanduno, M., Lake, D. and Ikenberry, G.J., 1989. “Toward a Realist Theory
of State Action”. International Studies Quarterly, 33 (4) : 457-74.
Wendt, A.E., 1994. “Collective Identity Formation and the International
State”. American Political Science Review, 88 (2) : 384-96.
Saich, T., 2011. Governance and politics of China. London and New York :
Palgrave Macmillan.


Presentazione orale:
1. The birth of Asian regionalism: an historical introduction (LUIGI
PAPPALARDO and KLINTA GRUNTMANE May 11)
2. Japan’s territorial claims (ALICE TESTA April 21)
3. Territorial claims (MANUEL AMRADE May 9)
4. India’s role in Asia: a rising regional power (from 1947 to present)
(LUIS SILVA May 11)
5. An Asian Concert of Powers? Rebalancing the distribution of power
among many actors (BRUNO LARANJEIRO May 9)
b. Prova intermedia: open questions (written exam)
c. Paper: ‘The reasons and the policy mechanisms behind the staying
power of Communist Party in China. How has the Communist Party achieved
such rapid and profound organizational, economic and social change over the
last three regimes? What is the legacy of Maoism?’
(2500 words)