American Foreign and Security Policy in the Asia-Pacific

1. Institutional framework of the U.S. foreign and security policy towards Asia and the Pacific – introduction.

2. Role of the President and his administration in the U.S. FP making process.

3. Federal agencies and legislative in the American FP.

4. Lobbying, media, public opinion in the U.S. Asia-Pacific policy.

5. Goals of American foreign policy and objectives of the U.S. FP in the Asia-Pacific region.

6. Historical background.

7. Sino-American relations – conflict or collaboration?

8. U.S.-Japan relations as a core alliance in the Asia-Pacific.

9. Washington-Tokyo-Beijing trilateral relations.

10. Cooperation with India and the regional system.

11. Significance of the Korean Peninsula in American policy.

12. Relations with Australia – agent of U.S.-Asia relations?

13. The role of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC).

14. U.S. policy towards regional organizations in East Asia.

READINGS:

Obligatory reading:

Sutter R., The United States in Asia: Regional Dynamics in the Twenty-First Century, Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Lanham 2015.

Shambaugh D., Yahuda M. (eds.), International Relations of Asia, Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Lanham 2014.

Recommended reading:

Beeson M., Regionalism and Globalization in East Asia: Politics, Security, and Economic Development, Palgrave 2014.

Buckley R., The United States in the Asia-Pacific since 1945, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2002.

Cox M., Stokes D., US Foreign Policy, Oxford University Press, Oxford 2012.

Hook S., U.S. Foreign Policy: The Paradox of American Power, Sage, London 2017

Jentleson B., American Foreign Policy: The Dynamics of Choice in the 21st Century, WW Norton, New York 2014.

Pekkanen S., Ravenhill J., Foot R. (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of the International Relations of Asia, Oxford University Press, New York 2014.

Ray J., American Foreign Policy and Political Ambition, Sage, Los Angeles 2014.

Wittkopf E., Jones Ch., Kegley Ch., American Foreign Policy: Pattern and Process, Thomson Higher Education, Belmont 2008.

Supplementary reading:

Acharya A., Constructing a Security Community in Southeast Asia: ASEAN and the Problem of Regional Order, Routledge, New York 2014.

Ayson R., Asia’s Security, Palgrave Macmillan, New York 2015.

Basu Das S. et al. (eds.), The ASEAN Economic Community: A Work in Progress, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore 2013.

Bond J., Smith K., Analyzing American Democracy: Politics and Political Science, Routledge, New York 2016.

Borthwick M., Pacific Century: The Emergence of Modern Pacific Asia, Westview Press, Boulder 2014.

Buzan B., The United States and Great Powers: World Politics in the Twenty-First Century, Polity Press, Cambridge 2004.

Chang Ha-Joon, The East Asian Development Miracle: The Miracle, the Crisis and the Future, TWN, London 2006.

Cliff R., Shlapak D., U.S.–China Relations after Resolution of Taiwan‘s Status, RAND, Santa Monica 2007.

Cohen W., America’s Response to China: A History of Sino-American Relations, New York 2000.

Connors M., Davison R., Dosch J., The New Global Politics of the Asia-Pacific, Routledge, New York 2012.

Foot R., The Practice of Power: US Relations with China since 1949, Oxford University Press, New York 1995.

Frankel F., Harding H. (eds.), The India-China Relationship: What the United States Needs to Know, Columbia University Press, New York 2004.

Garson R., The United States and China Since 1949. A Troubled Affair, London 1994.

Godement F., Contemporary China: Between Mao and Market, Rowman and Littlefield, Lanham 2016.

Golub Ph., East Asia’s Reemergence, Polity Press, Cambridge 2016.

Grabowski M., Wiek Pacyfiku – polityka Stanów Zjednoczonych wobec regionu Azji i Pacyfiku po roku 1989, WUJ, Kraków 2012.

Harris S., China’s Foreign Policy, Polity Press, Cambridge 2014.

Hastedt G., American Foreign Policy: Past, Present, and Future, Rowman and Littlefield, Lanham 2015.

Heilmann S., D. Schmidt, China’s Foreign Political and Economic Relations: An Unconventional Global Power, Rowman and Littlefield 2014.

Henkin L., Foreign Affairs and the United States Constitution, Clarendon Press, Oxford 1996.

Hook G. et al. (eds.), Japan’s International Relations: Politics, economics and security, Routledge New York 2012.

Ikenberry J., Chung-in Moon (eds.), The United States and Northeast Asia: Debates, Issues, and New Order, Rowman and Littlefield, Lanham 2008.

Ji You, China’s Military Transformation, Polity Press, Cambridge 2016.

Johnson L., American Foreign Policy and the Challenges of World Leadership: Power, Principle and the Constitution, Oxford University Press, Oxford 2015.

Kim S., The International Relations in Northeast Asia, Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Lanham 2004.

Knight N., Heazle M., Understanding Australia’s Neighbours: An Introduction to East and Southeast Asia, Cambridge University Press, New York 2011.

Krauss E., Pempel T. (eds.), Beyond Bilateralism: U.S.-Japan Relations in the New Asia-Pacific, Stanford University Press, Stanford 2004.

Lampton D., Same Bed, Different Dreams: Managing U.S.-China Relations, 1989-2000, University of California Press, Berkeley 2001.

Lowi T. et al., American Government: Power and Purpose, WW Norton, New York 2015.

Malone D., Does the Elephant Dance? Contemporary Indian Foreign Policy, Oxford University Press, Oxford 2012.

Mandelbaum M. (ed.), The Strategic Quadrangle: Russia, China, Japan and the United States in East Asia, Council on Foreign Relations Press, New York 1995.

Mania A., Laidler P., Wordliczek Ł. (eds.), U.S. Foreign Policy: Theory, Mechanisms, Practice, Jagiellonian University Press, Krakow 2007.

Nathan A., Diamond L., Plattner M. (eds.), Will China Democratize?, John’s Hopkins University Press, Baltimore 2013.

Nye J., Is the American Century Over, Polity Press, Cambridge 2015.

Prescott A. (ed.), East Asia and the World: An Introduction, Routledge, New York 2015.

Riccards M., The Presidency and the Middle Kingdom: China, the United States, and Executive Leadership, Lexington Books, Lanham 2000.

Saich T., Governance and Politics of China, Palgrave Macmillan 2015.

Shambaugh D. (ed.), Tangled Titans: The United States and China, Rowman and Littlefield, Lanham 2013.

Shambaugh D., China’s Future, Polity Press, Cambridge 2016.

Silver N., The United States, Japan, and China: Setting the Course, Council on Foreign Relations, New York 2000.

Sutter R., Chinese Foreign Relations: Power and Policy since the Cold War, Rowman and Littlefield, Lanham 2016.

Sutter R., The United States and East Asia: Dynamics and Implications, Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Lanham 2003.

Walter A., Xiaoke Zhang (eds.), East Asian Capitalism: Diversity, Continuity and Change, Oxford University Press, Oxford 2014.

Wang Hung-Jen, The Rise of China and Chinese International Relations Scholarship, Lexington Books, Boulder 2013.

Weatherbee D., International Relations in Southeast Asia: The Struggle for Autonomy, Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Lanham 2015.

1. Institutional framework of the U.S. foreign and security policy towards Asia and the Pacific – introduction.

2. Role of the President and his administration in the U.S. FP making process.

3. Federal agencies and legislative in the American FP.

4. Lobbying, media, public opinion in the U.S. Asia-Pacific policy.

5. Goals of American foreign policy and objectives of the U.S. FP in the Asia-Pacific region.

6. Historical background.

7. Sino-American relations – conflict or collaboration?

8. U.S.-Japan relations as a core alliance in the Asia-Pacific.

9. Washington-Tokyo-Beijing trilateral relations.

10. Cooperation with India and the regional system.

11. Significance of the Korean Peninsula in American policy.

12. Relations with Australia – agent of U.S.-Asia relations?

13. The role of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC).

14. U.S. policy towards regional organizations in East Asia.

READINGS:

Obligatory reading:

Sutter R., The United States in Asia: Regional Dynamics in the Twenty-First Century, Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Lanham 2015.

Shambaugh D., Yahuda M. (eds.), International Relations of Asia, Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Lanham 2014.

Recommended reading:

Beeson M., Regionalism and Globalization in East Asia: Politics, Security, and Economic Development, Palgrave 2014.

Buckley R., The United States in the Asia-Pacific since 1945, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2002.

Cox M., Stokes D., US Foreign Policy, Oxford University Press, Oxford 2012.

Hook S., U.S. Foreign Policy: The Paradox of American Power, Sage, London 2017

Jentleson B., American Foreign Policy: The Dynamics of Choice in the 21st Century, WW Norton, New York 2014.

Pekkanen S., Ravenhill J., Foot R. (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of the International Relations of Asia, Oxford University Press, New York 2014.

Ray J., American Foreign Policy and Political Ambition, Sage, Los Angeles 2014.

Wittkopf E., Jones Ch., Kegley Ch., American Foreign Policy: Pattern and Process, Thomson Higher Education, Belmont 2008.

Supplementary reading:

Acharya A., Constructing a Security Community in Southeast Asia: ASEAN and the Problem of Regional Order, Routledge, New York 2014.

Ayson R., Asia’s Security, Palgrave Macmillan, New York 2015.

Basu Das S. et al. (eds.), The ASEAN Economic Community: A Work in Progress, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore 2013.

Bond J., Smith K., Analyzing American Democracy: Politics and Political Science, Routledge, New York 2016.

Borthwick M., Pacific Century: The Emergence of Modern Pacific Asia, Westview Press, Boulder 2014.

Buzan B., The United States and Great Powers: World Politics in the Twenty-First Century, Polity Press, Cambridge 2004.

Chang Ha-Joon, The East Asian Development Miracle: The Miracle, the Crisis and the Future, TWN, London 2006.

Cliff R., Shlapak D., U.S.–China Relations after Resolution of Taiwan‘s Status, RAND, Santa Monica 2007.

Cohen W., America’s Response to China: A History of Sino-American Relations, New York 2000.

Connors M., Davison R., Dosch J., The New Global Politics of the Asia-Pacific, Routledge, New York 2012.

Foot R., The Practice of Power: US Relations with China since 1949, Oxford University Press, New York 1995.

Frankel F., Harding H. (eds.), The India-China Relationship: What the United States Needs to Know, Columbia University Press, New York 2004.

Garson R., The United States and China Since 1949. A Troubled Affair, London 1994.

Godement F., Contemporary China: Between Mao and Market, Rowman and Littlefield, Lanham 2016.

Golub Ph., East Asia’s Reemergence, Polity Press, Cambridge 2016.

Grabowski M., Wiek Pacyfiku – polityka Stanów Zjednoczonych wobec regionu Azji i Pacyfiku po roku 1989, WUJ, Kraków 2012.

Harris S., China’s Foreign Policy, Polity Press, Cambridge 2014.

Hastedt G., American Foreign Policy: Past, Present, and Future, Rowman and Littlefield, Lanham 2015.

Heilmann S., D. Schmidt, China’s Foreign Political and Economic Relations: An Unconventional Global Power, Rowman and Littlefield 2014.

Henkin L., Foreign Affairs and the United States Constitution, Clarendon Press, Oxford 1996.

Hook G. et al. (eds.), Japan’s International Relations: Politics, economics and security, Routledge New York 2012.

Ikenberry J., Chung-in Moon (eds.), The United States and Northeast Asia: Debates, Issues, and New Order, Rowman and Littlefield, Lanham 2008.

Ji You, China’s Military Transformation, Polity Press, Cambridge 2016.

Johnson L., American Foreign Policy and the Challenges of World Leadership: Power, Principle and the Constitution, Oxford University Press, Oxford 2015.

Kim S., The International Relations in Northeast Asia, Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Lanham 2004.

Knight N., Heazle M., Understanding Australia’s Neighbours: An Introduction to East and Southeast Asia, Cambridge University Press, New York 2011.

Krauss E., Pempel T. (eds.), Beyond Bilateralism: U.S.-Japan Relations in the New Asia-Pacific, Stanford University Press, Stanford 2004.

Lampton D., Same Bed, Different Dreams: Managing U.S.-China Relations, 1989-2000, University of California Press, Berkeley 2001.

Lowi T. et al., American Government: Power and Purpose, WW Norton, New York 2015.

Malone D., Does the Elephant Dance? Contemporary Indian Foreign Policy, Oxford University Press, Oxford 2012.

Mandelbaum M. (ed.), The Strategic Quadrangle: Russia, China, Japan and the United States in East Asia, Council on Foreign Relations Press, New York 1995.

Mania A., Laidler P., Wordliczek Ł. (eds.), U.S. Foreign Policy: Theory, Mechanisms, Practice, Jagiellonian University Press, Krakow 2007.

Nathan A., Diamond L., Plattner M. (eds.), Will China Democratize?, John’s Hopkins University Press, Baltimore 2013.

Nye J., Is the American Century Over, Polity Press, Cambridge 2015.

Prescott A. (ed.), East Asia and the World: An Introduction, Routledge, New York 2015.

Riccards M., The Presidency and the Middle Kingdom: China, the United States, and Executive Leadership, Lexington Books, Lanham 2000.

Saich T., Governance and Politics of China, Palgrave Macmillan 2015.

Shambaugh D. (ed.), Tangled Titans: The United States and China, Rowman and Littlefield, Lanham 2013.

Shambaugh D., China’s Future, Polity Press, Cambridge 2016.

Silver N., The United States, Japan, and China: Setting the Course, Council on Foreign Relations, New York 2000.

Sutter R., Chinese Foreign Relations: Power and Policy since the Cold War, Rowman and Littlefield, Lanham 2016.

Sutter R., The United States and East Asia: Dynamics and Implications, Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Lanham 2003.

Walter A., Xiaoke Zhang (eds.), East Asian Capitalism: Diversity, Continuity and Change, Oxford University Press, Oxford 2014.

Wang Hung-Jen, The Rise of China and Chinese International Relations Scholarship, Lexington Books, Boulder 2013.

Weatherbee D., International Relations in Southeast Asia: The Struggle for Autonomy, Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Lanham 2015.