Syllabus Asian Studies

Syllabus
EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY

TÁTK Department of International Relations and European Studies
(TÁTK-EU-TANSZ)
2022/23/2
Subject name: Asian Studies

Subject code: IRB141
Course leader: Vo Mau Thuong
Requirement type: term mark (5)
The subject of the seminar:
Asia is the largest and most populous continent, containing two of the most important key
players in the international system: China and India; and the mysterious country of North
Korea with its nuclear weapon. Discussing the political issue in South, Southeast, and East
Asia under the theoretical frameworks of Authoritarianism and Realism to demonstrate the
uniqueness and diversity of Asia’s politics, various topics related to North Korea or the new
so-call Myanmar genocide, or the current disputes between China – the great power and the
other Asian countries in the region or India and its inequality.
Topics covered:
Week 1: Introduction to the seminar
Week 2+3: The overview of the characteristics of Asia politics: Four tigers of Asia and
one Dragon
Week 4: The overview of the characteristics of Asia politics: The Challenges of ASEAN.
Week 5: Territorial disputes in the South China Sea between China and several other
countries.
Jihyun Kim (2015): Territorial Disputes in the South China Sea: Implications for
Security in Asia and Beyond pp.118-136.
https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/26271078.pdf?
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Talita Pinotti (2015): China and Vietnam in the South China Sea: disputes and
strategic, pp158-178.
https://www.seer.ufrgs.br/austral/article/download/63032/36750#page=158
Week 6: The North Korean nuclear program and tensions between North Korea and
other countries in the region, particularly South Korea and the United States.
Hans M.Kristensen (2021): North Korea Nuclear Weapon, p222-236

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00963402.2021.1940803
Gregory J.Moore (2008): AMERICA'S FAILED NORTH KOREA NUCLEAR

POLICY: A NEW APPROACH, p9-25
https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/42704651.pdf?
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Week 7: The political situation in Taiwan and relations between Taiwan and China.
Chang-Yen Tsai (2008): National identity, ethnic identity, and party identity in
Taiwan, pp 3-22.
https://digitalcommons.law.umaryland.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?
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Eleanor Albert (2016): China-Taiwan relations pp 1-6.
https://css.ethz.ch/content/dam/ethz/special-interest/gess/cis/center-for-securities-studies/
resources/docs/CFR-China-Taiwan%20Relations.pdf
Week 8: Human rights abuses and authoritarian rule in countries such as China, North
Korea.
Gerald Gaus (2000) Political Authority, ch 10 in Gaus, Political Concepts and Political
Theories (Westview Press),pp. 237-250
Stein Ringen (2016): The Perfect Dictatorship: China in the 21st Century, p 170-179
https://www.almendron.com/tribuna/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/the-perfect-dictatorship.pdf
Week 9: The Rohingya crisis in Myanmar
Salman Sohel (2017) : The Rohingya Crisis in Myanmar: Origin and Emergence.
http://cgsdu.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/SJHSS-211A1007-1018.pdf
Mohammad SHAHABUDDIN (2019): Post-colonial Boundaries, International Law,

and the Making of the Rohingya Crisis in Myanmar, p334-358
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/
91F3B2AF9E7679F12BE5FA38BEBED602/S2044251319000055a.pdf/post-colonial-
boundaries-international-law-and-the-making-of-the-rohingya-crisis-in-myanmar.pdf
Week 10: Cambodia genocide
Rachel hughes: The abject artefacts of memory: photographs from Cambodia’s

genocide.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0163443703025001632?
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Dr. Gregory H. Stanton (1992): The Cambodia genocide and international law – Yale
Law School
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http://www.genocide-watch.com/images/
AboutGen_THE_CAMBODIAN_GENOCIDE_AND_INTERNATIONAL_LAW.pdf
Week 11: Economic inequality and poverty in some countries in the region, such as
India and Bangladesh
Rajesh K. Chauhan, Sanjay K. Mohanty, S V Subramanian, Jajati K Parida &

Balakrushna Padhi (2015). Regional Estimates of Poverty and Inequality in India, 1993–2012.
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sanjay-Mohanty-2/publication/
279182722_Regional_Estimates_of_Poverty_and_Inequality_in_India_1993-2012/links/
55ae60fc08aed614b09a6bd4/Regional-Estimates-of-Poverty-and-Inequality-in-India-1993-
2012.pdf
Khan A. Martin (2016): Income inequality in Bangladesh, pp.173-188.
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ehsanur-Prince/publication/
319619767_Inclusive_Growth_Dimensions_of_Financial_Inclusion_in_Bangladesh/links/
59b55fa2a6fdcc3f88987824/Inclusive-Growth-Dimensions-of-Financial-Inclusion-in-
Bangladesh.pdf#page=182
Week 12: Consultation for the topic of the final assignment.
Week 13: Final lecture -wrap up
Course structure:
 In each seminar, an introduction to the topic is provided by the teacher.
 However; the focus of this seminar is on facilitating a discussion among students.
 In each seminar, 2 students summarize the papers provided for that week.
 All students are expected to read both papers provided for each seminar in order to
make meaningful contributions to the discussions.
Assessment:
1. Each student is required to give one presentation based on a paper from the syllabus:
o For this presentation, students are expected to briefly summarize a paper from
the syllabus and contextualize it with a news / popular article of their own
choice.
o Each presentation should last approximately 20 minutes.
o Students may use notes or PowerPoint for their presentations. Reading out long
transcripts is discouraged and may result in a lower grade.
2. Students are obliged to be present and are encouraged to make meaningful
contributions to the discussions.
o Students are allowed, to a limited degree, to be absent. Three absences,
whatever the reasons are, can be accepted by the instructor.
o However, Students with a higher attendance ratio will get more points than
those with a lower attendance ratio.
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o Similarly, students with a higher degree of involvement (e.g. in the

discussions) will get more points than those with a lower degree of
involvement. Students are expected to actively contribute to each discussion.
o In order to do so students are recommended to read the papers on a weekly
basis.
3. The final part of the assessment is a written essay to be handed in by the end of the
semester; the requirements and the topic of which will be specified.
Assessment
Presentation 40%
Essay 40%
Presence / participation 20%
Contact:
vomauthuongts@gmail.com / tov.kool@gmail.com

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EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY

Subject name: Asian Studies

Week 1: Introduction to the seminar

Hans M.Kristensen (2021): North Korea Nuclear Weapon, p222-236

Gregory J.Moore (2008): AMERICA'S FAILED NORTH KOREA NUCLEAR

Eleanor Albert (2016): China-Taiwan relations pp 1-6.

Week 9: The Rohingya crisis in Myanmar

Mohammad SHAHABUDDIN (2019): Post-colonial Boundaries, International Law,

Week 10: Cambodia genocide

Rachel hughes: The abject artefacts of memory: photographs from Cambodia’s

Rajesh K. Chauhan, Sanjay K. Mohanty, S V Subramanian, Jajati K Parida &

Khan A. Martin (2016): Income inequality in Bangladesh, pp.173-188.

Week 12: Consultation for the topic of the final assignment.

Week 13: Final lecture -wrap up

o Similarly, students with a higher degree of involvement (e.g. in the

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