Cross-Strait Relations
Instructors
Credits / Language / Semester
2Credits / English / Winter
Objectives/Overview
The aim of this seminar is to introduce and analyze the political history of Taiwan and the Cross-Strait relations, or relations across the Taiwan Strait. It will seek to identify core issues on Taiwan and the Cross-Strait relations from dimensions of history, politics, economy, international relations and regional security. The main requirement for this seminar is a research presentation on a topic to be agreed upon in consultation with the instructor. All the students who are interested in politics and international relations in East Asia are welcome.
Grades will be determined according to each student’s general class participation, performance of presentation, and term paper. Lecture, presentation, discussion, and writing term paper will be done in English.
Keywords
International Relations, East Asia, China, Taiwan, Cross-Strait Relations
Schedule
The first class will be held on October 8th.
The class schedule is the following:
1) Introduction
2) Geography, People and Pre-Modern History
3) Japanese Colonial Period
4) February 28th Incident
5) Chinese Civil War and Division of China
6) Taiwan Strait Crises and US-ROC Alliance
7) Sino-US Rapprochement and Isolation of Taiwan
8) PRC’s Peaceful Unification Policy and Political Liberalization in Taiwan
9) Democratization in Taiwan and New Mainland Policy
10) Identity Politics in Taiwan and Its Impacts on the Cross-Strait Relations
11) Military Balance between the PRC and Taiwan
12) Political Economy over the Taiwan Strait
13) Japan-US-PRC-Taiwan Relations
Teaching Methods
演習, seminar
Grading
平常点・レポート・プレゼンテーションによる
Attendance, term paper, and performance of presentation.
Required Text
Textbook: Deny Roy, Taiwan: A Political History, Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2003.
Reference list will be delivered at the first class.