Handouts:
Chapter I: Why study International Relations? Download here
Chapter II: IR as an Academic Subject Download here
Chapter III: Realism Download here
Chapter IV: Liberalism Download here
Major assignment guide download here
Additional video/reading materials (only for academic purposes):
(1) What is neo-liberalism? How does it relate to globalization? (We will learn more in chapter 4) Read here
(2) Has realism got the big things right? Read here
(3) The tale of a realism in international relations Read here
(4) Carr vs. Morgenthau on political realism Read here
(5) Can China rise peacefully? John Mearsheimer's theory of great power relations (video) Watch here
(6) International Relations Theory for the 21st century: An Introduction Download here
(7) The Letters of Machiavelli Download here
IS307 Comparative Politics
Major assignment guide download here
Lecture slides (some chapters are taught without the slides, so textbook(s) is compulsory)
Introduction Chapter (1): What is politics? Download here
Introduction Chapter (2): Politics and States Download here
Chapter 2-3: Democracy and Democratization: Transition from Authoritarianism Download here
Summary of 2014 CSCAP
Activities
I.
Introduction
Council
for Security Cooperation in Asia Pacific (CSCAP) was formally established on 08
June 1993 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. On 16 December 1993, CSCAP Charter was
adopted at a meeting of the Steering Committee Pro Tem in Lombok, Indonesia,
and was subsequently amended in August 1995. Its membership has substantially
grown since its inception in 1993, now consisting of 21 full members from
different countries, such as Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, Canada, China,
Europe, India, Indonesia, Japan, DPR Korea, Korea, Malaysia, Mongolia, New
Zealand, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Russia, Singapore, Thailand, United
States of America and Vietnam and one associate member (Pacific Islands Forum
Secretariat)[1].
In 2014, four main memorandums of the Council specifically focus on (1) the Enhancement of Water Security in Asia Pacific; (2) Safety and Security of Vital Undersea Communications Infrastructure; (3) Maritime Confidence-Building Measures (CBMs), Trust and Managing Incidents at Sea; and (4) Towards an Effective Regional Security Architecture for the Asia Pacific.
As of June 2014, there were three main CSCAP Study Groups concerning (1) Countering the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD SG) in Asia Pacific; (2) Principles for Good Order at Sea; and (3) Regional Security in Asia Pacific region.
In 2014, four main memorandums of the Council specifically focus on (1) the Enhancement of Water Security in Asia Pacific; (2) Safety and Security of Vital Undersea Communications Infrastructure; (3) Maritime Confidence-Building Measures (CBMs), Trust and Managing Incidents at Sea; and (4) Towards an Effective Regional Security Architecture for the Asia Pacific.
As of June 2014, there were three main CSCAP Study Groups concerning (1) Countering the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD SG) in Asia Pacific; (2) Principles for Good Order at Sea; and (3) Regional Security in Asia Pacific region.
II.
Specific 2014 CSCAP Activities
January
2014
A
memorandum No.23 from the Council for Security Cooperation in Asia Pacific
(CSCAP) on Enhancing Water Security in Asia Pacific particularly focuses
on risk factors, approaches to mitigating the risks and recommendations for the
governments in Asia Pacific region to build up regional cooperation on water
security. The potential risk factors or threats to water security in the region
are both man-made causes and natural disasters. The recommendations to enhance regional
water security includes promoting inter-regional cooperation, improving
regulatory and institutional frameworks, engaging and empowering the people,
improving transparency, and working cooperatively toward a code of conduct on
water security among participating countries.
February
2014
On18-19 February
2014, the second meeting of the CSCAP Study Group on Maritime Security
at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Jakarta, Indonesia,
Indonesia, was co-chaired by CSCAP Singapore, CSCAP Indonesia and CSCAP New
Zealand. This meeting was attended by 25 participants from 14 countries, and
its findings would supplement the recommendations from the previous Study Group
meeting by focusing on the absence of trust needed to underpin
confidence-building measures in Asia Pacific and a need for the region to
prepare for crisis prevention, mitigation and management. The Study Group aimed
to propose specific crisis prevention and management measures that CSCAP could
recommend to the Track I level.
May
2014
A memorandum No.24 from
the Council for Security Cooperation in Asia Pacific (CSCAP) on Safety
and Security of Vital Undersea Communications Infrastructure proposes measures for moving forward at a regional
level to protect submarine cables, reduce the risks to cables, and improve
repair responses to damaged cables when faults occur. The proposed areas of
action of the Council are contingency planning at regional level and
cooperation to develop best practice guidelines. It also includes recommendations
for action, such as actions by states, regional cooperation and future study to
ensure the security of undersea communication infrastructure.
07
June 2014
The
18th meeting of the CSCAP Study Group on Countering the Proliferation of
Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD SG) in Asia Pacific was held in Tokyo,
Japan, on 07 July 2014, back-to-back with the 6th ASEAN Regional Forum
Inter-Sessional Meeting on Nonproliferation and Disarmament (ARF ISM/NPD). It
brought together approximately 60 participants from 19 countries from
throughout the Asia Pacific and beyond, including several ISM/NPD participants
and Pacific Forum CSIS Young Leaders. All attended in their private capacities.
The meeting examined recent developments in nonproliferation and disarmament,
the Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) process, implementation of UN Security
Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1540, and the role of strategic trade controls and
the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI).
June
2014
A
memorandum No.25 from the Council for Security Cooperation in Asia Pacific
(CSCAP) on Maritime Confidence-Building Measures (CBMs), Trust and
Managing Incidents at Sea focuses on the CBMs at the political,
operational and technical level. At political level, the continued work of a
series of political CBMs includes (1) the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in
Southeast Asia; (2) the Declaration of Conduct of the Parties in the South
China Sea; (3) the ASEAN Regional Forum; (4) the ASEAN Maritime Forum and
Expanded ASEAN Maritime Forum; and (5) the ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting. The
operational level consists of functional cooperation, regional incident-at-sea
agreement, code for unplanned encounters at sea (CUES) and pan-regional coast
guard forum. At technical level, participating countries should enhance
maritime situational awareness (MSA) and establish direct communication links
and hotlines. This memorandum also includes specific recommendation to promote
political CBMs, maritime situational awareness as well as the hotlines among those
participating countries.
June
2014
A
CSCAP’s memorandum No.26 on Towards an Effective Regional Security
Architecture for the Asia Pacific to review the regional security
architecture and offer recommendations to strengthen and improve on the
existing regional security arrangements and processes. This memorandum
addresses two main problems: the disconnection between economic and security
processes and the problems associated with exiting regional security
frameworks. The recommendations are strengthening ASEAN, enhancing the
management of multilateral processes and promoting the roles of the East Asia
Summit (EAS) and of the Council for Security Cooperation in Asia Pacific
(CSCAP) so as to enhance an approach to regional security architecture that
consolidates existing institutions and processes rather than creating new ones.
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Further
information about CSCAP activity details can be obtained from CSCAP’s official
website www.cscap.org.
[1] CSCAP Member Committees and their
contact details at the CSCAP’s official website: http://www.cscap.org/index.php?page=member-committees-page
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