Security Issues in Asia II

Catalog description

While Security Issues in Asia I focuses on issues of conflict and tension, this course is an intro - duction to the political economy of Asia. Students will explore the the- ory and practice of how economic motives affect political decisions and how most political decisions have economic repercussions, both do - mestically and in Asia. This course reviews and explores the key themes of Asia’s contemporary political economy. In doing so, it concentrates on Asia’s relationship with the global political economy and raises ques- tions about the nature of state action in Asian countries.