INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OF EAST ASIA

International relations of East Asia

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International relations of East Asia

Introduction

Purpose of the Study

The main purpose of this study is to analyze the international relations if East Asia.

Scope of the Study

The international relations of Asia are a major concern of the United States. In the past few years, there has been increasing concern about the threat North Korea may pose to the security of the United States (Acharya, 2004). The past decade has seen China emerge as a potential economic, political, and military superpower, that some view as a potential rival to the U.S. Japan's economy, although experiencing difficulties, remains the world's second largest and most technologically advanced.

Discussion

What happens in Asia has a direct and important impact on the U.S.? How do we understand the international relations of these countries? What are the issues, and consequences? In answering these questions, will we view the international relations of Asia from historical and theoretical viewpoints? I assume that students are familiar with the basic tools of international relations theory, including realism, liberalism, and institutionalism (Bijian, 2005).In addition I assume prior coursework in international relations. I do not assume extensive knowledge of Asia. Gov 5 is recommended but not required. With the Cold War finally coming to an end by the end of 1991, together with the rapid economic growth of the People's Republic of China (China) in the 1980s, East Asian international relations in the early 1990s seemed to be experiencing a great transition and instability(Bush, 2003). Since then, academics and journalists have tried to predict how the East Asian international relations in the twenty-first century would look like, on the assumptions that the end of the Cold War and the rise of China would change international structure of the region to a great extent and ...