Security in the Asia-Pacific Region

2025/2026

Учебный год

ENG

Обучение ведется на английском языке

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Кредиты

Кто читает:

Базовая кафедра Института Китая и современной Азии

Статус:

Курс по выбору

Когда читается:

2-й курс, 1, 2 модуль

Преподаватель

Кашин Василий Борисович

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The course provides a perspective of the main issues affecting the security of the Asian Pacific region, the relations between the key regional players and the Russian involvement in the regional affairs. The course will focus on the Chinese policies and will examine the current trends in the development of the Chinese foreign policy, defense, defense industrial policies and their effects on the behaviour of the other regional players. The current structure and evolution of the Chinese State and Party organs involved in the foreign policy and security decision making will also be examined. The final objective is to explain how the quickly evolving security situation in the Asia Pacific is affecting the policies of the countries, big and small all around the world and how they are affecting, and will affect in future, the global economy.

Learning Objectives

• The course aims to initiate a broad discussion on key trends shaping the current evolution of the Asia-Pacific region
• The principal tasks of the course stem from its aim and include discussions on: сonceptual issues related to the security in North-East Asia; the specificity of key regional security challenges; issues related to the connectivity schemes spanning through the Asia-Pacific region.

Expected Learning Outcomes

• Analyses China historical development; clear vision of China's role in Asia Pacific and its impact on the regional and global processes
• Explains the specificity of Asia-Pacific security challenges and systemic and multidimensional approach to analyzing key trends shaping the political and security landscape of the Asia-Pacific region
• Formulates the Korean Peninsula issue, knowledge of the mechanisms for the issue settlements
• Formulates the major cooperation tools in the region, main actors and organizations involved in the regional processes
• Names the other major actors in Asia Pacific and their role in regional development
• Understands the specificity of Asia-Pacific security challenges and systemic and multidimensional approach to analyzing key trends shaping the political and security landscape of the Asia-Pacific region

Course Contents

• General tendencies in security development in the Asia-Pacific region
• Multilateral сooperation in Asia-Pacific
• Asia-Pacific security challenges: traditional and non-traditional threats
• China’s role in regional security
• The Korean peninsula as a factor of regional political instability
• Other major actors in Asia-Pacific and regional security

Assessment Elements

• Policy Brief
  Экзамен проводится в письменной форме (policy brief), сдается преподавателям заранее. В день экзамена возможно обсуждение работ и проставление оценок.
• Presentation
• Class activity

Interim Assessment

• 2025/2026 2nd module
  0.3 * Class activity + 0.4 * Policy Brief + 0.3 * Presentation

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Carter, A. (2016). The Rebalance and Asia-Pacific Security. Foreign Affairs, 95(6), 65. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=f5h&AN=118723075
• Taylor, B., & Tow, W. (2015). Challenges to Building an Effective Asia-Pacific Security Architecture. Australia, Australia/Oceania: Columbia University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.63CF304B
• Международная безопасность : учеб. пособие для вузов, Кулагин, В. М., 2007
• Национальная и международная безопасность : концептуальные основы: учеб. пособие для вузов, Кортунов, С. В., 2007

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Evgeny A. Kanaev, & Anastasia S. Pyatachkova. (2015). Russia and Asia-Pacific Security: The Maritime Dimension. HSE Working Papers. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsrep&AN=edsrep.p.hig.wpaper.17.ir.2015
• Shivshankar Menon. (2017). Some Thoughts on India, China and Asia-Pacific Regional Security. China Report, (2), 188. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsrep&AN=edsrep.a.sae.chnrpt.v53y2017i2p188.213
• Zhaoxi, Z. (2016). 突破困境：“一带一路”视域下的 亚太安全结构改良 / Seeking A Breakthrough: The Improvement of The Asia-Pacific Security Structure From the Perspective of “One Belt One Road” Initiative. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.70E2AD36

Authors

• SMIRNOVA VERONIKA ALEKSANDROVNA