PL52166: Statecraft and geopolitics in the Indo-Pacific region
[Page last updated: 16 August 2024]
| Academic Year: | 2024/25 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies |
| Credits: | 10 [equivalent to 20 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 200 |
| Level: | Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7) |
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- Semester 1
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| Assessment Summary: | CWES 80%, CWRI 20% |
| Assessment Detail: |
- Individual presentation of a topic of interest which could lead to policy brief on a selected issue (CWRI 20% - Qualifying Mark: 50)
- Individual essay of 4000 words of a theoretical/conceptual issue (CWES 80% - Qualifying Mark: 50)
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| Supplementary Assessment: |
- Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
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| Requisites: |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
Upon completing this unit, you will be able to:
- Acquire and apply relevant theories and concepts of the US-China relations and great power politics to better understand and then anticipate the geopolitical and geoeconomic dynamics in the Indo-Pacific region.
- Apply relevant theoretical traditions and practices of statecraft in the Indo-Pacific to better understand and anticipate the geopolitical/economic and policy responses of the littoral states in the Indo-Pacific region.
- Better understand and anticipate the existing and emerging international organisations, regional architectures and dynamics in the Indo-Pacific region
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| Synopsis: | Explore how the states in the Indo-Pacific region cope with great power rivalry and adjust their policies to achieve great power status in international politics.
You'll focus on the agency of countries and international organisations operating around the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
This unit is aimed at people with both academic interests and practitioner backgrounds in policy analysis, diplomacy, intelligence and defence..
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| Content: | The unit starts by examining Western, and non-Western/Indo-Pacific theoretical traditions and approaches in statecraft and geopolitics. Then, it focuses on emerging methods and analytical approaches to identify and anticipate future trends and emerging dynamics. Furthermore, it introduces comparative case studies of great power politics, their impacts and the receptions by the littoral states in the Indo-Pacific and case studies of existing and emerging international organization and regional architectures in the Indo-Pacific region. Lastly, the unit also examines policy-making topics relevant to statecraft and geopolitics will be included.
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| Course availability: |
PL52166 is Optional on the following courses:
Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies
- THPL-AFM16 : MA Contemporary European Studies: Politics, Policy and Society
- THPL-AFM43 : MA Contemporary European Studies: Politics, Policy and Society
- THPL-AFM17 : MA Contemporary European Studies with Transatlantic Track (Euromasters)
- THPL-AFM44 : MA Contemporary European Studies with Transatlantic Track (Euromasters)
- THPL-AFM40 : MA Gender and Politics
- THPL-AFM41 : MA International Relations
- THPL-AFM42 : MA International Security
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Notes: - This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2024/25 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2025/26 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2024/25.
- Courses and units are subject to change in accordance with normal University procedures.
- Availability of units will be subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
- Find out more about these and other important University terms and conditions here.
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