This course will introduce students to the history of Korea from 1800 to the present with an emphasis on modernity, gender, war and capitalism. Using primary sources, literary works, documentary, and film, we will explore such topics as: the genealogy of modern Korean nationalism through peasant and aristocratic rebellions in the 19th century; the tangled relationship between Korea and Japan during the period of Japanese colonial rule (19120-1945); how North Korea became communist; the scars of the Korean War (1950-53); counter-cultural movements in 1970s and 80s South Korea; and contemporary challenges facing South and North Korea. This course will give students a thorough grounding in Korean history, and introduce them to major interpretative currents in the study of Korean history.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:

At the end of the course, students will have gained a thorough understanding of security issues in Southeast Asia. They will have obtained in-depth and up-to-date knowledge of internal conflicts prevalent in the region, and will have studied the conflict preventation mechanisms in place to address them.

In addition, students will have deepened their analytical and presentational skills, preparing them for future professional work in government, think tanks, intelligence, academia or development agencies.

Recommended Resources

While it will be sufficient to read the allocated articles each week, it would be useful for you to read Donald E. Weatherbee, International Relations in Southeast Asia: The Struggle for Autonomy (Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield, 2014). We will read chapters from the book, but reading it in full will benefit you.

Staff Feedback

Students will be given feedback in the following forms in this course:

+ written comment sheets on presentation and all writings (except take-home exam)

+ verbal feedback in class and consultation hours

+ for the take-home exam: marks announced on Wattle.

Student Feedback

ANU is committed to the demonstration of educational excellence and regularly seeks feedback from students. Students are encouraged to offer feedback directly to their Course Convener or through their College and Course representatives (if applicable). The feedback given in these surveys is anonymous and provides the Colleges, University Education Committee and Academic Board with opportunities to recognise excellent teaching, and opportunities for improvement. The Surveys and Evaluation website provides more information on student surveys at ANU and reports on the feedback provided on ANU courses.

Class Schedule

Week/Session	Summary of Activities	Assessment
1	COURSE INTRODUCTION 22 July The introduction will provide an overview over the course structure, the assignments and other basic information.
2	SECURITY IN SOUTHEAST ASIA: CONCEPTS AND ACTORS 29 July After shortly discussing the parameters of security studies, the first lecture will introduce Southeast Asia as a political and security entity. It will give an overview of the main regional actors in the region, and present snapshots of the subjects to be analysed in this semester. Required reading: Donald E. Weatherbee, “Chapter 1: Introduction - The What and the Why of Southeast Asia”, in Donald E. Weatherbee, International Relations in Southeast Asia: The Struggle for Autonomy, (Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield, 2014), pp. 19-38. Recommended reading: Alan Collins, “Introduction: What is Security Studies?”, in Alan Collins (editor), Contemporary Security Studies (Oxford University Press, 2006), pp.2-3.
3	DECOLONISATION AND THE COLD WAR IN SOUTHEAST ASIA 5 August This week we look at the process of state formation in Southeast Asia after the Second World War. The end of the war triggered a process of decolonisation in the region, which led to the emergence of nation states as the main players in Southeast Asian security. As with most international developments at that time, the evolution of Southeast Asia’s regional security system was heavily influenced by the Cold War, with both the United States and the Soviet Union trying to pull the region to their sides. Required reading: Robert J. McMahon, “The United States and Southeast Asia in an Era of Decolonization, 1945-1965,” in Marc Frey, Ronald W. Pruessen and Tan Tai Yong (editors), The Transformation of Southeast Asia: International Perspectives on Decolonization (Armonk, N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe, 2003), pp.213-225. Recommended reading: Donald E. Weatherbee, “Chapter 3: “The Cold War in Southeast Asia”, in Donald E. Weatherbee, International Relations in Southeast Asia: The Struggle for Autonomy, (Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield, 2014), pp. 67-88.
4	ASEAN’s CONFLICT MANAGEMENT IN SOUTHEAST ASIA 12 August Today we discuss the emergence of ASEAN as a key player in Southeast Asian security. While often detracted as marginal and ineffective, ASEAN has developed into an important forum to discuss security matters that affect all Southeast Asian states. In order to understand the way ASEAN functions today, we analyse the circumstances of its creation as well as its involvement in contemporary security problems in the region. Required reading: Donald E. Weatherbee, “Chapter 4: ASEAN and Regionalism in Southeast Asia”, in Donald E. Weatherbee, International Relations in Southeast Asia: The Struggle for Autonomy, Second Edition (Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield, 2014), pp. 89-116. Recommended reading: David Martin Jones and Nicole Jenne, “Weak States' Regionalism: ASEAN and the Limits of Security Cooperation in Pacific Asia.” International Relations of the Asia-Pacific, Volume 16, Issue 2, May 2016, pp. 209–240,
5	INTERNATIONAL ACTORS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA 19 August This lecture introduces the main international actors in Southeast Asian security. Discussing the strategic interests in and diverse approaches to Southeast Asia, we will look at the role of the United States, China, Japan, India and Australia, as well as multinational organisations like the UN or the World Bank. The analysis will point to important economic and political reasons behind the engagement of each country or organization in the Southeast Asian region. Required reading: Donald E. Weatherbee, “Chapter 2: “The International Actors in Southeast Asia: Extra-Regional State Actors”, in Donald E. Weatherbee, International Relations in Southeast Asia: The Struggle for Autonomy (Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield, 2014),” pp. 39-66. Recommended reading: Ja Ian Chong, “Deconstructing Order in Southeast Asia in the Age of Trump”, Contemporary Southeast Asia, Volume 39, Number 1, April 2017, pp. 29-35
6	ESSAY WRITING GUIDELINES 26 August
7	TERRORISM IN SOUTHEAST ASIA 16 September Since the Indonesian Christmas Bombings in 2000, jihadist terrorism has become a serious and regular threat in Southeast Asia. After initially reluctant to act, governments in the region understood after the Bali attack in 2002 – which was one of the largest terrorist incidents in modern history – that they needed to increase their counter-terrorism capacities. Subsequently, Southeast Asian human rights organizations have claimed that the offensive against terrorism has undermined democracy in their home states, with a wide variety of rebel groups now receiving the terrorism label as well. Has the “war against terror” made the region more secure or/and less democratic? Required reading: Donald E. Weatherbee, “Chapter 6: Transnational Violence and Crime in Southeast Asia”, in Donald E. Weatherbee, International Relations in Southeast Asia: The Struggle for Autonomy (Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield, 2014), pp.169-192. Recommended reading: Daniel Finnbogason and Isak Svensson, “The Missing Jihad: Why Have There Been No Jihadist Civil Wars in Southeast Asia?”, The Pacific Review, Volume 31, 2018, Issue 1, pp. 96-115.
8	ONGOING INSURGENCIES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA: SOUTHERN THAILAND AND THE PHILIPPINES 23 September Today we discuss two of the most complex ongoing insurgencies in Southeast Asia: the violence in Southern Thailand and the Mindanao conflict in the Southern Philippines. For decades, militants groups in the Muslim area of Mindanao have fought for independence (or, alternatively, more autonomy) from the mostly Catholic Philippines. Similarly, Islamist activists and cells have launched a violent campaign for independence from the predominantly Buddhist kingdom of Thailand. We look at the various attempts to resolve these conflicts, and try to understand why these efforts have so far been unsuccessful in the case of Southern Thailand, and peace arrangements remain highly volatile in Mindanao. Required reading: Nicole Jenne and Jun Yan Chang, “Hegemonic Distortions: The Securitisation of the Insurgency in Thailand's Deep South,” TRaNS: Trans-Regional and -National Studies of Southeast Asia, January 2019, pp. 1-24. Recommended reading: Malcolm Cook, “Three Challenges Facing the Bangsamoro Organic Law”, ISEAS Perspective No. 82, December 2018.
9	ACEH: A SUCCESSFULLY CONTAINED SEPARATIST CONFLICT? 30 September This lecture will focus on the separatist conflict in Aceh, which seems to have been peacefully resolved through the Helsinki accord signed in August 2005. Up until that time, the rebel group GAM (Gerakan Aceh Merdeka, Free Aceh Movement) had fought a 30-year war for secession from Indonesia. The lecture will discuss the reasons for the emergence of GAM, as well as the reasons for the success of Helsinki. Required reading: Michael Morfit, “The Road to Helsinki: The Aceh Agreement and Indonesia's Democratic Development”, International Negotiation - A Journal of Theory and Practice 12, Spring 2007. Recommended reading: Gunnar Stange and Roman Patock, “From Rebels to Rulers and Legislators: The Political Transformation of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) in Indonesia”, Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs 29 (1), 2010: 95-120.
10	NO LECTURE AND TUTORIALS (Labour Day) 7 October
11	ETHNIC CONFLICT IN NATION STATES: MALAYSIA AND MYANMAR 14 October This lecture contrasts two very different approaches to managing ethnic diversity in Southeast Asia. On the one hand, we will discuss Malaysia, which has traditionally tried to contain ethnic tensions by integrating all groups into a multi-ethnic government alliance – whether in the long-ruling Barisan Nasional or, since 2018, in the Pakatan Harapan. Myanmar, on the other hand, has used a wide range of strategies (few of them successful), ranging from military force, cease fire agreements, peace negotiations and informal arrangements with local drug and war lords. Required reading: David Brenner, “Inside the Karen Insurgency: Explaining Conflict and Conciliation in Myanmar’s Changing Borderlands,” Asian Security, Volume 14, 2018, Issue 2, pp. 83-99. Recommended reading: Noriyuki Segawa, “Double-layered Ethnic Politics in Malaysia: National Integration, Ethnic Unity and Social Stability,” Commonwealth & Comparative Politics, Volume 55, Issue 1, 2017, pp. 63-81.
12	SECURITY, DEMOCRACY, AND CIVIL SOCIETY IN SOUTHEAST ASIA 21 October So far, the course has focused on conventional security threats, domestic conflicts and the strategic interests of global powers in Southeast Asia. But the state of democracy in the region is as important for the stability of Southeast Asian security as the volatility of inter-state, ethnic, social and religious tensions. This lecture analyses the interrelationship between the effectiveness of democratic institutions, the strength of civil society and the level of security in Southeast Asian states. Required reading: Alan Collins, “Chapter 3: Political Security and Regime Legitimacy,” in Alan Collins, Security and Southeast Asia: Domestic, Regional and Global Issues (Boulder: Lynne Rienner, 2003), pp.63-91. Recommended reading: Thomas Pepinsky, “Southeast Asia: Voting Against Disorder”, Journal of Democracy, Volume 28, Number 2, April 2017, pp. 120-131

Tutorial Registration

The registration for tutorials is through Wattle.

Assessment Summary

Assessment task	Value	Due Date	Return of assessment	Learning Outcomes
Tutorial Participation (10%)	10 %	30/07/2019	22/10/2019	1,2,3
Short Paper (15%)	15 %	19/08/2019	27/08/2019	2,3
Tutorial Presentation (15%)	15 %	30/07/2019	22/10/2019	1,3
Research Essay (30%)	30 %	08/10/2019	22/10/2019	1,2,3
Take-home Exam (30%)	30 %	07/11/2019	15/11/2019	1,2,3

* If the Due Date and Return of Assessment date are blank, see the Assessment Tab for specific Assessment Task details

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Assessment Requirements

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Moderation of Assessment

Marks that are allocated during Semester are to be considered provisional until formalised by the College examiners meeting at the end of each Semester. If appropriate, some moderation of marks might be applied prior to final results being released.

Assessment Task 1

Tutorial Participation (10%)

You will be assessed on your tutorial participation. The assessment is primarily based on the quality of your contributions in class - (and therefore, not simply on the frequency of your contributions and/or attendance.) After each tutorial, you will receive a mark. Absence is marked as zero, unless docomentation on justifiable absence is provided. At the end of the semester, the average of your six best marks achieved throughout the semester will be your total mark for tutorial participation. In order to prepare for the tuorials, it is essential that you have read the required reading and attended/listened to the lecture of that week. The better you are prepared through reflecting on these materials (and, optionally, additional material you researched yourself), the more effectively you will be able to engage in class, and the better your mark will be.

Assessment Task 2

Short Paper (15%)

After the lecture on 29 July, a question will be explained and subsequently released in writing on Wattle. This question has to be answered by all students in a 1000-word paper that must be submitted through Wattle on 19 August at 23.55 at the latest.

Assessment Task 3

Tutorial Presentation (15%)

Each student will be asked to give a 25-minute, joint tutorial presentation with a fellow student on the theme of the lecture in that particular week. There will be one presentation each week, and topics, dates and presenters will be allocated in the first tutorial of the semester. You, as a pair of presenters, are advised to choose a presentation date early in the semester in order to avoid work overload at the end of the term. For the tutorial presentation, you should jointly choose a topic or issue (within the larger framework of that week’s subject) that you find particularly interesting or provocative; the aim of the tutorial presentation is not to repeat the facts or narrative provided in the lecture; instead, it is to present a innovative angle to a particular problem related to the subject discussed in that week, and to stimulate an interesting discussion within the group. The lecture slides will be emailed to presenters one week before their presentation. Please look at these slides closely and make sure you do not simply repeat the content of the lecture. You should not spend more than 15 minutes on the presentation, with the time equally divided between the two presenters. For the remaining 10 minutes of your time, you should lead the discussion among your fellow students. To achieve this, you should have one or two leading questions prepared. Your assessment (which can differ between the two presenters based on individual performance) will consider the amount of preparation you have put into the presentation; the originality of the material; the way the presentation is structured; the level of accuracy; and the style of delivery.

Assessment Task 4

Research Essay (30%)

A research paper of up to 2000 words is due no later than 8 October at 23.55, and should be submitted through Wattle. Students are free to choose any topic that is related to the overall subject of this course - that is, Southeast Asian Security. However, the theme chosen for the research paper must be different from the subject of the tutorial presentation and the short paper. For more detailed guidelines on the research paper, please refer to the manual posted on the Wattle site of this course (and refer to the lecture on 26 August).

Assessment Task 5

Take-home Exam (30%)

A take home exam will be posted on Wattle in the last week of the semester, and must be returned through Wattle no later than 7 November at 23.55.

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Late Submission

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Referencing Requirements

Accepted academic practice for referencing sources that you use in presentations can be found via the links on the Wattle site, under the file named “ANU and College Policies, Program Information, Student Support Services and Assessment”. Alternatively, you can seek help through the Students Learning Development website.

Returning Assignments

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