This course aims to familiarise students with the challenges and choices facing national security policy-makers in an era of increased connectivity between the Asia-Pacific and Indian Ocean regions. The concept of the Indo-Pacific as a coherent strategic and economic system will be introduced, along with its implications for the security interests of key regional powers, notably China, India, Japan, Indonesia, the United States and Australia.  The interstate and transnational dimensions of the Indo-Pacific set of security challenges will be considered, including how they intersect – for instance, ways in which counter-piracy, maritime surveillance and other efforts to protect the regional commons may have strategic implications. The contested nature of the Indo-Pacific concept will also be explore, including the emerging debate about whether countries such as Australia need to focus their security capabilities and interests on wide or narrow definitions of the region. The course will conclude by assessing how a re-imagined view of Asia as the Indo-Pacific will affect prospects for security competition or cooperation.

Learning Outcomes

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

1.     Demonstrate understanding of the changes in Australia’s Indo-Pacific regional security environment 
2.     Demonstrate understanding of the interactions and interests of great powers, particularly the United States, China, India and Japan, across the Indo-Pacific environment
3.     Analyse how these strategic factors intersect with one another and with economic factors in shaping a complex regional security dynamic involving cross-cutting interstate and transnational security issues
4.     Evaluate the risks and advantages of various security policy options, including degrees of cooperation or competition, in responding to complex regional security challenges
5.     Generate ideas for credible policy options in managing complex regional security challenges in the Indo-Pacific

Required Resources

There is no single set text for this course. Each week there will be one or more required readings and several

additional background readings. Students are encouraged to identify new readings and to make use of recent

primary sources. The course Wattle site will contain copies of course readings, seminar notes or slides where

possible, notes about guest lecturers, administrative notices and podcasts of recorded lectures. Tasks will be

identified, and updated with details where appropriate, via the course noticeboard on wattle. All written course

assessment material, other than for the exam, will be made available on Wattle.

Recommended Resources

Nick Bisley and Andrew Phillips, 'A Rebalance to Where?: US Strategic Geography in Asia,' Survival, Vol. 55., No 5, Oct 2013.

David Brewster, India as an Asia-Pacific Power, Routledge, London 2012

Barry Buzan, 'Security Architecture in Asia: The Interplay of Regional and Global Levels,' Vol. 16 No. 2, 2003. The Pacific Review

Priya Chacko, •The Rise of the Indo-Pacific: Understanding Ideational Change and Continuity in India•s Foreign Policy, •Australian Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 68, No. 4, August 2014.

Mohan Malik (ed.)Maritime Security in the Indo-Pacific: Perspectives from China, India and the United States (Rowman and Littlefield, 2014).

Rory Medcalf, 'The Indo-Pacific: What's in a Name?' The American Interest 9 (2), 2013.

Rory Medcalf, 'In Defence of the Indo-Pacific: Australia•s New Strategic Map', Australian Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 68 No. 4, August 2014.

Rory Medcalf, 'Reimagining Asia: From Asia-Pacific to Indo-Pacific,' Asan Open Forum, June 2015.

Rory Medcalf and C. Raja Mohan, 'Responding to Indo-Pacific Rivalry: Australia, India and Middle-Power Coalitions,' Lowy Institute Analysis, August 2014.

C. Raja Mohan, Samudra Manthan: Sino-Indian Rivalry in the Indo-Pacific, Washington DC, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2012.

Chengxin Pan, 'The "Indo-Pacific" and Geopolitical Anxieties about China's Rise in the Asian Regional Order,' Australian Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 68 No. 4, August 2014.

David Scott, 'The "Indo-Pacific": New Regional Formulations and New Maritime Frameworks for US-India Strategic Convergence,' Asia-Pacific Review 19 (2), 2012.

David Scott, 'India and the Allure of the Indo-Pacific', International Studies, 49 (3&4), 2012.

Brendan Taylor, 'The Defence White Paper 2013 and Australia•s Strategic Environment,' Security Challenges, Vol. 9 No. 2. 2013

Staff Feedback

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

• Written comments
• Verbal comments
• Feedback to the whole class, to groups, to individuals, focus groups

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	The Indo-Pacific debate: what's in a name?
2	From Asia-Pacific to Indo-Pacific: Changing regional constructs from the 15th to the 21st centuries
3	Energy, trade, investment and security: economic-strategic linkages in the Indo-Pacific
4	National security interests in the Indo-Pacific: China	Policy brief due
5	National security interests in the Indo-Pacific: India
6	National security interests in the Indo-Pacific: Japan and South Korea
7	National security interests in the Indo-Pacific: Indonesia and ASEAN
8	National security interests in the Indo-Pacific: The US	Research essay due
9	Australian national security interests in the Indo-Pacific: a premium on partnerships?
10	Global security and the Indo-Pacific: Europe, Russia, Middle East
11	Security competition in the Indo-Pacific: transnational opportunities
12	Security cooperation in the Indo-Pacific: managing tensions and dynamics of Indo-Pacific coexistence

Tutorial Registration

Registration is not required

Assessment Summary

Assessment task	Value	Due Date	Return of assessment	Learning Outcomes
Policy Brief (25%)	25 %	22/03/2019	04/05/2019	1,2,3,4,5
Research Essay (50%)	50 %	03/05/2019	17/05/2019	1,2,3,4,5
Take-home exam (25%)	25 %	06/06/2019	04/07/2019	1,2,3,4,5

* 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

Policy Brief (25%)

1500 words, due 22/03/2019 at 11:55pm

You will be asked to write a briefing paper, intended for the government of Australia, the United States, China,

India, Japan, Indonesia or one other country (to be agreed on with the course coordinator). The paper will argue

a case for a policy direction to advance/protect the interests of that country in an Indo-Pacific strategic context.

The paper will need to identify the positives and negatives about the proposed course of action in terms of the

interests of the relevant country, and it will need to anticipate how other significant Indo-Pacific countries are

likely to respond. It will also need to include at least one practical policy recommendation. Some suggested

topics will be introduced in the first few weeks of the course, along with samples of policy writing.

Rubric

Examples of past papers will be provided on wattle

Assessment Task 2

Research Essay (50%)

3000 words, due 3/5/2019 at 11:55pm

This should an original piece of research addressing one from a selection of questions that will be provided early

in the semester. Participants may propose their own question/topic in consultation with the course coordinator.

This essay will be assessed in terms of the quality of research as well as the standard of argumentation.

Rubric

Grade	Structure	Argument	Style	Evidence
HD	Is constructed in a way that enhances the argument made, methodology is thoughtful, clear and followed by the text	Clearly and persuasively makes a novel and insightful argument	Lucid, easily readable and well presentable text, free from obvious typos or formatting errors	Judiciously referenced, uses a wide variety of reputable sources, critically analyses evidence to support wider claims
D	Is constructed in a way that makes the argument clear, methodology is suitable and followed by the text	Clearly and persuasively makes an argument	Well written text presented clearly, few typos or formatting errors	Well referenced, uses a variety of reputable sources, some good analysis of evidence
C	Is constructed in a way that attempts to make the argument clear, methodology is suitable and is largely followed by the text	Clearly makes an arguement	Understandable text, basic presentation, a handful of textual or format errors	Adequately referenced, uses a variety of sources, displays some awareness of suitablity of sources chosen
P	Is constructed in a way that attempts to make the argument, methodology attempts to be coherent but is not always followed by the text	Attempts to make an argument that is appreciably cogent	Sometimes confusing textual style, inconsistent formatting, somewhat regular textual or formatting errors	Minimal referencing, few sources chosen beyond course material, little critical engagement with sources
F	Claims to have a structure but is largely incoherent, methodology consistently ill-applied or absent	Claims to make an argument that is not appreciably attempted, or makes no argument at all	Confusing textual style, poor formating, regular errors in text	Barely referenced, heavily reliant on a small number of sources, no critical engagement with sources used

Assessment Task 3

Take-home exam (25%)

1000-1600 words, held in exam period (final date and details TBA)

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