International Studies

This course analyzes how cyber issues are changing the world of politics and security. It covers particular trends in the field, such as attempts to integrate cyber attacks into traditional militaries, the role of the internet in information warfare and propaganda, and the emergence of internet governance as a new topic for international negotiation and perhaps even arms control. Topics include cyber and society, cyber and war, nonstate actors, and cyber governance. 

This is an introductory course on Global Governance and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs). It discusses current international issues such as political and economic development, the environment, and human rights. 

This course advances historical knowledge and understanding of contemporary developmental issues from an economic point of view. The course uses economic tools of analysis to capture the economic past of select developing regions and the economic problems facing poor parts of the world. The course focuses on market distortions and obstacles to industrializing peripheries and the implications for internally directed developmental trajectories and discourse in the long term.

This course examines globalization and regional transformation in East Asia especially from the joint and distance lectures of the three Universities in Korea, China and Japan. (Yonsei, Fudan, and Keio). Topics include general information and history of globalization, globalization theory, anti-globalization, regionalism, global politics of regionalism, regional transformation, politics and security, economics and society, and culture, consciousness and identity. 

This course focuses on the international politics of the Middle East taking as its starting point the end of the colonial rule in the region and the formation of new nation-states. The first part of the course is devoted to a methodological introduction of the study of the region and provides the conceptual frameworks and theories needed to define the Middle East. Focusing on a more empirical analysis of the Middle East political history, the second part of the course introduces and analyzes the impact of Cold War dynamics on the region and the political, economic, and social transformations the region faced at the end of the Cold War and the emergence of a New World Order. In order to provide a clear understanding of the recurrent patterns and trajectories of international and regional political dynamics, a session is devoted to an in-depth examination of
the origins, causes, and consequences of the Arab-Israeli conflict, the most significant and enduring crisis of the region. Later sessions focus on diplomacy in the Arab world taking the USA-Jordan relations as a case study. The last part of the course examines important themes and debates in international politics of the Middle East/North Africa region, including ideological movements, gender, and globalization. Finally, the course examines current uprisings and their impact on the politics of the region.

This course explores the phenomenon of K-Wave and its impact on international consumer insight. It discusses how K-Wave has been initiated, developed, and proliferated and how it has earned business and marketing power on the other industries, cultures, and countries. 

This course provides a foundation for international development and cooperation. It covers the histories and theories of international development and cooperation; the concepts and evolution of development and its variants, including sustainable development, economic development, human development and capabilities, and post-development; the emergence and functioning of international organizations involved in coordinating global cooperation; and a selection of compelling contemporary issues.

This course examines the “Rise of China” by both theoretically and practically examining the increasingly important role of China in the international system. It covers the main features of Chinese foreign policy and reviews various factors that drive China’s foreign policy behavior, including its national and international priorities, foreign policy-making process, national security, and strategic culture. The course then looks at China’s relations with other major actors in the world including both developed and developing states. It also studies China’s “maritime” rise by analyzing its expanding maritime ambitions and capabilities as well as its role in global and regional governance. The course concludes by looking at the future prospects for Chinese foreign policy.

This course provides key challenges in the foreign policy of the Indo-Pacific region. The central theme of the course is whether the Indo-Pacific region is heading towards greater cooperation or conflict. The first part of the course examines theories on foreign policy challenges and problem-solving and the crisis of America-led liberal order. The second part of the course covers key challenges surrounding the Indo-Pacific, including China’s challenge to US power; China’s response to the Indo-Pacific challenge; decoupling from China; Sino-Japanese relations and history problem; the Taiwan issue; the North Korean nuclear crisis, and territorial disputes. 

This course discusses how ethical issues of design have impacted on Korean society, which has been rapidly transformed by adoption of foreign culture, Confucianism, Korean war, economic growth, and latest popularity of K-Pop, in comparison with Western society.