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width="563"> <!-- ========== CONTENTS ========== --> <img src="../images/space.gif" alt="" height="1" width="1" border="0" hspace="10" vspace="15"><br> <img src="images/curriculum/title.gif" alt="The Curriculum" width="519" height="32" border="0"><br> <table width="497" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <TR><TD align="right"><font size="4" color="#100a92"><b>(MA in International Relations)</b></font><BR><BR></TD></TR> <tr> <td><span class="f2">The two year International Relations degree track at IUJ, as already noted, has both coursework and thesis components. The program is designed to provide a structured, systematic approach to understanding international political, strategic, economic, social and cultural issues in the Asian Pacific and Islamic worlds, to train students to conduct large scale research projects, to develop sustained, logical lines of argument, to defend their positions orally before highly critical audiences and to cultivate a sympathetic interest in other peoples, other civilizations and other ways of life. The program has been constructed in such a way as to give students the maximum freedom to pursue their own interests, within the limits of the specializations offered by the School. Coursework is exacting and the highest possible standards are expected of theses and research essays. Students are encouraged to read extensively, to think deeply, to discuss their ideas both with members of the academic staff and with their colleagues, and to be constantly aware of the practical policy applications of their work.</span></td> </tr> </table> <br> <br> <table width="497" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td bgcolor="#100a92"><img src="../images/space.gif" alt="" height="1" width="1" border="0" hspace="5" vspace="7"><span class="f3"><font color="white"><b>1. Coursework</b></font></span></td> </tr> </table> <br> <table width="497" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td><span class="f3"><font color=#100a92><b><u>Required Courses</font></u></b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="bottom"><img src="../images/space.gif" alt="" height="1" width="1" border="0" hspace="10" vspace="3"></td> </tr> </table> <table width="497" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td> <span class="f2">There are seven required courses, which all students are asked to take. These are</span> <table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tr><td rowspan=2 valign="top" ><B>Common Core Courses</B></td> <td align="left"><br></td> <td><span class="f2">International Political Economy</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><br></td> <td><span class="f2">International Politics</span></td> </tr> <tr><td rowspan=6 valign="top"><B>Specialized Core Courses&nbsp;&nbsp;</B></th> <td align="left"><br></td> <td><span class="f2">History of International Relations</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><br></td> <td><span class="f2">Foreign Policy Analysis</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><br></td> <td><span class="f2">War and Diplomacy</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><br></td> <td><span class="f2">International Organizations</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><br></td> <td><span class="f2">Security and Strategy in International Relations</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><br></td> <td><span class="f2">International Economic Systems and Order</span></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <br> <table width="497" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td><span class="f3"><b><u><font color=#100a92>Elective Required Courses</font></u></b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="bottom"><img src="../images/space.gif" alt="" height="1" width="1" border="0" hspace="10" vspace="3"></td> </tr> </table> <table width="497" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td><span class="f3"><b><font color="#100a92">Applied Disciplinary Courses</font></b></span><br> <span class="f2"> These courses, focusing on International Politics, Economics and Business, are intended to provide a solid foundation, at graduate level, in the empirical knowledge, theoretical approaches and analytical skills necessary to grasp the nature of the forces at work in the contemporary world.<br> </span></td> </tr> </table> <br> <table width="497" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td><span class="f3"><b><font color="#100a92">Regional and Country Courses</font></b></span><br> <span class="f2">Students are free to select their remaining credits in the Elective Required Course bracket from a wide range of regional, country and problem oriented units, which examine, in much detail, and from many different viewpoints, a variety of important historical, political, geostrategic, economic, environmental and cultural issues in the Asian Pacific and Islamic worlds.<br> <br> It is also possible to cross register for courses offered by the Graduate School of International Management.</span></td> </tr> </table> <br> <table width="497" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td><span class="f3"><b><font color="#100a92">Electives</font></b></span><br> <span class="f2">The remaining credits necessary for completion of the course work component of the MA degree can be chosen freely from among all courses offered by the GSIR and GSIM.</span></td> </tr> </table> <br> <br> <table width="497" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td bgcolor="#100a92"><img src="../images/space.gif" alt="" height="1" width="1" border="0" hspace="5" vspace="7"><span class="f3"><font color="white"><b>2. The Thesis</b></font></span></td> </tr> </table> <br> <table width="497" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td><span class="f2">The preparation, writing and defense of an MA thesis constitutes the culmination of a student's academic life in the IR program.<br> <br> Students select their supervisors at the end of their second term and begin work on their thesis in the Advanced Seminars, which extend over three terms.</span></td> </tr> </table> <br> <table width="497" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td><span class="f3"><b>The Thesis</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="bottom"><img src="../images/space.gif" alt="" height="1" width="1" border="0" hspace="10" vspace="3"></td> </tr> </table> <table width="497" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td><span class="f2">A thesis is expected to be a significant and original contribution to learning. It requires extensive research, sometimes including a period of fieldwork, a heavy commitment in time and intellectual energy, and highly developed presentation skills. Thesis must be defended orally before a committee of two examiners. Those thesis considered eligible for the award of Distinction are then submitted to External Examiners, scholars in Japan or overseas, with established international reputations in their field, for final appraisal.<br> <br> Many of our students have been highly commended by their Examiners, both internal and external, for the pioneering work undertaken in their thesis.<br> <br> Japanese students are required to write their thesis in English. Foreign students have the option of writing their thesis either in English or in Japanese. Over the years, several non-native speakers have produced excellent thesis in the Japanese language, some even being awarded "Distinction" grades by Japanese External Examiners of the highest repute.</span></td> </tr> </table> <BR><BR> <img src="../images/space.gif" alt="" height="1" width="1" border="0" hspace="10" vspace="15"><br> <img src="images/icrgs/title3.gif" alt="Course Requirements and Graduate Studies" width="476" height="32" border="0"> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=497 border=0> <TR><TD align="right"><font size="4" color="#100a92"><b>(MA in International Relations)</b></font><BR><BR></TD></TR> </TABLE><BR> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=497 border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD><SPAN class=f2>Course work requirements are shown in the following table. </SPAN></TD></TR> <TR> <TD><IMG height=1 alt="" hspace=10 src="../images/space.gif" width=1 vspace=3 border=0></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> <TABLE cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="497" border="1"> <TBODY> <TR> <TD bgColor=#677dff colSpan=2><SPAN class=f2><B><FONT color=white>Categories</FONT></B></SPAN></TD> <TD bgColor=#677dff colSpan=2><SPAN class=f2><B><FONT color=white>Course Titles/ Number of required credits</FONT></B></SPAN></TD></TR> <TR> <TD width="101" rowSpan=6 bgColor=#dee0ff><SPAN class=f2><B>Required Courses</B></SPAN></TD> <TD width="120" rowSpan=2 bgColor=#f0efff><SPAN class=f2><B>Common Core Courses</B></SPAN></TD> <TD bgColor=#f0efff ><SPAN class=f1>International Politics<BR>International Political Economy</SPAN><BR></TD></TR> <TR><TD align="center" bgcolor="#f0efff"><SPAN class=f2><B>4 credits</B></SPAN></TD><TR> <TD width="120" rowSpan=2 bgColor=#f0efff><SPAN class=f2><B>Specialized Core Courses</B></SPAN></TD> <TD bgColor=#f0efff ><SPAN class=f1> History of International Relations<BR> Foreign Policy Analysis<BR> War and Diplomacy<BR> International Organization<BR> International Economic Sistems and Order<BR> Security and Strategy in International Relations<BR> </SPAN></TD></TR> <TR> <TD align="center" bgcolor="#f0efff" ><SPAN class=f2><B>12 credits</B></SPAN></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD bgColor=#f0efff rowSpan=2><SPAN class=f2><B>Advanced Seminars</B></SPAN></TD> <TD bgColor=#f0efff ><SPAN class=f1>Advanced Seminar I , II and III</SPAN></TD></TR> <TR> <TD align="center" bgcolor="#f0efff" ><SPAN class=f2><B>6 credits</B></SPAN></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD bgcolor="#dee0ff" rowspan="4"><SPAN class=f2><B>Elective Required Courses</B></SPAN></TD> <TD bgcolor="#f0efff" rowspan="2"><SPAN class=f2><B>Applied Disciplinary Courses<BR> <BR></B></SPAN><SPAN class=f1></SPAN></TD> <TD align="left" bgcolor="#f0efff" ><B><SPAN class=f2></SPAN></B><SPAN class=f2><B> </B></SPAN><SPAN class=f1> Contemporary Political and Economic Regionalism<BR> Comparative Government and Politics<BR> Essentials of Economics<BR> Global Issues: UNU Global Seminar<BR> Global Civil Society<BR> Internatilnal Humanitarian Law<BR> Poverty and Human Security<BR> UN and Global Governance <BR><BR> It is strongly recommended that students choose Applied Diisciplinary Courses from the above. <BR>Students can also choose other Applied Disciplinary Courses offered by GSIR and GSIM</SPAN><SPAN class=f2><B><BR> </B></SPAN><SPAN class=f2><B><BR> </B></SPAN><SPAN class=f2></SPAN></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align="center" bgcolor="#f0efff"><SPAN class=f2><B>at least 6 credits</B></SPAN></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD bgColor=#f0efff rowSpan=2><SPAN class=f2><B>Regional and Country Courses</B></SPAN></TD> <TD bgColor=#f0efff><SPAN class=f1> American Foreign Policy<BR> Asia and Japan in the Pre-War Period <BR> Chinese Foreign Policy<BR> Chinese Political Economy<BR> Contemporary Japanese Politics <BR> International Relations in the Asia-Pacific Region<BR> Japanese Political Culture and Foreign Policy<BR> Japanese Political Economy<BR> Japanese Public Finance and Administration<BR> Postwar Japanese Politics and Foreign Policy: Special Seminar <BR> Religion, Society and Culture in Japan<BR> Regional Governance and Political Economy in the Middle East Southeast Asian International Relations<BR> <BR> It is strongly recommended that students choose Regional and Country Courses from the above. <BR>Students can also choose other Regional and Country Courses offered by GSIR and GSIM</SPAN></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align="center" bgcolor="#f0efff" ><SPAN class=f2><B>at least 6 credits</B></SPAN></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD rowspan="2" bgColor=#dee0ff colspan="2" > <SPAN class=f2><B>Electives</B></SPAN></TD> <TD vAlign=top bgColor=#f0efff ><SPAN class=f1> Administrative Law<BR> Agricultural Economics<BR> Comparative Analysis of Public Policy<BR> Cost Benefit Analysis<BR> Cross-Cultural Communication<BR> Cross-Cultural Management*<BR> Development Ecnomics<BR> Development Planning<BR> Economic Geography<BR> Environmental Economics<BR> Environmental Supply Chain Strategy<BR> Governance Structure and Economic Development<BR> Health Economics<BR> Inequality and Poverty<BR> International Finance<BR> International Trade and Commercial Policy<BR> Monetary Economics and Policy<BR> Project Cycle Management<BR> Public Administration<BR> Public Finance<BR> Public Human Resource Management<BR> Public Management Information System<BR> Public Organization Theory<BR> Public Sector Economics<BR> Quantitative Analysis of Economic Policies<BR> Quantitative Methods for Decision Making<BR> State and Local Government Finance<BR> Strategic Environmental Management<BR> Urban and Regional Economics<BR><BR> It is recommended that students choose Electives from this list. Students can also choose courses as Electives from among all courses offered by GSIR and GSIM. </SPAN></TD></TR> <TR> <TD align="center" bgcolor="#f0efff"><SPAN class=f2><B>at least 6 credits</B></SPAN></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align=middle bgColor=#3f4d9d colSpan=2><SPAN class=f2><B><FONT color=white>Total number of required credits</FONT></B></SPAN></TD> <TD align="center" bgcolor="#3f4d9d" colspan="2"><SPAN class=f2><B><FONT color=white>at least 40 credits</FONT></B></SPAN></TD> </TR></TBODY></TABLE> <br> <br> <table width="497" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td><span class="f3"><b><font color="#100a92">Language Courses</font></b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td><img src="../images/space.gif" alt="" height="1" width="1" border="0" hspace="10" vspace="3"></td> </tr> </table> <table width="497" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#dee0ff"><span class="f2"><b>English </b></span></td> <td bgcolor="#f0efff"><span class="f2">Academic English I, II and III<BR> English for Thesis Writing I and II<BR> English for Professional Communications</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#dee0ff"><span class="f2"><b>Japanese </b></span></td> <td bgcolor="#f0efff"><span class="f2">Basic Japanese I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII and IX<BR> Elementary Japanese I, II and III<BR> Intermediate Japanese I, II and III<BR> Advanced Japanese I, II, IIIand IV<BR> </span></td> </tr> </table> <table width="497" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr><TD> *Please note that any credit gained from language courses cannot contribute towards your graduation, while you can earn some credits by taking language courses. </TD></TR></TABLE> <br> <br> <BR> <img src="../images/space.gif" alt="" height="1" width="1" border="0" hspace="10" vspace="15"><br> <img src="images/dcec/title.gif" alt="Descriptions of Core and Elective Courses " width="519" height="32" border="0"><br> <table width="497" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <TR><TD align="right"><font size="4" color="#100a92"><b>(MA in International Relations)</b></font><BR><BR></TD></TR> <tr> <td bgcolor="#100a92"><img src="../images/space.gif" alt="" height="1" width="1" border="0" hspace="5" vspace="7"><span class="f3"><font color="white"><b>Required Courses</b></font></span></td> </tr> </table> <br> <table width="497" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td><span class="f3"><b><i><font color="#100a92">Common Core Courses</font></i></b></span></td> </tr> </table> <table width="497" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <span class="f2"><BR><b>International Political Economy<br> </b>International Political Economy (IPE) is a sub-field of International Relations. IPE is the study of relations between international politics and international economics. The main objective of this course is to familiarize students with the dynamic linkages between states and markets in the regional and global context. The course deals with both the theoretical aspects of and major issues in IPE. It begins with an analysis of concepts, theories and approaches. This is followed by an examination of the major issues in the literature of IPE.</span> </td> </tr> </table> <br> <table width="497" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <span class="f2"><b>International Politics<br> </b>The course will begin with the major concepts of international relations including the international states system, the state and sovereignty, the balance of power; it will then examine the main theories of international relations including realism, neorealism, idealism and liberalism. It will identify institutions, norms and rules as the foundation for security. The democratic peace theory and interdependence theory will follow. The course will then focus on the key issues of international relations and it will introduce students to international political economy and the significance of markets; It will analyse the significance of the UN and its agencies in establishing the basis for international institutions and international legality. It will also examine international law in the regulation of functional activity in international relations as well human behaviour and will stress legality as a resolution mechanism in international relations. </span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><span class="f3"><b><i><font color="#100a92"><BR>Specialized Core Courses</font></i></b></span></td> </tr> </table> <br> <table width="497" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <span class="f2"><b>Security and Strategy in International Relations<br> </b>Niall Ferguson, in his book The War of the World, has characterized the last two centuries as the  Age of Violence . Unfortunately, it cannot be denied that the threat or use of force continues to play a significant role in world politics and that the management of the instruments of violence is one of the greatest issues of our time. The events of recent years clearly demonstrate that war will be a feature of international relations for the foreseeable future and that force remains an instrument of statecraft. The objective of the course is to analyze the military aspects of security architecture, the concepts of warfare and the approaches to strategy that have strongly influenced, and continue to influence governments and statesmen throughout the world.</span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <span class="f2"><BR><b>War and Diplomacy<br> </b>This course shall provide a historical and comparative analysis of the structural features of diplomacy and war in the European arena. It will integrate the conduct of diplomacy and war into the period-specific socio-cultural contexts. In doing so, it will link diplomacy and war to changing broader patterns of actions and perceptions of the world. Specifically, it will juxtapose the mechanistic patterns prevailing during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries against the biologistic patterns dominant during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.</span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <span class="f2"><BR><b>History of International Relations<br> </b>This course examines aspects of international relations history from a Eurasian-Pacific perspective. Its objectives are to provide students with an alternative to traditional "Western centered" approaches to the subject, to examine developments in international society from a very long term point of view and to study, in a regional historical context, the operation and efficacy of hegemonic systems, balances of power, concerts of empires and policies of strategic accommodation. The course also looks at the issues of ideological confrontations, clashes of civilizations, transmissions of culture and the emergence of historico-cultural communities. Throughout, comparisons are made between historical patterns that emerged in East Asia and the Pacific, and tendencies that came to prevail in the Mediterranean and North Atlantic worlds.</span> </td> </tr> </table> <br> <table width="497" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <span class="f2"><b>International Economic Systems and Order<br> </b>The course aims to study the international economic systems, monetray system, trading system, capital transfer, information, energy and primary commodity, etc., and the international economic order to maintain the systems, analyzing the economic structure of each economy in Aisa and Pacific countries based on theories of international economics and open-economy macro economics. The course also examines the importance of mutual interdependence considering the competition and cooperation, and the market principle and policy coordination among nations in the global economy.</span> </td> </tr> </table> <br> <table width="497" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <span class="f2"><b>Foreign Policy Analysis<br> </b>This course deals with the issues in foreign policy making from a broad comparative perspective. It studies the ways states formulate their foreign policies and how these policies are implemented. The course also examines external and internal factors that shape states foreign policies, how states interact and why foreign policy choices may differ between states. It analyzes not only the political system but also cultural and historical factors that influence the foreign policy decision-making.</span> </td> </tr> </table> <br> <table width="497" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td><span class="f3"><b><i><font color="#100a92">Advanced Seminars</font></i></b></span></td> </tr> </table> <table width="497" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <span class="f2"><b>Advanced Seminars I, II, and III<br> </b>Students should have completed their second term before enrolling in the advanced seminars. The advanced seminars are intended to provide guidance for students in the process of formulating a thesis/research essay topic, conducting empirical research, exploring appropriate theoretical approaches and methodologies and developing logical, consistent arguments.</span> </td> </tr> </table> <br> <br> <table width="497" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td bgcolor="#100a92"><img src="../images/space.gif" alt="" height="1" width="1" border="0" hspace="5" vspace="7"><span class="f3"><font color="white"><b>Elective Required Courses (Applied Disciplinary)</b></font></span></td> </tr> </table> <br> <br> <table width="497" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <span class="f2"><b>Applied Game Thory<br> </b>This course aims at providing students with the opportunity to learn the basic language of game theory in view of its application to the problems of conflict and cooperation in various fields of studies, including politics, economics and management.<BR> The course covers the basic concepts and techniques of the game theory. But it does so in the manner most elementary in terms of mathematics. The required level of mathematics is kept to the minimum, not more than the level of 9th grade. Also it does not require prior knowledge in disciplines such as politics, economics, or management.</span> </td> </tr> </table> <br> <table width="497" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <span class="f2"><b>Comparative Politics and Society<br> </b>The purpose of this course is to introduce students to a variety of ideas about and perspectives on the contemporary politics. While the main focus of this course may be on politics of the liberal democratic tradition, politics of its rivals will also be discussed.<BR> For that purpose, various theories on political parties, party systems and political systems will be introduced. Case studies will also be discussed. Special attention will be directed to the means to achieve justice, fairness and accountability. Issues such as women s role in politics, rise of environment politics, and response to the Global Financial Crisis will also be examined. </span> </td> </tr> </table> <br> <table width="497" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <span class="f2"><b>Contemporary Political and Economic Regionalism<br> </b>The course aims at allowing students to develop and sharpen their own views about past and ongoing processes of regional integration and regional cooperation. It does so by contextualizing regionalism with its history in various parts of the world, thereby contending the perception that regionalism is essentially of European origin. It also interconnects regionalism with parallel processes that partly impact on and partly result from it, namely migration and the security discourse. It is neither a surprising nor a contingent matter that'new regionalism' began to feature in the academic debate simultaneously with'new migration' and 'new security'. 'New migration'stands for perceptions of new attitudes towards migration among migrants and administrators in charge of controlling migration.  New security' stands for the widening scope of the notion of security beyond the reach of military affairs into the area of human security. 'New migration' and  new security' are interconnected with 'new regionalism' because regionalism makes existing international boundaries threadbare and thereby reduces the border-controlling capability of governments of sovereign states. As a consequence, the security discourse can no longer be limited to matters concerning the military nor can it be confined to issues that fall within the competence of governments of sovereign states. The study of regionalism thus has much to reveal about the structure of institutions of statehood and their fates vis-a-vis pressures emerging from populations within and beyond the boundaries of sovereign states.</span> </td> </tr> </table> <br> <table width="497" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <span class="f2"><b>Global Issues: UNU Global Seminar<br> </b>This seminar is held in September and is sponsored by the United Nations University. Students from other universities with an interest in international affairs also participate. </span> </td> </tr> </table> <br> <table width="497" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <span class="f2"><b>International Humanitarian Law<br> </b>Standards of belligerent behaviour and individual accountability for war-time atrocities concern not only lawyers but also practitioners and scholars of international relations. Is it permissible to make a radio station the object of an attack? Why is it that some of the detainees at Guantanamo were labelled "unlawful enemy combatants" and what is so problematic about such a label? What difference does it make whether the situation in Darfur does or does not constitute genocide? How should war-torn communities deal with their turbulent past? Articulating informed responses to these questions requires familiarising oneself with the way in which war is to be normatively regulated. This course aims to provide participants with an overview of the way in which international law seeks to regulate warfare. Such an overview will be of particular interest to those specialising or considering careers in politics, security, peacekeeping, conflict resolution, human rights and humanitarian affairs. While intended primarily for non-lawyers, this course would also be suitable for persons with prior legal training.</span> </td> </tr> </table> <br> <table width="497" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <span class="f2"><b>International Migration<br> </b>This course is being developed for the research projects being implemented under the PLATFORM of  International migration and the transformation of social capital in Japan. We are still at an early stage of defining the research questions that enable us to exploit the facts that peace studies are transdisciplinary, the IUJ campus and the network of its alumni are multi-cultural and IUJ is located in rural Japan.</span> </td> </tr> </table> <br> <table width="497" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <span class="f2"><b>UN and Global Governance<br> </b>This course examines the role played by the United Nations (and other major international organizations) in the formation of Cold War and post-Cold War international relations. Instead of narrowing the domain of discussion to the traditional security functions, sessions of this course are designed to improve students'understandings of the role of the UN in maintaining peace and prosperity of the world community in a wider context characterized by the concept of  global governance which, with its roots in traditional ideas regarding the maintenance of international order, regime and system, has been substantially developed by various schools of IR theories in recent years. Alongside political and security aspects, economic development, cultural exchange, human rights issues, and regionalism will also be taken into consideration in course of the lecture. Collaboration between the UN and NGOs will be put under scrutiny as well.</span> </td> </tr> </table> <br> <br> <table width="497" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td bgcolor="#100a92"><img src="../images/space.gif" alt="" height="1" width="1" border="0" hspace="5" vspace="7"><span class="f3"><font color="white"><b>Elective Required Courses (Regional and Country) </b></font></span></td> </tr> </table> <br> <table width="497" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <span class="f2"><b>American Foreign Policy<br> </b>This class seeks to provide students with a thorough understanding of American foreign relations. It will first cover the basic history of American diplomacy from the independence war to WWII, and the Cold-War period. Then, it will turn the decision making process of the current US foreign policy. </span> </td> </tr> </table> <br> <table width="497" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <span class="f2"><b>Asia and Japan in the Pre-War Period<br> </b>This course will examine international politics in East Asia and the Western Pacific during the period extending from the height of the Age of Imperialism in the mid-nineteenth century, through the First World War, until the eve of World War II. The objectives of the course are to identify the elements of continuity and change in regional affairs, to disentangle and clarify relationships of cause and effect, and to demonstrate the continuing relevance of history to the understanding of contemporary events. This is a wide ranging course and many issues will be discussed during the semester. A particularly close study will be made of Japan s domestic politics, diplomacy and evolving strategic posture during these years. Here, attention will be focussed on the complex interaction of East Asian and Western traditions, institutions and ideologies, on factional policy conflicts and on the impact of these factors on the country s developing relationships with the British Empire, Imperial Russia and the Soviet Union, the United States, Germany, France, China, Korea, Mongolia and the lands of Southeast Asia. </span> </td> </tr> </table> <br> <table width="497" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <span class="f2"><b>Chinese Foreign Policy<br> </b>The turn of this century has witnessed China's rising international status in the global arena. Determined to be an important player in a post-Cold War world, China has been carrying out a pragmatic foreign policy to ensure a favorable environment for its economic growth. Chinese foreign policy has never been seen to be as active and confident as in the first years of the 21st century. Despite some ups and downs, China s relations with all the major powers as well as its neighboring countries are at its best time since the establishment of the People's Republic more than half century ago.<BR> This course offers both theoretical frameworks and practical guidance for our quest to explore various issues of contemporary Chinese foreign relations. We will discuss China's foreign policy-making mechanisms and various approaches to foreign policy studies, followed by an introduction to China's relations with the other major powers, with its neighboring states, and with important international organizations. Students should be able to comprehend and appraise China s foreign policy successes, failures or limitations toward the countries, issues and groupings covered in the lectures and tutorials by the end of the course. </span> </td> </tr> </table> <br> <table width="497" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <span class="f2"><b>Chinese Politics<br> </b>This course focuses on the study of China s state structure, rural reform, issues and challenges pertaining to urban reform, banking reform, dissent and the rule of law, control and liberalization of the mass media, and ethnic politics in Tibet and Xinjiang. This course examines critical issues in contemporary Chinese politics. By critical issues we mean various types of thinking, expression or behavior exhibited by individuals, groups or sub-national authorities on  problem areas, as defined and outlined in the course content, that are often the products of Chinese Communist Party and government policies with unintended consequences that are presently posing challenges to, and awaiting solutions from, the party and state. </span> </td> </tr> </table> <br> <table width="497" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <span class="f2"><b>Contemporary Japanese Politics<br> </b>This course is designed to give the student a general introduction to the political system of Japan. The contents of the course will include the principles of political culture, political institutions and public policymaking. The format of the course will be lecture and discussion. As the course is an introductory course, most class time will be given to lecture. The most important goal, however, is to gain the basic understanding of the current politics. Therefore, there will also be much discussion of both the readings and of contemporary events.</span> </td> </tr> </table> <br> <table width="497" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <span class="f2"><b>Japanese Political Economy<br> </b>This course focuses on selected issues in the political economy of contemporary Japan. The primary focus will be the interaction between Japanese political and economic institutions, and public policy. It first looks at how postwar political institutions (e.g., the structure of the bureaucracy; the long-dominance of the Liberal Democratic Party) shaped Japanese politics and public policy to promote economic growth. Second, it examines how the old system became out of date as Japan has become a world economic power; and finally explores how the system will change through policy reforms (such as deregulation). The class is a mixture of lecture- and seminar-style, and is designed for graduate students with some background in Japanese studies or political economy.</span> </td> </tr> </table> <br> <table width="497" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <span class="f2"><b>Japanese Public Finance and Administration<br> </b> <br> TThe course analyzes the system of the Japanese public finance and administration. Japan has employed a centralized system introducing Western countries various social mechanisms since Meiji Restoration and succeeded in catching up with the Western countries. After World War II, the Japanese government introduced Keynesian policy to strengthen social infrastructures that stimulated both supply side and demand side of the economy with a large amount of government debts. In the course, the role of central and local government is examined elucidating the public money flows through taxation system, local allocation tax system, etc.</span> </td> </tr> </table> <br> <table width="497" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <span class="f2"><b>OPEC and Economic Development<br> </b>This course focuses on the economic policies and development of the OPEC members in the Middle East. Those countries have not yet succeeded to attain the economic development. There is, however, no simple explanation of the economic policy for the failure in the region, because other than economic factors such as political, social, cultural and external have also shaped the economic landscape. Therefore, in this course, we are going to analyze the situations of the economic development in the OPEC members from the interdisciplinary point of view for the better understanding the difficulties and dilemma which those countries are commonly facing. </span> </td> </tr> </table> <br> <table width="497" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <span class="f2"><b>Peace, War and Development of Modern Japan<br> </b>This course introduces students to, and provides an overview of, social and cultural issues in contemporary Japan. Among issues to be discussed are: minorities in Japan; discrimination against them; social problems such as homelessness, extremely high rate of suicide, so-called social  withdrawals ; consumer subculture and its implications; civil society in Japan; etc. Taking the case of Japan as an example, you are encouraged to reconsider your perspective to look at your own country. </span> </td> </tr> </table> <br> <table width="497" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <span class="f2"><b>Postwar Japanese Politics and Foreign Policy: Special Seminar</b> (offered every other year)<br> Students are often too busy with assignments to read books thoughtfully, from cover to cover. This course, offered on alternate years, attempts to remedy this problem. Students are required to undertake a close, detailed study of some of the most significant works on postwar Japanese politics and foreign policy available in the English language.</span> </td> </tr> </table> <BR> <table width="497" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <span class="f2"><b>Religion, Society and Culture in Japan<br> </b> This course tries to highlight the nature of interrelationship between systems of religion and thought, and various aspects of Japanese society and culture, putting special emphasis on the history of management. Introducing key factors and elements of things Japanese, the course will offer basic knowledge of the nature and history of Japanese society and management. </span> </td> </tr> </table> <br> <br> <table width="497" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <span class="f2"><b>Southeast Asian International Relations<br> </b>This course is designed to introduce the security issues and dynamics of international relations in Southeast Asia since the end of the Second World War. It studies regionalism and regional cooperation in Southeast Asia and examines how the ASEAN and its individual members have coped with various security challenges and managed regional order and stability.</span> </td> </tr> </table> <BR> <table width="497" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5"> <tr> <td valign="top" bgcolor="#f0efff"><b><span class="f2">Please see <a href="../idp/dcec.html">International Development Program (IDP)</a> and <a href="../pmpp/dcec.html">Public Management and Policy Analysis Program(PMPP)</a> of the GSIR for other elective courses. 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