Asia en el Mundo Actual
Guía docente
Rubén Campos
Programmes coordinator at Club de Madrid
T.1 Introduction: Asia Pacific as an emerging actor in the 21st Century
- Historical relevance of the Asia Pacific Region
- Indian and China as two new super powers
- Heterogeneity of Asia Pacific
- Geopolitical implications of the re-emergence of the region
T.2. South Asia
- Key elements to understand the region: geographical, identity, religion, culture
- The colonial experience and the partition
- India and Pakistan as independent countries during the Cold War
T.3. South Asia II
- India and Pakistan in the 21st Century
- National Political Developments in India and Pakistan
- Narendra Modi’s politics and prospectives for India future
T.4. South East Asia I
- Introduction to the region: diversity and interdependence
- Decolonization and process of national construction
- The regional development and the significance of ASEAN
- The economic miracle of the Asian Tigers
T.5. South East Asia II
- National analysis of South East Asian countries: the triumph of Soft Authoritarism
- Islam in Asia: Indonesia and Malaysia
- Myanmar and the paradox of Aung San Suu Kyi
T.6. Central Asia
- The historical background and the Soviet years
- The difficult path from independence to sovereignity
- Kyrgyzstan, the challenges of the democratic example of the region
T.7. Japan and the Korean Peninsula
- The Meiji Years: from isolation to imperialism
- The Post War experience: economic resurgence and democracy
- National politics and regional challenges
T.8. Japan and the Korean Peninsula
- The Korean War and the partition
- The different paths of the two Koreas
- Current nuclear proliferation risks
T.9. China
T.10. China II