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