ASIA IN TODAY'S WORLD

Study Guide

Rubén Campos 
Programmes coordinator at Club de Madrid

T.1 INTRODUCTION. ASIA PACIFIC AS AN EMERGIN 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 (I)

T.10. CHINA (II)