Assignment:
Essay Questions:
1. What are the characteristics for the San Francisco system (hub-and-spoke system)? Make sure you know each and every of the five traits(p.231). What are the benefits and the costs of the system to the United States? (241-5)
2. What does ASEAN stand for? What factors have contributed to the leadership of the ASEAN, an organization of 10 smaller countries, in the regional integration? Make sure you can list all four reasons.(184-6)
3. What roles does a divided Korea play in the region in terms of balance of power? Which one, a unified or divided Korea, enhance the "hub-and-spokes" system that the United States favor? Which one do other northeast Asian countries favor? Explain the phenomena with a prisoners' dilemma game.(186-8).
4. Explain the critical juncture theory. Why did the Korean War constitute a critical juncture?
Readings:
1. The Making of Northeast Asia
By Kent Calder and Min Ye
2. The Political Economy of East Asia- Striving for Wealth and Power
By Ming Wan