1. Topics on Asia-Pacific and Taiwan Security
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Professor: Yang, Shih-Yueh
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Classroom: S206
Class: Saturday 2-3-4

2. Week 1 Introduction Syllabus: Outline of This Semester
About the Course
Books
Journals
Schedule
Grading
Term Paper
Your Squad Leader

3. Books
David A. Shlapak, David T. Orletsky, Toy I. Reid, Murray Scot Tanner, Barry Wilson, A Question of Balance: Political Context and Military Aspects of the China-Taiwan Dispute. (Santa Monica, California: RAND 2009).

4. Journals Impact Factor ? All about Citation ! SSCI
Social Science Citation Index
TSSCI
Taiwan Social Science Citation Index
Impact Factor ?
All about Citation !

5. Academic Journals International Security/ Security Studies
International Studies Quarterly/ International Interactions
Journal of Conflict Resolution
Foreign Affairs/ Foreign Policy/ Orbis
Washington Quarterly/ Survival/ China Security
Asian Survey/ China Quarterly/ Issues & Studies
Armed forces and Society
Journal of Strategic Studies/Comparative Strategy 5

7. Military Journals Joint Force Quarterly Parameters/ Military Review
Naval War College Review/ Proceedings
Air & Space Power Journal/ Air Force Magazine
Jane’s Defence Weekly
Jane’s International Defense Review
Jane’s Intelligence Review
Military Technology/Armada International 7

9. Schedule Week1 Outline of This Semester
Week2 Taiwan’s Security and Asia-Pacific Region
Week3 Regional Trend and the US Factors
Week4 Regional Trend and the US Factors (continued)
Week5 Regional Actors I: Japan and Two Koreas
Week6 Regional Actors II: ASEAN and Australia
Week7 Regional Actors III: India, Pakistan, Russia
Week8 PLA Modernization
Week9 Term Paper Proposal due/Oral Presentation
Week10 Scenarios and Military Strategy
Week11 Scenarios and Military Strategy (continued)
Week12 Policy Issue I: Missiles and Missile Defenses
Week13 Policy Issue II: Air Defense
Week14 Policy Issue III: Joint Interdiction
Week15 Policy Issue IV: Anti-Landing
Week16 Policy Issue V: Coercive Strategy
Week17 Policy Issue VI: Deterrence by Punishment
Week18 Term Paper due/Oral Presentation

10. Week2 Taiwan’s Security and Asia-Pacific Region
Steven E. Miller, “International Security at Twenty-five: From One World to Another,” International Security, Vol. 26, No. 1 (Summer 2001), pp
Dennis C. Blair and John T. Hanley, Jr., “From Wheels to Webs: Reconstructing Asia-Pacific Security Arrangements,” The Washington Quarterly, Vol.24, No.1 (Winter 2001), pp

11. Week 3 & 4 Regional Trend and the US Factors
Robert S. Ross, “The Geography of the Peace: East Asia in the Twenty-First Century,” International Security, Vol. 23, No. 4 (Spring 1999), pp
Bruce Gilley, “Not So Dire Straits: How the Finlandization of Taiwan Benefits U.S. Security,” Foreign Affairs, Vol. 89, No 1 (January/ February 2010), pp

12. Week5 Regional Actors I: Japan and Two Koreas
Robert S. Ross, “Balance of Power Politics and the Rise of China: Accommodation and Balancing in East Asia,” Security Studies, Vol. 15, No. 3 (July–September 2006), pp,
Richard J. Samuel, “New Fighting Power! Japan’s Growing Maritime Capabilities and East Asian Security,” International Security, Vol. 32, No. 3 (Winter 2007/08), pp
Llewelyn Hughes, “Why Japan will not Go Nuclear (Yet): International and Domestic Constraints on the Nuclearization of Japan,” International Security, Vol. 31, No. 4 (Spring 2007), pp

13. Week6 Regional Actors II: ASEAN and Australia
Denny Roy, “Southeast Asia and China: Balancing or Bandwagoning?” Contemporary Southeast Asia, Vol. 27, No. 2 (August 2005), pp
Eric Heginbotham, “The Fall and Rise of Navies in East Asia Military Organizations, Domestic Politics, and Grand Strategy,” International Security, Vol. 27, No. 2 (Fall 2002), pp. 86–125.
Defence White Paper Defending Australia in the Asia Pacific Century, Force 2030,

14. Week7 Regional Actors III: India, Pakistan, Russia
Sumit Ganguly, “Nuclear Stability in South Asia,” International Security, Vol. 33, No. 2 (Fall 2008), pp
Christopher J. Pehrson, “String of Pearls: Meeting the Challenge of China's Rising Power across the Asian Littoral,” Strategic Studies Institute, US Army, July 2006,
Olga Oliker, Keith Crane, Lowell H. Schwartz, Catherine Yusupov, Russian Foreign Policy: Sources and Implications (Santa Monica: RAND, 2009), pp ,

15. Week8 PLA Modernization
US Department of Defense, Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China 2012,
Dean Chen, “The China Military Report and What’s Left Unsaid,” WebMemo No. 2987, August 23, 2010, Published by The Heritage Foundation,

16. Week 10 & 11 Scenarios and Military Strategy
William S. Murray, “Revisiting Taiwan’s Defense Strategy.” Naval War College Review, Vol. 61, No. 3 (Summer 2008)
York W. Chen, “The Evolution of Taiwan’s Military Strategy: Convergence and Dissonance,” China Brief, Vol. 9, No. 23, November 19, 2009, pp

17. Week12 Policy Issue I: Missiles and Missile Defenses
David A. Shlapak, David T. Orletsky, Toy I. Reid, Murray Scot Tanner, Barry Wilson, “Chapter 3 Missiles over the Strait: China’s Short-Range Ballistic Missile Force.” A Question of Balance: Political Context and Military Aspects of the China-Taiwan Dispute (Santa Monica, California: RAND, 2009), pp _MG888.pdf
David A. Shlapak, David T. Orletsky, Toy I. Reid, Murray Scot Tanner, Barry Wilson, “Appendix Missile Attacks on Economic Targets on Taiwan,” A Question of Balance: Political Context and Military Aspects of the China-Taiwan Dispute (Santa Monica, California: RAND, 2009), pp

18. Week13 Policy Issue II: Air Defense
David A. Shlapak, David T. Orletsky, Toy I. Reid, Murray Scot Tanner, Barry Wilson, “Chapter 4 Assessing the Air War.” A Question of Balance: Political Context and Military Aspects of the China-Taiwan Dispute (Santa Monica, California: RAND, 2009), pp
David A. Shlapak, David T. Orletsky, Barry A. Wilson, Dire Strait? Military Aspects of the China-Taiwan Confrontation and Options for U.S. Policy (Santa Monica, California: RAND, 2000), pp

19. Week14 Policy Issue III: Joint Interdiction
David A. Shlapak, David T. Orletsky, Toy I. Reid, Murray Scot Tanner, Barry Wilson, “Chapter 5 The Ultimate Roll of the Dice: A Chinese Invasion of Taiwan,” A Question of Balance: Political Context and Military Aspects of the China-Taiwan Dispute (Santa Monica, California: RAND, 2009), pp
Barry D. Watts, “Chapter 9 Power Projection,” The Maturing Revolution in Military Affairs, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, June 2, 2011, pp
Maturing-Revolution-In-Military-Affairs1.pdf

20. Week15 Policy Issue IV: Anti-Landing
Stephen Biddle, “Speed Kills? Reassessing the Role of Speed, Precision, and Situation Awareness in the Fall of Saddam,” The Journal of Strategic Studies, Vol. 30, No. 1 (February 2007), pp
John Gordon, David E. Johnson; Peter A. Wilson “Counterpoint: Air-Mechanization: An Expensive and Fragile Concept,” Military Review, Vol. 87, No. 1 (January-February 2007), pp
Richard J. Newman, “Ambush at Najaf,” Air Force Magazine, Vol. 86, No. 10 (October 2003), pp

21. Week16 Policy Issue V: Coercive Strategy
Serge Walder, “Political Decapitation,” Military Review, Vol. 83, No. 3 (May-June 2003), pp
Timothy R. Reese, “Precision Firepower: Smart Bombs, Dumb Strategy,” Military Review, Vol. 83, No. 4 (July-August 2003), pp
Michael A. Glosny, “Strangulation from the Sea? A PRC Submarine Blockade of Taiwan,” International Security, Vol. 28, No. 4 (Spring 2004), pp

22. Week17 Policy Issue VI: Deterrence by Punishment
Benjamin S. Lambeth, “Chapter Eight Nato’s Air War In Perspective.” NATO's Air War for Kosovo: A Strategic and Operational Assessment (Santa Monica, California: RAND 2001), pp
Robert A. Pape, “Coercive Air Power in the Vietnam War,” International Security, Vol. 15, No. 2 (Fall 1990), pp

23. Grading Class Performance ( 45 % ): 1.Attendance: 10 % 2.Essay: 35 %
Submit Your Term Paper to Peer-reviewed Journals!
If accepted for review, Your Semester Result will be 99!
Class Performance ( 45 % ):
1.Attendance: 10 %
2.Essay: 35 %
Term Paper Proposal ( 20 % ):
1.Oral Presentation: 10 %
2.Proposal Text: 10 %
Term Paper ( 35 % ):
2.Term Paper: 25 %

24. Term Paper Rules of Citations and Quotations Citation Style
Subject & Structure
1. What do you aim to answer?
2. What is your answer in mind?
3. Concentrate the relating arguments!
4. Organize your paragraphs logically!

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