ATS1056 · Geopolitical security in the Indo-Pacific

Overview

This unit will provide you with a wide-ranging introduction to the core geopolitical challenges in the Indo-Pacific region, including great power competition; emerging and middle powers; competing regional and international organisations; democratic versus authoritarian states; liberal versus illiberal values; developmental and human security challenges; climate change; and migration and refugee flows. In this unit, you will learn through case-study materials, in-class group discussions and presentations from specialists in the area. This unit will provide you with a wide-ranging introduction to the core geopolitical challenges in the Indo-Pacific region, including great power competition; emerging and middle powers; competing regional and international organisations; democratic versus authoritarian states; liberal versus illiberal values; developmental and human security challenges; climate change; and migration and refugee flows. In this unit, you will learn through case-study materials, in-class group discussions and presentations from specialists in the area.

Areas of study: International relations

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Within semester assessment 100%

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

The Handbook lists no prerequisite, corequisite or prohibition for this unit.

Learning outcomes

1. investigate the Indo-Pacific as a contested geopolitical territorial and maritime space;
2. identify and contextualise the core conventional and human security challenges in the Indo-Pacific in the 21st century;
3. apply the knowledge and literacy you have gained on Indo-Pacific regional organisations; bilateral, plurilateral and multilateral agreements and regional governance; flashpoints for conflict; and the perspectives of major regional actors, including Australia’s growing role in the region, and apply these skills to specific issues and problems;
4. apply international relations theories and perspectives to the major challenges in the region, through critical written and oral engagement with scholarly analysis and case-study material.

Workload

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.