Course calendar.

SES #	TOPICS	KEY DATE
I. Background
1	Introduction
2	International Relations Theory and East Asia
3	Historical Legacies
II. Early Cold War
4	Origins of the Cold War in East Asia
5	Korean War I
6	Korean War II
7	Containment in East Asia	Reading quiz (Undergraduate)
8	Vietnam War
9	Collapse of the China-Soviet Alliance	Précis I due (Graduate)
III. Late Cold War
10	US-China Rapprochement
11	China-Soviet Cold War
12	US-China Normalization and Beyond	Essay I due (Undergraduate)
13	Maintaining Regional Order I: ASEAN	Reading quiz (Undergraduate)
14	Financial Miracles
15	Japan's Emergence
IV. Post-Cold War
16	Ripe for Rivalry?
17	Maintaining Regional Order II: Beyond ASEAN
18	Financial Crisis and Regionalism	Essay I due (Graduate)
19	Crisis in the Taiwan Straits
20	Crisis on the Korean Peninsula	Reading quiz (Undergraduate)
V. China's Rise
21	China's Rise	Précis II due (Graduate)
22	A New Security Dilemma?	Essay II due (Graduate)
23	In-class Exam
24	The U.S. in East Asia
25	Conclusion and Wrap-Up	Essay II due (Undergraduate)