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Department of International Relations · ANU College of Asia and the Pacific
This course focuses on a relatively new category of political actors that are increasingly challenging the state monopoly on the diplomatic realm: non-state actors. The course will survey a vast array of these actors, including NGOs, think tanks, and terrorist groups, and will examine how they function across a variety of diplomatic issues in the Asia-Pacific. Students will study the ways in which non-state actors influence diplomatic activity and, in turn, shape the nature of relations between states in the region.
Report
Learning outcomes 1, 2
Policy Brief
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3
Essay
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 4
10 Hours per week over 12 weeks, comprising 2 hours of seminar attendance, a 1-hour tutorial and 7 hours of self study
Ann M. Florini (ed.) The Third Force: The Rise of Transnational Civil Society, Washington DC: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2000 Shamina Ahmed and David M. Potter, NGOs in International Politics, Bloomfield, CT: Kumarian Press, 2006 Preliminary Reading Week 1: Understanding Non-State Actors: Conceptions and Analytic Frameworks Week 2: NGOs as International Actors Week 3: Traditional Non-State Actors Week 4: Think Tanks Week 5: The End of the Cold War and the Landmines Treaty Week 6: Privatizing Foreign Policy: Private Military Contractors and Lobbying Firms Week 7: Influential Individuals: Eminent Political Figures & Celebrity Diplomats Week 8: Insidious Non-State Actors: Corrupt Corporations, Terrorists, Pirates Week 9: Role of Civil Society in Constraining National Security Policies in the Asia-Pacific Week 10: Transnational Civil Society and Human Rights Week 11: Transnational Advocacy Networks in Japan-Korea Diplomacy: The “Comfort Women” case Week 12: Course Summary and Review