The Asia-Pacific region is undergoing rapid changes that present both great opportunities and enormous challenges in a number of areas. The complex interactions across states, institutions, and local communities in the region will determine how the region addresses its major governance challenges, such terrorism, refugees, health, drugs, economic development, and the environment. Using these issues as weekly topical case studies, this course focuses on how the wide range of actors in the Asia-Pacific region attempt to comprehend and resolve governance and policy problems.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
- identify the key concepts, issues and challenges that influence the dynamics of policymaking in the Asia-Pacific today and into the future;
- demonstrate an understanding of the sources of these concepts, issues and challenges and their historical development in the region;
- use these concepts in order to critically analyse and evaluate alternative policymaking dilemmas and solutions across the region and globally; and
- develop the writing, research, and analytical skills needed to effectively communicate, orally and in writing, their own perspectives on these issues, both to scholarly audiences and to practitioners in the field, whether in government or the non-governmental sector
- apply the knowledge developed through the course to critically analyse case studies relating to governance challenges in the region
Other Information
Course Topics:
- Introduction to Global Governance in the Asia Pacific
- Main approaches to global governance and security for the Asia Pacific
- Governance in militarism and nuclear crises
- Governance in territorial disputes and maritime crises
- Governance and Political Crises
- Governance in violent crises and armed conflicts
- Governance in health pandemics
- Governance and economic crises
- Governance in the face of fundamentalist ideologies and violent extremisms
- Governance and environmental crises
- Crisis and Governance in the Information Age
- Re-visioning Security in ‘crisis-prone’ Asia Pacific
Indicative Assessment
- 1. Class participation and course engagement (10) [LO 1,2,3,4,5]
- 2. Short Essay (1000 words) (20) [LO 1,2]
- 3. Case study Infographic (1500 words) (30) [LO 1,2,3,4,5]
- 4. Take home Exam (2000 words) (40) [LO 1,2,3,4]
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Workload
This course comprises some 130 hours of activity over 12 weeks, including some 24 hours of lectures or an equivalent activity and some 12 hours of tutorials or equivalent activity. The course comprises a maximum of 6000 words of assessment or the equivalent. Please note this is a general guide, averaged over the semester and the final hours ultimately depend on the individual's ability in reading and writing.
Requisite and Incompatibility
Prescribed Texts
TBA
Fees
Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.
Commonwealth Support (CSP) Students
If you have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). More information about your student contribution amount for each course at Fees.
- Student Contribution Band:
- 14
- Unit value:
- 6 units
If you are a domestic graduate coursework student with a Domestic Tuition Fee (DTF) place or international student you will be required to pay course tuition fees (see below). Course tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.
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| Units | EFTSL |
|---|---|
| 6.00 | 0.12500 |
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First Semester
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3276 | 23 Feb 2026 | 02 Mar 2026 | 31 Mar 2026 | 29 May 2026 | In Person | N/A |