International Security in the Indo-Pacific Region
UndergraduateLTU-POL20012025
Course information for 2025 intake
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 23 Feb 2025
- Entry requirements
- Prior study needed
- Duration
- 12 weeks
- Start dates
- 3 Mar 2025
- Price from
- $2,124
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
International Security in the Indo-Pacific Region
About this subject
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Demonstrate broad knowledge and understanding of the major traditional and critical theories of International Relations on security in the Indo-Pacific.
- Illustrate comprehensive understanding of the historical development of regional cooperation and competition on security-related issues.
- Analyse contemporary debates on the role and effect of regional institutions and actors in the Indo-Pacific.
- Develop and apply skills for research, argument, and analysis in order to communicate, orally and in writing, one's own perspectives on key concepts and security issues in the Indo-Pacific.
- From Asia-Pacific to Indo-Pacific: Old wine in a new bottle?
- Mainstream theoretical approaches (1): War and anarchy
- Non-western theoretical approaches (2): Peace, hierarchy, order
- Great powers: The new Cold War between China and the US?
- Middle powers: Australia in a contested strategic space
- Small states agency: ASEAN amidst geopolitical tensions
- Human security with a feminist lens
- The Anthropocene
- Securitization and migration
- Health security
- Research essay workshop
- The grand challenge and future of security in the Indo-Pacific
This subject explores the international politics of the Indo-Pacific, focusing particularly on questions of international security and strategy. The aims of this course are as follows:
- To introduce you to the international politics of security and strategy in the Indo-Pacific through the lens of contested strategic spaces and geographic sub-regions;
- To integrate an understanding of how the region’s security and strategic arrangements relate to the wider dynamics of international politics;
- To engage with and utilise International Relations theories and concepts, in the context of Indo-Pacific security;
- To provide the analytic and intellectual foundation for further academic research on the region and/or work which requires a sound understanding of the security and strategic dynamics of the contemporary Indo-Pacific;
- To develop further students’ critical and analytical skills through the engagement with a diverse and challenging theoretical and empirical literature, interrogated through the online content material, assessments, and class participation.
- 500-word Essay Plan (10%)
- 1500-word Background Research (40%)
- 2000-word final research essay (50%)
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Entry requirements
Others
Past La Trobe University students who have previously completed POL5IJC (International Security In The Indo-Pacific Region) are ineligible to enrol in this subject.
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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What to study next?
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Health Sciences
UndergraduateLAT-AHS-DEG
UndergraduateLAT-ART-DEG
UndergraduateLAT-HSC-DEG
UndergraduateLAT-BUS-DEG
Bachelor of Information Technology
UndergraduateLAT-TEC-DEG
Bachelor of Psychological Science
UndergraduateLAT-PYS-DEG
UndergraduateLAT-CYS-DEG
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