EWHA WOMANS UNIVERSITY

International Organizations
Syllabus for Course 35677, Spring 2012 Tuesday, 2:00 - 3:15pm Thursday, 3:30 - 4:45pm Room IEB 1401

Professor Leif-Eric EASLEY Division of International Studies, Scranton College Easley@ewha.ac.kr Ofce hours: Tuesday,11am-12noon Thursday, 5-6pm University Church 205 (next door to IEB) Course Description This course investigates international organizations related to international security, nance, and social concerns to explain why and how different institutions and regimes matter in international politics and modern life. The objective is to equip students with tools to examine a wide range of international organizations and understand variation in institutional design, purpose and performance. Key concepts include global governance, legitimacy, international law and norms, alliances, NGOs, globalization, sovereignty, international community, transparency, accountability, enforcement, multilateralism and policy coordination. The academic literature on international organizations is sizable, but it struggles to keep up with the proliferation of competing and cooperating institutions in the context of rapid global change. This course introduces various perspectives on international organizations and provides historical background, especially in post-war East Asia. There are no specic prerequisites, but previous study of international politics, economics and social issues will prove helpful. The course will further develop your skills of understanding global trends and events, collaborating with classmates to address current debates, and testing competing explanations for how international organizations affect and are affected by processes of cooperation and conict.

Course Requirements and Grading Class attendance and participation ! Group project and presentation! ! Analytical paper! ! ! ! Wikipedia contribution! ! ! Final examination! ! ! ! 20%! 20% 20% 15% 25%

This course has a strong emphasis on your interacting with the material, by carefully doing the assigned readings before class and taking notes at lecture, and by discussing key questions with your fellow students and offering your thoughts and ideas in class. You will be challenged to hone your presentation skills (group project), improve your analytical writing ability (midterm paper), make a public contribution to knowledge (edit a Wikipedia entry), and demonstrate mastery of the course material in a comprehensive nal exam. Class meetings A typical class meeting will begin with logistical matters and questions, followed by lecture on the subject for that day. You are welcome to ask points of clarication during lecture, but the professor will usually allow time before the end of class for questions and discussion. You are encouraged to ask questions of your fellow classmates, as well as ask the professor for clarication about any points from lecture and the reading. Numerous class meetings will be adjusted in format for the benet of group work and group presentations. A couple class meetings will make use of different multimedia tools and video clips. One or two class meetings may be adjusted to accommodate special guest lectures. This course will be aided by the use of an iPad for instruction. The professor will often use PowerPoint slides during lecture, but the PPTs will not be available in advance. You are encouraged to take detailed notes in class and compare notes with your classmates. The PPT les will be made available online as a study tool before the exam. The best way to master the subjects in this course (and strengthen your core academic skills) is to have fun actively engaging with the material. The professor wants you to be comfortable asking questions and to be bold about sharing your ideas -- there are no bad questions or wrong opinions as long as you make honest effort to learn and treat everyone in the class with mutual respect.

Absence policy Please be aware that Ewha has strict policies about attendance; if you miss too much class, it is impossible to pass a course. In addition to Ewhas requirements, 20% of your grade in this course is based on participation, i.e. showing up and contributing to class. Just about everyone gets sick at some point or has a pressing outside commitment, so missing one class will not affect your participation score. However, two absences (and certainly more than two absences) will negatively affect your participation grade. It seems to be popular at Ewha to bring your professor doctors notes or activity letters...please note that such materials will not make up for missed participation in class. If you miss more than one class and would like to make up participation credit, you can visit ofce hours (within two weeks of your absence) and give a very short (3-5min) presentation. The presentation should cover several points from theassigned reading that were not covered in the lecture slides for the day you were absent. The short presentation is an opportunity to show you have understood the material and gives you a chance to ask the professor any questions you might have in ofce hours. Please note: if you have any personal health issues which may affect your ability to complete any of the assignments for this course in a timely fashion, please bring those issues to the attention of your professor in advance. Your professor wants you to succeed, but if you raise personal issues at the last minute, those look like excuses, and even if those issues are legitimate, it may be too late for other arrangements to be made. So please feel welcome to communicate any special concerns early. Group project and presentation The group project and presentation will give you the opportunity to work closely with your classmates on a specic topic or case study. We will have an organizational class session when you will have time to choose your topic (related to a reading assignment) and receive suggestions from the professor. We will also schedule the date for each groups presentation. Your project presentation should accomplish the following: 1. What were the main points from the assigned reading? Summarize the argument and data presented by the author(s). 2. What are some alternative points of view or alternative explanations to the one presented in the article(s)? (reference some other article or source from your groups research). 3. Did your group develop an opinion on the subject? Was there some points of debate among your group members? Are there any unresolved questions you think the class should think about regarding your topic? Your group should arrange to meet outside of class to complete the project. How you divide up the work is up to you. The group presentation should be about 20 minutes (you will be timed, so practice to make sure you dont go over!) Bring a printed copy of your PPT slides to class to submit to your professor. Your group will receive the paper back with comments and your grade.
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Analytical paper The essay should be 5 pages (double spaced, 12pt font, 2.5cm margins). This is a short essay, but it is not a summary piece or descriptive paper. This is an analytical paper, meaning it will require some preparation, research, and careful organization. You are encouraged to start thinking about your essay topic immediately. You are welcome to bring an outline of your essay (the earlier, the better) to ofce hours to receive feedback from the professor. Your short essay should have three parts, answering the following related questions: 1. Explain a key theory or concept youve learned about in this course or from related materials. Where does the theory/concept come from? What is it for? 2. How does this theory/concept apply to a specic case? You have freedom to write about what you want to write about; you are welcome to be creative. But you should write on a topic different from your group project. 3. What insights can be drawn from your analysis? If you engaged an academic debate, what new angle did you provide by taking a particular approach to your case of interest? Or if you addressed a policy problem, are there particular actions that certain actors (international organizations, national or local governments, NGOs, private citizens, etc.) can take to improve the situation? Include several footnotes to reference material you used to write the paper. Note: the professor will use anti-plagiarism software to check your papers, so please do not copyand-paste text from the Internet. It is very important that your paper represent your own work and ideas and be entirely written by you. You are encouraged to nish your paper early and have someone else read it over to offer feedback and make grammatical corrections. Always spellcheck and proofread your work. Submit your paper to the professor by e-mail before 11:59pm on April 30th. When you e-mail your paper, please send it in Microsoft Word format and name the le with your student ID and name: 0646011 Kim Yu-na.docx for example. Late papers will be marked down 7.5% per day (or fraction thereof). Wikipedia contribution A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away....when your professor was an undergraduate...there was no Wikipedia. Now, the Internet is where students often go rst to address a question. But there are dangers of over-relying on the Internet. Many questions require critical thinking rather than quick fact-checking. And many facts online are incorrect, misleading, biased or open to interpretation. All sources should be read critically, but especially when they are a product of a websearch, as many materials online do not meet the standards of what you would nd in the university library. However, the incredible (and growing) amount of information online and its rapid accessibility is an amazing tool and resource. Doing some initial research online can help us think about a question, and then help us nd relevant and more substantial material in the library. What is more, the Internet can easily allow us to collaborate,
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share our ndings, and facilitate better answers over time. Your assignment is to contribute to such a process. Read the article at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Wikipedia:About. It is recommended that you create an account to edit an article, although this is not required. Choose a term from or related to our course (ask the professor if you are not sure whether your choice is appropriate). Go to the Wikipedia page for that term and print out the article (this is the before copy). Then do the following: 1. Add content/detail to the article. 2. Correct an error or ag a problem in the article. 3. Add a link to another Wikipedia article (cross-reference). 4. Add a citation/reference to the article. In the case that you create a new article (good for you!) then naturally you would not have any existing error to correct. After you are nished editing, print out the revised copy of the article and highlight your contributions. Staple the before and after versions together, and write your name and ID number on the front. This assignment is due in class on May 31st. Late papers will be marked down 7.5% per day (or fraction thereof). Final exam The nal examination will be in class and will include multiple-choice and short-answer questions and a short essay. The exam will be comprehensive, meaning you will be accountable for all material from the semester. The professor will discuss sample questions and provide study tips before the exam. The exam will be Thursday, June 14th at the regular scheduled class time and location. Course Schedule and Required Reading The course is divided up into three parts. Part I is an introduction to the concepts and theories often employed in studying the historical development of international organizations. Part II focuses on how nation-states interact with institutions in post-war East Asia, not only to develop understanding of the role of international organizations in this vital region, but also to see how the approaches from Part I are used to understand Asian cases and their global signicance. Part III uses the theory and history of the previous two sections to address contemporary case studies and issues of practice, that is, policies and current events relevant to international organizations. There are two required texts for this course: Akira Iriye, Global Community: The Role of International Organizations in the Making of the Contemporary World, University of California Press, 2004. [GC] Michael Green and Bates Gill, eds., Asias New Multilateralism: Cooperation, Competition, and Search for Community, Columbia University Press, 2009. [ANM]

Please note that electronic versions are available on Amazon for about $12 for [GC] and about $15 for [ANM]. You will be responsible for all required readings listed below (drawn from [GC] or [ANM] or articles accessible online by weblink provided), as well as occasional short articles on current events distributed by the professor during the semester. For your reference, a list of recommended reading is provided at the end of the syllabus. A good way to earn an A in this course is to enrich your contributions to discussion and your responses to essay and exam questions by drawing from the recommended readings. Tuesday, March 6: Course welcome Personal introductions Review syllabus Part I: Theoretical Approaches and Historical Background Thursday, March 8: What are International Organizations? Whats at stake? Margaret P. Karns and Karen A. Mingst, International Organizations, Chapter 1, Lynne Rienner, 2004; https://www.rienner.com/uploads/47de9f6c16998.pdf. Tuesday, March 13: Group organizational session Reading assignment: before class, skim through the assigned reading below to have a couple choices in mind for your group presentation topic. Thursday, March 15: NO CLASS This class will be rescheduled to accommodate a special guest lecture. In the meantime, try to arrange a meeting with your group to discuss your project. Tuesday, March 20: Where do International Organizations come from? Introduction and Origins of Global Community, Chapters 0 and 1 in [GC]. Thursday, March 22: Different Historical Contexts for International Organizations The New Internationalism and Beyond the Cold War, Chapters 2 and 3 in [GC].

Tuesday, March 27: Development of International Community More States, More Non-state Actors, and The Growth of Civil Society, Chapters 4 and 5 in [GC]. Thursday, March 29: Challenges for Internationalism Toward Global Community, and Conclusion, Chapters 6 and 7 in [GC]. Part II: Nation-States and International Organizations in East Asia Tuesday, April 3: Introduction in International Organizations in East Asia Bates Gill and Michael Green, Unbundling Asias New Multilateralism, Chapter 1 in [ANM]. Explore webpage on the East Asian Summit: http://www.asean.org/aadcp/repsf/ abouteastasiasummit.html. Explore webpage on South Korea-Japan-China trilateral cooperation: http:// www.mofa.go.jp/region/asia-paci/jck/summit.html. Thursday, April 5: Dance of the Superpowers: U.S., China and International Institutions Ralph A. Cossa, Evolving U.S. Views on Asias Future Institutional Architecture, Chapter 2 in [ANM]. Wu Xinbo, Chinese Perspectives on Building an East Asian Community, Chapter 3 in [ANM]. America Reaches a Pivot Point in Asia, Economist, November 2011; http:// www.economist.com/node/21538803. Tuesday, April 10: Korea, Japan and Challenges for Regional Institution-building Lim Wonhyuk, Regional Multilateralism in Asia and the Korean Question, Chapter 4 in [ANM]. Akiko Fukushima, Japans Perspective on Asian Regionalism, Chapter 5 in [ANM].

Thursday, April 12: The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Amitav Acharya, Southeast Asia in Asias Regional Architecture, Chapter 8 in [ANM]. Disputes in the South China Sea, Economist, February 2012; http:// www.economist.com/node/21546033. Explore the ASEAN website: http://www.aseansec.org. Tuesday, April 17: Open or Closed Economic Regionalism? Amy Searight, Emerging Economic Architecture in Asia, Chapter 9 in [ANM]. East Asian Trade, Economist, January 2012; http://www.economist.com/blogs/banyan/ 2012/01/east-asian-trade. Explore the APEC website: http://www.apec.org. Thursday, April 19: Governance and Democracy William Cole and Erik Jensen, Norms and Regional Architecture, Chapter 10 in [ANM]. Democracy and its Enemies, Economist, November 2011; http://www.economist.com/ node/21537908. Tuesday, April 24: NO CLASS No class because of general education midterms. Good luck on your exams! Thursday, April 26: Whither Asias Security Architecture? [This class may be adjusted to accommodate a special guest lecture.] Michael E. OHanlon, Defense Issues and Asias Future Security Architecture, Chapter 11 in [ANM]. Brendan Taylor and William Tow, Challenges to Building an Effective Asia-Pacic Security Architecture, Chapter 13 in [ANM]. **Analytical paper due by e-mail, 11:59pm on Monday, April 30th**

Part III: Current Issues and Policy Debates Tuesday, May 1: Dealing with Disasters, Disease and Transnational Threats Mely Caballero-Anthony, Nontraditional Security and Multilateralism in Asia, Chapter 12 in [ANM]. Explore the World Health Organization website: http://www.who.int/en. Thursday, May 3: Institutional Design and Reform at the United Nations Luisa Blancheld, United Nations Reform: U.S. Policy and International Perspectives, CRS Report RL33848, December 2011; http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RL33848.pdf. Explore the United Nations website: http://www.un.org/en. Tuesday, May 8: International Trade Regulation Ten years of China in the WTO, Economist, December 2010; http://www.economist.com/node/21541408 http://www.economist.com/node/21541448 http://www.economist.com/node/21541461. Explore the World Trade Organization website: http://www.wto.org. Thursday, May 10: Global Financial Contagion and Instability Il-Hyun Yoon, The Changing Role of the IMF: Evidence from Koreas Crisis, Asian Perspective, Vol. 29, No. 2 (2005) pp. 179-201; http://www.asianperspective.org/articles/ v29n2-f.pdf. Explore the International Monetary Fund website: http://www.imf.org/external/about.htm. Tuesday, May 15: Promoting Economic Development Gustav Ranis, Human Development and Economic Growth, Yale Economic Growth Center, Discussion Paper 887, May 2004; http://www.econ.yale.edu/growth_pdf/ cdp887.pdf. Explore the following websites: World Bank http://www.worldbank.org; Asian Development Bank http://www.adb.org.
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Thursday, May 17: Nuclear Nonproliferation Law and Organizations Henry Sokolski, Reviewing the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT), Strategic Studies Institute, 2010, pp. 3-13; http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/ download.cfm?q=987. Explore the website of the 2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit: http:// www.thenuclearsecuritysummit.org. Tuesday, May 22: Negotiating the National and International: Political-economics MR Anand, GL Gupta and Ranjan Dash, The Euro Zone Crisis: Its Dimensions and Implications, Ministry of Finance, Government of India, January 2012; http://mof.gov.in/ WorkingPaper/euro_zone_crisis.pdf. Explore the European Union website: http://europa.eu.int. Thursday, May 24: Negotiating the National and International: Security Charlotte Wagnsson, NATOs Pursuit of Legitimacy in the 21st Century, paper presented at the Pan-European International Relations Conference, Stockholm, September 2010; http://stockholm.sgir.eu/uploads/NATOs%20pursuit%20of %20legitimacy%20in%20the%2021st%20century.pdf. Explore the North Atlantic Treaty Organization website: http://www.nato.int. Tuesday, May 29: Negotiating the National and International: Law Jan Klabbers, An Introduction to International Institutional Law, Cambridge University Press, 2003, pp. 1-15; http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/samples/cam033/2002067359.pdf. Cosy Club or Sword of Righteousness? Economist, November 2011; http:// www.economist.com/node/21540230. Explore the following websites: International Court of Justice http://www.icj-cij.org/homepage/index.php?lang=en International Criminal Court http://www.icc-cpi.int/Menus/ICC?lan=en-GB. **Wikipedia article due in class Thursday, May 31st**

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Thursday, May 31: Grasping for Global Governance: the G-20 viewed from Asia Kemal Dervis, Masahiro Kawai and Domenico Lombardi, eds., Asia and Policymaking for the Global Economy, Brookings, 2011, pp. 1-18; http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/ Files/Press/Books/2011/asiaandpolicymakingfortheglobaleconomy/ asiaandpolicymakingfortheglobaleconomy_chapter.pdf Explore the G-20 website: http://www.g20.org/en. Tuesday, June 5: NGOs: Humanitarian Actors and Global Watchdogs Sarah Michael, The Role of NGOs in Human Security, Hauser Center Working Paper #12, November 2002; http://www.hks.harvard.edu/hauser/PDF_XLS/workingpapers/ workingpaper_12.pdf. Explore the following websites: Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org Freedom House http://www.freedomhouse.org Transparency International http://www.transparency.org. Thursday, June 7: Global Networks Introduction in Anne-Marie Slaughter, A New World Order, Princeton University Press, 2004; http://press.princeton.edu/chapters/i7712.pdf. Tuesday, June 12: Review Session Your opportunity to ask questions about any of the course materials. Thursday, June 14: FINAL EXAM Same room and time as regular scheduled class.

Recommended Reading (many of these titles will be on reserve at the Ewha library) Art, Robert J. and Robert Jervis. 2012. International Politics: Enduring Concepts and Contemporary Issues. Prentice Hall. Acharya, Amitav and Alastair Iain Johnston. 2007. Crafting Cooperation: Regional International Institutions in Comparative Perspective. Cambridge University Press.

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Barnett, Michael and Martha Finnemore. 2004. Rules for the World: International Organizations in World Politics. Cornell University Press. Diehl, Paul and Brian Frederking, eds. 2010. The Politics of Global Governance: International Organizations in an Interdependent World, 4th ed. Lynne Rienner. Gruber, Lloyd. 2000. Ruling the World: Power Politics and the Rise of Supranational Institutions. Princeton University Press. Hawkins, Darren, David A. Lake, Daniel L. Nelson and Michael J. Tierney, eds. 2006. Delegation and Agency in International Organizations. Cambridge University Press. Ikenberry, John. 2000. After Victory: Institutions, Strategic Restraint, and the Rebuilding of Order after Major Wars. Princeton University Press. Karns, Margaret and Karen Mingst. 2009. International Organizations: The Politics and Processes of Global Governance, 2nd ed. Lynne Rienner. Keck, Margaret and Kathryn Sikkink. 1998. Activists Beyond Borders: Advocacy Networks in International Politics. Cornell University Press. Keohane, Robert and Lisa Martin. 1995. The Promise of Institutionalist Theory, International Security 20, pp. 3951. Koremenos, Barbara, Charles Lipson and Duncan Snidal. 2004. The Rational Design of International Institutions. Cambridge University Press. Krasner, Stephen D. 1999. Sovereignty: Organized Hypocrisy. Princeton University Press. Lake, David. 2001. Beyond Anarchy: The Importance of Security Institutions, International Security 26, pp. 129-160. Martello, Marybeth, Peter M. Haas, Sheila Jasanoff and Gene Rochlin, eds. 2004. Earthly Politics: Local and Global in Environmental Governance. MIT Press. Martin, Lisa and Beth Simmons. 1998. Theories and Empirical Studies of International Institutions, International Organization 52, pp. 729757. Martin, Lisa and Beth Simmons, eds. 2001. International Institutions: An International Organization Reader. MIT Press. Mearsheimer, John J. 1995. The False Promise of International Institutions, International Security 19, pp. 5-49.

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Milner, Helen and Andrew Moravcsik, eds. 2009. Power, Interdependence, and Nonstate Actors in World Politics. Princeton University Press. Nye, Joseph S. 2011. The Future of Power. PublicAffairs. Ostrum, Elinor. 1990. Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action. Cambridge University Press. Rosenau, James N. 1997. Along the Domestic-Foreign Frontier: Exploring Governance in a Turbulent World. Cambridge University Press. Ruggie, John Gerard. 1998. Constructing the World Polity: Essays on International Institutionalisation. Routledge. Schechter, Michael G. 2010. Historical Dictionary of International Organizations. Scarecrow Press. Slaughter, Anne-Marie. 2004. A New World Order. Princeton University Press. Snidal, Duncan. 1998. Why States Act through Formal International Organizations, Journal of Conict Resolution 42, pp. 3-32.

Other Recommended Resources Read in the library (or online subscription): Economist, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy. Articles from the journal, International Organization, available at the Ewha library, http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=INO. Podcasts: Economist, Fareed Zakaria GPS CNN, KBS World, NHK World, BBC World, think tanks like CSIS, Brookings, Carnegie, Council on Foreign Relations. iTunes U feeds: Harvard, Stanford, Columbia, UCLA, Johns Hopkins. Use customized web portal like Google News or app like Pulse to keep up with news articles of interest from the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and other top newspapers. United Nations Documentation Center, http://www.un.org/documents. Google Public Data Explorer, http://www.google.com/publicdata/.

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