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LEC # TOPICS KEY DATES (UNDERGRADUATE) Key Dates (Graduate)
I. Background
1 Introduction    
2-3 International Relations Theory and East Asia    
4 Historical Legacies    
II. Early Cold War
5 Origins of the Cold War in East Asia    
6 Korean War I    
7 Korean War II    
8 Containment in East Asia    
9-10 Vietnam War    
III. Later Cold War
11 Collapse of the China-Soviet Alliance    
12 US-China Rapprochement   Précis I due in class
13 In Class Exam Exam I  
14 China-Soviet Cold War    
15 US-China Normalization and Beyond Question for essay I distributed Question for essay I distributed
16 Maintaining Regional Order I    
17 Financial Miracles Essay I due in class Essay I due in class
IV. Post-Cold War
18 Ripe for Rivalry?    
19 Rise of China    
20 Financial Crisis and Regionalism    
21 Maintaining Regional Order II    
22 Crisis in the Taiwan Straits?    
23 Crisis on the Korean Peninsula? Question for essay II distributed (two days after lecture 22) Précis II due in class

Question for essay II distributed (two days after lecture 22)
24 In Class Exam Exam II  
25 East Asia After September 11th    
26 Conclusion Essay II due in class Essay II due in class