Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Professional Education “Peoples' Friendship University of Russia”

Faculty of Economics

ANNOTATION OF THE ACADEMIC DISCIPLINE

Regional Studies

Discipline Political geography of East Asia Discipline volume 3 credits (108 hrs)

Course description Course topics Summary of the topics

Section I. East Asia as a geographical region, and history of the formation of his political maps Political Geography: subject and methods The course content and objectives. Political Geography: subject and methods. Classification and typology of the elements of the political map. State territory, borders, ADT state as the most important elements of the political map. Elements of the political map as objects of study of political geography.

Historical and geographical contours of the East Asia in the "wide" and "narrow" East Asian macro-region sense. Indeed East Asia and South East Asia as part of a unified East Asia (Asia- Pacific) macro-region. Scientific approaches to its delimitation. Zoning of East and South-East Asia, adopted in the socio-economic, historical, political and cultural geography. Forms of government and the board of the East Asian countries in the macro-region Republic and monarchy in East and South-East Asia, their typological diversity. Their state-territorial structure. Federated and unitary state. Areas with an autonomous status within the countries of East and Southeast Asia. Mosaic of political regimes in the macro-region countries.

Natural conditions in East and South- Physical-geographical regions of East East Asia and Southeast Asia. The influence of natural factors on the nature of the settlement and the economic development of the territory. The role of the physical and geographical conditions in the historical development of different regions. Asia-Pacific region as the "Monsoon Asia". Natural boundaries and frontiers in the East Asian area, their political and geographical significance.

Socio-economic types of states on the Socio-economic diversity of the political map of the East Asian macro-region countries of East and Southeast Asia. Japan, as the largest economically advanced country. China - economic and demographic giant with a low index of GDP per capita. The notion of "newly industrialized countries". Typological features of the newly industrialized countries of East and Southeast Asia, "the first wave" and the "second wave" (comparisons).

East Asian macro-region as a Historical, cultural and geo- geohistorical and geocivilizational space civilizational features of East and South-East Asia. Chinese civilization as the core of the East Asian macro-geohistorical. Chinese, Korean and Japanese historical and cultural centers in their geocivilizational interaction. Southeast Asia as a region of historical and cultural synthesis and interaction of Chinese and Indian civilizations. Indochina Peninsular Malay Archipelago and the island as a geographical, historical and cultural sub- regions of Southeast Asia.

Stages of historical and geographical Characteristic features of the formation features of the formation of the political map of the political map of East Asia ( "narrow" of East Asia (in the "narrow" sense) before the interpretation of the region) before the colonial era beginning of the colonial era. Its ancient state formations. Vector promotion of Chinese civilization from north to south (from the Yellow River Basin in the Yangtze basin), a political and geographical consequences. Chinese cultural influence in the sub-regions of East Asia outside of China - on the Korean peninsula and the Japanese islands. China and Tibet: the historical and geographical trajectory of the interaction. China and the peoples of the Great Steppe. The Mongols and the Chinese civilization. Historical waves of Japanese settlement and the formation of its political map.

Stages of historical and geographical Characteristic features of the formation features of formation of political map of of the political map of Southeast Asia prior to Southeast Asia prior to the colonial era the colonial era. The ancient state formations of the region. Local traditions and institutions, Indian and Chinese cultural and political influence in mainland Indochina, on the Sunda Islands and the Moluccas. Srivijaya and Majapahit. Geography of the Muslim expansion in the islands of the Malay Archipelago in the XIII-XV centuries.

Colonialism in the history of the formation Colonial period in the history of the of the political map of East and South-East Asia East Asian macro-region and its importance for the formation of the political map of Eastern (in the "narrow" interpretation) and South-East Asia. Portuguese and Spanish colonial conquests in Asia-Pacific macro- region in the XVI century. Dutch East India Company - an instrument of the colonial expansion of the Netherlands in the XVII century. The Anglo-French colonial rivalry in the East and South-East Asia in the XVIII- XIX centuries. Start of the colonial expansion of the US, Germany and Japan in East Asia. The contradictions between the major colonial powers (Britain, France, USA, Germany, Japan, Russia) in the Asia-Pacific macro-region on the eve of the First World War).

Section ΙΙ. Political map and Political Geography of East Asia in the twentieth century - beginning of the XXI century.

The political map of the macro-region in Russian-Japanese War of 1904-1905. the twentieth century - beginning of the XXI and its political and geographical century. consequences. Changes in the political map of Asia-Pacific macro-region as a result of the First World War. Geography of Japanese expansion in East and South-East Asia in the 1930s. The political map of the macro-region during the Second World War. The defeat of Japan in 1945 and the collapse of the Japanese colonial empire. The collapse of the colonial system in East and South-East Asia after the Second World War. The path to the independence of the countries of Indo-China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore. The Chinese revolution and its geopolitical importance. The war on the Korean peninsula and the Korean division. Two of the Vietnam War in the second half of the twentieth century. Chinese and Japanese geopolitics in the second half of XX - beginning of XXI centuries. (comparison). . The population of East and South-East Demographic Overview of East and Asia and the political and geographical aspects Southeast Asia. The reproduction of the of its study population, demographic trends and factors of development. Features of the distribution of population and contrasts in its density. Urban and rural population in East and South-East Asia. The geographical features of the development of urbanization. Migration of the population. Political and geographical aspects of the demographic situation in the East and South-East Asia. Population policies in the macro-region countries; evaluation of its effectiveness.

Ethno-cultural geography of East and South- The racial and ethnic composition of East Asia the population of the East Asian macro- region: an overview. Ethnic processes and their specifics in different regions and countries. Language families and groups, especially their distribution in East and Southeast Asia. Time.The countries and monoethnic dominant. Ethnic minorities and the problems of their acculturation. Ethnic identity and cultural regionalism. Features of ethnic and language policy in different countries in East and Southeast Asia.

Confessional geography of East and Confessional map of East Asia (Asia- South-East Asia Pacific), and macro-political and geographical aspects of its study. Buddhism - the oldest and dominant in the East and South-East Asia, World Religion. Discussion questions to determine the number of Buddhists in Eastern and South- East Asia. Lamaism (Vajrayana Buddhism) in Mongolia and Tibet. Historical and geographical features of the spread of Hinduism in Southeast Asia; his fate in the countries of Indochina peninsular and in the Malay islands. Civilizational role of Confucianism in China and other East Asian countries. Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism in China, their interaction. Islam and Christianity in the South-East and East Asia (comparison). geographicalˌjēəˈgrafikəl geographical – определения имя прилагательное of or relating to geography. There are enough clinics for the geographical area covered by the township, she says. Похожие слова geographical features, geographical area geographical: варианты перевода имя прилагательное географический geographical, geographic

Territorial disputes and claims, ethnic Typology of political and and religious conflicts in East and South-East geographical conflicts and problems of Asia East and Southeast Asia. Conflicts regarding the disputed territory. Problems

of territorial cohesion (territorial control). Unrecognized states. Taiwan problem. "Chopped nation" in East and South-East Asia. Confrontation and integration of North and South Vietnam. Two Koreas. The nations without state and separatist movements.

China on the political map of East Asia Physical and geographical features of the Great China Plain. Pool Yellow River and the Yangtze basin as territorial centers of regional subcultures in China. Huge territorial socio-economic contrasts in the PRC and their political and geographical aspects. Hong Kong's status (Hong Kong) and Macau (Macau) in China since the end of the twentieth century. Chinese civilization and Chinese statehood: problems of correlation of spatial contours. China and Taiwan. Chinese Singapore. Chinese Huaqiao in South-East Asia. Japan on the political map of East Asia Japan on the political map of East Asia. The natural conditions of the country and their impact on human settlement, the territorial structure of the economy and society. The specifics of the socio-cultural code of Japanese civilization. High spatial concentration of the population and the economy as a factor of political and geographical differences in the Japanese islands. Features Japan's political geography. Japanese geopolitics. Territorial problems and Japan's disputes with neighboring countries (Russia, China, South Korea).

Indochina Peninsular The natural conditions of the peninsular Indochina. Physico-geographical, historical and cultural differences between the countries of the peninsula. The Indian and Chinese civilization and cultural influence in the region (comparison). Political and geographical characteristics of the countries of Indochina. The problems of socio- economic, demographic and socio-cultural development, their political and geographical aspects.

The island nations of Southeast Asia Countries Malayan and Philippine archipelagos and their geographical and socio-cultural identity. Historical Geography of the European colonization of the Philippines, the Sunda Islands and the Moluccas. Specific features of decolonization The political and geographical characteristics of the Philippines, Indonesia, the island part of Malaysia, Brunei. The problems of socio- economic, demographic and socio-cultural development, their political and geographical aspects.

Developers: Associate Professor of Department V.N.Streletsky Head of the Department V.N.Holina