Master 2025/2026

Security in the Asia-Pacific Region

Type: Elective course (International Relations: European and Asian Studies)

Delivered by: Joint Department with the RAS Institute of China and Contemporary Asia

When: 2 year, 1, 2 module

Open to: students of all HSE University campuses

Instructors: Vasily Kashin

Language: English

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The course provides a perspective of the main issues affecting the security of the Asian Pacific region, the relations between the key regional players and the Russian involvement in the regional affairs. The course will focus on the Chinese policies and will examine the current trends in the development of the Chinese foreign policy, defense, defense industrial policies and their effects on the behaviour of the other regional players. The current structure and evolution of the Chinese State and Party organs involved in the foreign policy and security decision making will also be examined. The final objective is to explain how the quickly evolving security situation in the Asia Pacific is affecting the policies of the countries, big and small all around the world and how they are affecting, and will affect in future, the global economy.