| I. Background |
| 1 | Introduction | |
| 2 | International Relations Theory and East Asia | |
| 3 | Historical Legacies | |
| II. Early Cold War |
| 4 | Origins of the Cold War in East Asia | |
| 5 | Korean War I | |
| 6 | Korean War II | |
| 7 | Containment in East Asia | Reading quiz (Undergraduate) |
| 8 | Vietnam War | |
| 9 | Collapse of the China-Soviet Alliance | Précis I due (Graduate) |
| III. Late Cold War |
| 10 | US-China Rapprochement | |
| 11 | China-Soviet Cold War | |
| 12 | US-China Normalization and Beyond | Essay I due (Undergraduate) |
| 13 | Maintaining Regional Order I: ASEAN | Reading quiz (Undergraduate) |
| 14 | Financial Miracles | |
| 15 | Japan's Emergence | |
| IV. Post-Cold War |
| 16 | Ripe for Rivalry? | |
| 17 | Maintaining Regional Order II: Beyond ASEAN | |
| 18 | Financial Crisis and Regionalism | Essay I due (Graduate) |
| 19 | Crisis in the Taiwan Straits | |
| 20 | Crisis on the Korean Peninsula | Reading quiz (Undergraduate) |
| V. China's Rise |
| 21 | China's Rise | Précis II due (Graduate) |
| 22 | A New Security Dilemma? | Essay II due (Graduate) |
| 23 | In-class Exam | |
| 24 | The U.S. in East Asia | |
| 25 | Conclusion and Wrap-Up | Essay II due (Undergraduate) |
