NS4641 Political and Ethnic Violence in South East Asia

This course will examine the sources of political and ethnic violence in the South East Asia region.

Identify and elaborate on a range of the most critical cases of intrastate political and ethnic violence in Southeast Asia, past and present, including cases of genocide, politicide, terrorism, insurgency, ethnonationalism and coups d’état.
Explain key drivers of ethnic and political violence, including relative economic deprivation, relative political deprivation, nationalism, instrumentalism, fundamentalism, and ideology, inter alia.
Describe a range of violent and non-violent state responses to political mobilizations, including but not limited to mobilizations for democratization and group rights, as well as territorial autonomy and/or independence movements.
Evaluate attempts at conflict management/resolution – including military suppression, multiparty democracy, regional autonomy and power-sharing – and determine what qualifies as success or failure in responding to political and ethnic violence.