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This course explores maritime security in Asia, with a focus on the People's Republic of China's maritime power and its consequences for regional order. Students will work to understand the nature of China's maritime rise, and consider how it is shaping regional maritime security dynamics as well as the strategies of the major regional players -- including the US, Japan, India, the Koreas, Australia, and southeast Asian nations. The course begins with the end of the Second World War in the Pacific as the historical baseline for grappling with contemporary regional maritime security questions. Subsequent areas of concentration include: past and present tensions in the Taiwan Strait, maritime disputes in the East and South China Seas, the functions of the US alliance network in the first and second "island chains," regional fisheries management, marine environmental conservation, offshore energy development, and the evolution of international maritime law and order in Asia. While anchoring on China's maritime strategy, the course addresses traditional and non-traditional maritime security issues among all of the major regional stakeholders. Taught by Isaac Kardon