Learning Schedule & Requirements (LSR)

NSA 209: INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS

DATES Modality No. of Session Outline Learning outputs Learning Materials

hours

Week 1: 14-21 November

Saturday OLS 4 SESSION 1: International Security: Reflection/Thinkpiece McDonald, M. 2008.
(05 Dec) Concepts and Issues (Amb. J. “Securitization and the
Domingo) Construction of Security.”
European Journal of International
Relations, 14, 563.

Taureck, R. 2006. “Securitization

Theory and Security Studies.”
Journal of International Relations
and Development, 9, 53-61.
Layne, C. 2020 “Coming Storms:
The Return of Great Power War.”
Foreign Affairs (November-
December)
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 SESSION 2: : Global Mega Trends and
Security in a VUCA World  DNI. Global Trends: Paradox of
Monday OLA 4 A. Global Mega Trends [PPT] Progress.
(7 Dec) - Dr A Arugay https://www.dni.gov/index.ph
p/global-trends/near-future
B. Contemporary Security Issues –  International Institute for
Dr. C Willoughby Strategic Studies. 2020.
Military Balance 2020.
Marlon - Pro

Tues OLA 4 C. Regional Mega Trends [PPT] Reflection Paper  Tay, SC, et al. Global
(8 Dec)  Dr A Arugay Megatrends and the ASEAN
Economic Community: Regional
Integration in Context
 ASEAN-ISIS. ASEAN Vision 2025
Midterm Assessment Report.

SESSION 3: Alternative Concepts in

International Security
A. Nontraditional Security  Martel, S.2017. From ambiguity
 Dr M Finaud [Video] to contestation: discourse (s) of
B. Nontraditional Security Issues non-traditional security in the
Wednesday
OLA 4 In Southeast Asia [PPT] ASEAN community. The
(9 Dec)
 Dr A Arugay Pacific Review, 30(4), pp.549-
565.
 Caballero–Anthony, M., 2017.
From comprehensive security
to regional resilience: Coping
with nontraditional security
challenges. Building ASEAN
Community, p.123.
 Caballero-Anthony, M., 2015.
Community security: human
security at 21. Contemporary
 Politics, 21(1), pp.53-69.

Thursday OLA 4 C. Gender and Security Reflection Paper  Goetz, A.M. and Jenkins, R.,
(10 Dec)  Dr A Powles [Video] 2016. Gender, security, and
 Gender Issues in governance: the case of
Security Sector Reform Sustainable Development Goal
[PPT] 16. Gender &
Development, 24(1): 127-137.
 Bastick, M., 2017. Gender,
militaries and security sector
reform. In The Palgrave
International Handbook of
Gender and the Military (pp.
387-402). Palgrave Macmillan,
London.

Friday OLA 4 D. Defense Diplomacy  Cai, P., 2016. ASEAN’s defense

(11 Dec)  Mr Mike Thompson [Video] diplomacy and China’s military
diplomacy. Asia policy, (22),
pp.89-95.
 Ba, A.D., 2017. ASEAN and the
changing regional order: the
ARF, ADMM, and ADMM-
Plus. ASEAN@ 50 Building
ASEAN Community: Political–
Security and Socio-cultural
Reflections, pp.146-157.

Saturday OLS 6 SESSION 4: Philippine Statecraft and Group Workshop  Hurd, I. 2011. “Law and the
(12 Dec) Foreign Policy Framework Practice of Diplomacy.”
A. Philippine Foreign Policy
(Amb. J. Domingo) International Journal, Summer,
581-596.
 http://legal.un.org/ilc/texts/ins
 truments/english/conventions/
9_1_1961.pdf
 Magcamit, M., 2020. The
Duterte method: A neoclassical
realist guide to understanding
a small power’s foreign policy
and strategic behaviour in the
Asia-Pacific. Asian Journal of
Comparative Politics, 5(4),
pp.416-436.

Week 2: 23 - 28 November

Monday OLS 3 B. Track Two Diplomacy Reflection Paper  Kraft, H.J.S., 2000. “The
(14 Dec)  Dr A Arugay [Video] Autonomy Dilemma of Track
 Asia Pacific Two Diplomacy in Southeast
Roundtable Videos Asia. Security Dialogue, 31,3,
343-356.
 Martel, S., 2020. The Polysemy
of Security Community-
Building: Toward a “People-
Centered” Association of
Southeast Asian Nations
(ASEAN)?. International Studies
Quarterly, 64(3), pp.588-599.

Tuesday SESSION 5: Multilateralism, ASEAN

(15 Dec) Regionalism and Geopolitics
OLS 3 A. UN and International Security  Thakur, R., 2016. The United
 Atty I. Bailen [Video] Nations, peace and security:
from collective security to the
responsibility to protect.
Cambridge University Press.
[Chapters]
 [Video documentary]  Arugay, A.A., C. Misalucha-
Willoughby, and J. Amador III.
2019. “Quad to Zero? Filipino
Perceptions of the Quad, the
Indo-Pacific, and the Alliance
System”. APPFI Research Paper
RSA-2019-04. Quezon City: Asia
Pacific Pathways to Progress
Foundation Inc.

Wednesday OLS 3 B. US Alliances & Regional Security  Goh, E.” Hierarchy and the role
(16 Dec) - Dr. A Yeo [Video] of the United States in the East
Asian security order.”
International Relations of the
Asia-Pacific, 8, 3, 353-377.
 Envall, H.D.P, and I. Hall. “Asian
Strategic Partnerships: New
Practices and Regional Security
Governance.” Asian Politics &
Policy, 8,1, 87-105.

Thursday OLS 3 C. Geopolitics of Southeast Asia Movie Review  Ali, M.2017. “US-China
(17 Dec) - Dr A Arugay [PPT & Video] Strategic Triangles: Theory and
Reality of Indo-Pacific.” In US-
Chinese Strategic Triangles:
Examining Indo-Pacific
Insecurity. Springer: 1-38.
 Baviera, Aileen S.P. 2017
"Challenging Geopolitical
Seascapes: Southeast Asia and
the Big Powers in the South
China Sea.” In New Zealand
National Security: Challenges,
Trends and Issues, edited by
 William Hoverd, Nick Nelson
and Carl Bradley, 74–89. New
Zealand: Massey University
Press.

Friday SAE 8 Writing Break Movie Review

(18 Dec)

Saturday OLS 4 SESSION 6: International Security Sit-Down Essay

(19 Dec) Imperatives for the Philippines
- Course Integration (Dr A Arugay)

TOTAL 54
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