US-SE Asian Rel:Post 9/11 Wrld

3 Credits · Level: Graduate, Undergraduate

This seminar course will examine the relationship between the United States and Southeast Asia in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 terrorist bombings. These bombings led the United States to pay more attention to Southeast Asia due to the links between several militant Islamic groups in the region and the Al Qaeda network. Since 2013, the terrorist threat has increased with the rise of the Islamic State (IS), which remains a threat even though it has lost much territory. The course will cover U.S. relations on the political, economic, and socio-cultural levels with the eleven countries of Southeast Asia: Brunei, Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. The United States is especially concerned about Indonesia, the largest Muslim nation in the world.