The Geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific

About this subject

• What you'll learn

  On successful completion of this subject, you will be able to:

  1. Apply an in-depth understanding of geopolitical analysis, geopolitical theories, and geostrategy to the current international political dynamic in Asia.
  2. Demonstrate an understanding of the differences between classical and critical geopolitics. Students will be able to apply different methods for analysing geopolitics and to critically assess geopolitical questions through different analytical lenses.
  3. Apply in-depth understanding about the historical evolution of modern geopolitics in Asia. Students will be equipped with the knowledge of historical case studies of geopolitically important changes before and after the Cold War, and the implications for scholarly understandings of geopolitical study.
  4.  Apply geopolitical analysis and integrated knowledge to assess the significance of current trends in this area and the related implications for scholarship and the policy world.

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• Assessments

• Textbooks

• About Macquarie University

Entry requirements

Part of a degree

To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:

Core

• MAQ-STP-GCE-2026 - Graduate Certificate of Strategic Policy
• MAQ-STS-MAS-2026 - Master of Strategy and Security

Equivalent subjects

You should not enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:

• MAQ-PICX901 (Not currently available)

• MAQ-PICX860 (Not currently available)

Others

NCCW (pre-2020 units) PICX901, PICT860, PICX860
NCCW (2020 onwards) PICT8060
Prerequisites: Admission to GradCertStrategicPolicy or MStrategySec or MPICT or MCPICT or GradDipPICT or GradDipCPICT or PGCertPICT or MPICTMIntSecSt or MCPICTMIntSecSt or MIntSecStud or GradDipIntSecStud or GradCertIntell or MCTerrorism or MCyberSec or GradDipSecStudCr or GradCertSecStudCr or MIntell or MSecStrategicStud or MCrim or MSecStrategicStudMCrim or MSecStrategicStudMIntell or MSecStrategicStudMCyberSec or MSecStrategicStudMCTerrorism or MIntellMCrim or MIntellMCyberSec or MIntellMCTerrorism or MCyberSecMCTerrorism or MCyberSecMCrim or MCTerrorismMCrim or Master of Cyber Security Analysis or (10cps at 6000 level or 10cps 8000 level).

Additional requirements

• Other requirements - Students who have an Academic Standing of Suspension or Exclusion under Macquarie University's Academic Progression Policy are not permitted to enrol in OUA units offered by Macquarie University. Students with an Academic Standing of Suspension or Exclusion who have enrolled in units through OUA will be withdrawn.

Study load

0.125 EFTSL

This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

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