Sino-American Relations and International Organizations
Informacje ogólne
Kod przedmiotu: | 2100-MON-SARE |
Kod Erasmus / ISCED: |
14.6
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Nazwa przedmiotu: | Sino-American Relations and International Organizations |
Jednostka: | Wydział Nauk Politycznych i Studiów Międzynarodowych |
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Punkty ECTS i inne: |
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Język prowadzenia: | angielski |
Skrócony opis: |
This seminar is designed to analyze contemporary global issues within the broader frameworks of Sino-American relations and international organizations, focusing on the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the Chinese unification of Taiwan. It will explore the historical foundation o f China and the US relationship and its evolution within the contemporary world order and the postWorld War II security infrastructure based on the United Nations (UN) system, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the European Union (EU), and international conventions. By examining Poland, Taiwan, Ukraine, and other case studies, the seminar participants will be exposed to understand the challenges and opportunities as well as weaknesses and strengths for in-depth analysis of Sino-American relations. |
Pełny opis: |
This seminar is designed to analyze contemporary global issues within the broader frameworks of Sino-American relations and international organizations, focusing on the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the Chinese unification of Taiwan. It will explore the historical foundation of China and the US relationship and its evolution within the contemporary world order and the postWorld War II security infrastructure based on the United Nations (UN) system, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the European Union (EU), and international conventions. By examining Poland, Taiwan, Ukraine, and other case studies, the seminar participants will be exposed to understand the challenges and opportunities as well as weaknesses and strengths for in-depth analysis of Sino-American relations. WEEKLY OUTLINE Week 1 – Introducing the International Political Economy (IPE) framework as a guide to the seminar. Presenting the organizational structure and time management for seminar assignments, deliverable gradings, and other “housekeeping” matters. The Sino-American case study on the Russian invasion and the role of international organizations. Required Readings: Patrick Mendis, Antonina Luszczykiewicz, and Lukasz Zamecki, “Is Beijing Creating a New Sino-Russian World Order? The Russian Invasion of Ukraine Might Change Beijing’s Calculus for Taiwan and the United States,” Harvard International Review, March 8, 2022. Patrick Mendis and Wojciech Michnik, “Strategic Compass for Poland and the EU: How to Manage the Complexity of Sino-American Rivalry and Russian Aggression Against Ukraine,” Harvard International Review, December 20, 2021. Week 2 – Examining the evolving historical links of the Sino-American relationship and its connection to Russia (former Soviet Union), India, and other nations—including the Russian mythology and American liberty. Week 3 – China as a learning-nation and integrating other systems like Marxism (Soviet) and capitalism (American) for its “Confucian Democracy” with Chinese characteristics. Week 4 – Soviet and Chinese history and their experiences to preserve the Communist Party of China as a global force for “Democratic Centralism.” Week 5 – Experience of the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution that defined China’s evolving political leadership, and its involvement in religious, cultural,and international organizations. Week 6 – Overcoming the “century of humiliation” for the “rejuvenation of the Chinesenation” to revive the glory of the Middle Kingdom. Week 7 – The superpower rivalry between autocracy and democracy to create a New World Order. Week 8 – Group presentation I and discussion Week 9 – Group presentation II and discussion Week 10 – The submission of the Final Policy Analysis Paper Notes – Additional readings may be added; the focus of weekly outline may be revised. |
Literatura: |
REQUIRED READINGS Alexander Gabuev, “Why Russia and China Are Strengthening Security Ties: Is the US Driving Them Closer Together?” Foreign Affairs, September 24, 2018. Chris Buckley, “Vows of Change in China Belie Private Warning,” The New York Times, February 14, 2013. Christopher Walker and Jessica Ludwig, “The Meaning of Sharp Power: How Authoritarian States Project Influence,” Foreign Affairs, November 16, 2017. Elbridge Colby and David Ochmanek, “How the United States Could Lose a Great-Power War,” Foreign Policy, October 29, 2019. George F. Kennan, “Stalin and China,” The Atlantic Monthly, May 1961. Edward Crankshaw, “Khrushchev and China,” The Atlantic Monthly, May 1961. James Palmer, “What China Didn’t Learn From the Collapse of the Soviet Union,” Foreign Policy, December 24, 2016. Jeremy Page, “China Spins New Lesson From Soviet Union’s Fall, Chinese Film Blames Soviet Collapse not on Communist System but on Individuals Who Betrayed It,” The Wall Street Journal, December 10, 2013. Michael Beckley, “In Future Wars, the US Military will have Nowhere to Hide,” Foreign Policy, November 20, 2019. Michael M. Sheng, “Mao and China’s Relations with the Superpowers in the 1950s: A New Look at the Taiwan Strait Crises and the Sino-Soviet Split,” Modern China, October 2008. Michael Mandelbaum, “The New Containment: Handling Russia, China, and Iran,” Foreign Policy, February 12, 2019. Nick Frisch, “The Bolsheviks in Beijing: What the Chinese Communist Party Learned From Lenin,” Foreign Affairs, October 18, 2017. Patrick Mendis “Beijing's Ménluó Doctrine: If It was Good for America, Should It be Good for China?” Harvard International Review, Summer 2014. Patrick Mendis and Antonina Łuszczykiewicz, “Is the Summit for Democracy America’s Solution to the China Challenge?” The National Interest, December 7, 2021. Patrick Mendis and Antonina Łuszczykiewicz, “The Power of Autocratic Regimes Amid a Waning Democracy,” The National Interest, July 3, 2021. Patrick Mendis and Antonina Łuszczykiewicz, “The United States Needs India and Taiwan to Counterbalance China: Will the ‘Milk Tea Alliance’ Work?,” SAIS Review of International Affairs, March 5, 2021. Patrick Mendis, Antonina Luszczykiewicz, and Lukasz Zamecki, “Is Beijing Creating a New Sino-Russian World Order? The Russian Invasion of Ukraine Might Change Beijing’s Calculus for Taiwan and the United States,” Harvard International Review, March 8, 2022. Patrick Mendis and Corey Lee Bell, “America Has a Perception Problem in the Indo-Pacific Region,” The National Interest, May 24, 2021. Patrick Mendis and Dominique Reichenbach, “Students Can Save America’s Foreign Policy Agenda,” Harvard International Review, February 8, 2021. Patrick Mendis and Fu-Kuo Liu, “The Early Casualties of the TAIPEI Act in the Post Coronavirus World,” The National Interest, May 17, 2020. Patrick Mendis and Hon-min Yau, “How Biden Can Win the Coming Sino-American Digital Duel,” The National Interest, July 27, 2021. Patrick Mendis and Joey Wang, “China is Touting Its Totalitarianism Taming of the Coronavirus Over US Democratic Failure,” The National Interest, January 10, 2021. Patrick Mendis and Joey Wang, “Peace and War in Sino-America: Forget the Headlines and Follow the Trendlines for a Better World,” Harvard International Review, Summer 2017. Patrick Mendis and Joey Wang, “Target Taiwan: Why China is Desperate for Control of Taipei,” The National Interest, April 24, 2021. Patrick Mendis and Wojciech Michnik, “Strategic Compass for Poland and the EU: How to Manage the Complexity of Sino-American Rivalry and Russian Aggression Against Ukraine,” Harvard International Review, December 20, 2021. Patrick Mendis, “A Rendezvous with Destiny for Two Unsinkable Aircraft Carriers,” SAIS Review of International Affairs, May 21, 2020. Patrick Mendis, “Birth of a Pacific World Order: America’s First Pacific President and Sino-US Relations,” Harvard International Review, Spring 2013. Patrick Mendis, “Divinely Divided: Trump and the Mandate of Heaven,” Harvard International Review, January 31, 2020. Patrick Mendis, “The Plight of Taiwan and China: Trump is No Reagan for the Vatican,”Harvard International Review, October 12, 2020. Patrick Mendis, “The Trump White House and the Hidden Power of Christian Evangelicals: Has China’s Mandate of Heaven been Now Bestowed Upon America?” Foreign Policy News, January 23, 2020. Patrick Mendis, “Will History Repeat Itself With President Trump’s Trade War with China,” The Oxford University Politics Blog, March 29, 2019. Patrick Mendis, Peaceful War: How the Chinese Dream and the American Destiny Create a New Pacific World Order (Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 2013). Robert D. Kaplan, “Eurasia’s Coming Anarchy: The Risks of Chinese and Russian Weakness,” Foreign Affairs, March-April 2016. Simon Denyer, “How Xi Jinping’s Presidency was Shaped by Traumas of Mao and Gorbachev,” The Guardian (London), March 6, 2015; and Simon Denyer, “Twin Historic Traumas Shape Xi Jinping’s China Presidency,” The Washington Post, March 2, 2015. Stapleton Roy and Charles Kraus, “The Communist Domino that Would not Fall: China’s Resilience at the End of the Cold War,” The Wilson Quarterly, Fall 2016. Timothy Snyder, “Ivan Ilyin, Putin’s Philosopher of Russian Fascism,” The New York Review, March 16, 2018 Timothy Snyder, “The Wars of Vladimir Putin,” The New York Review, June 9, 2016. Weijian Shan, “A Delicate Truce in the US-Chinese Trade War: What Both Sides must Do to Forge a Better Peace,” Foreign Affairs, January 13, 2020. Zhihua Shen and Yafeng Xia, “The Great Leap Forward, the People’s Commune and the SinoSoviet Split,” Journal of Contemporary China, November 2011. |
Efekty uczenia się: |
Seminar students will develop and enhance their analytical and presentation skills and learn how to organize information presented in their fields of studies. In other words, students will develop their cognitive skills to “connect the dots” between academic theories and real world applications. They will develop the spirit of teamwork and oral skills while preparing and delivering their presentations to the seminar audience. |
Metody i kryteria oceniania: |
There will be two deliverables: a) Student groups will be assigned to a case study for class presentations; and b) Each student will be given an opportunity to select a policy topic to write a seminar paper. In both cases, they will outline—in groups and individually—the scope of their deliverables and the workplans in consultation with the professor. The seminar will facilitate peer learning and self-directed studies. Students will present their final deliverables at the end of the seminar. They are also expected to prepare for active participation in seminar discussion after completing the assigned weekly readings. This seminar is designed to connect the traditional academic research and the real-life experience in international affairs and public policy. Students are expected to write a seminar paper, present a group project, and participate in role-playing exercises as assigned. By the end of this seminar, students will have demonstrated ability to: • integrate analysis and policy options for selected problems in international affairs, • recognize a relevant policy audience or an international organization, • develop professional and personal interrelation skills with peers to create a conducive work environment, • write a policy article or a memo with a concise executive summary of the analysis and policy options, and • present group analysis and recommendations with visual aids to a target audience. Teaching methods include lectures with multimedia presentations, seminar and group discussions, brainstorming exercises, analysis of assigned readings and other media reports, role playing simulations, and case studies related to Sino-American relations and international organizations. This seminar is intended to promote a participatory learning environment. Active participation is a crucial building block in the seminar success. Students are expected to participate in discussions, peer reviews, presentation exercises, and small group meetings to enhance the collective learning experience. • Attendance and Participation (30 %): seminar participation is essential and will be evaluated on individual contribution to discussions. Seminar attendance is a prerequisite for contribution and discussions; therefore, students will earn points on days they attend seminar, except in the case of an excused absence. Students are required to have all required readings completed prior to each seminar. • Group exercise and presentation (30 %): student groups should identify a specific, internationally relevant issue, related to their field of study. It can be a previous or ongoing conflict or a global problem involving a country or an international organization which the issue is linked. Student groups will consult their topic with the professor. Each group is expected to write a one-page (250 words) outline about the framework and scope of the assignment at the time of the seminar presentation. • Final Policy Analysis Paper (40 %): each student is required to write a 10-15 page Final Policy Analysis Paper on the topic of individual choice in consultation with the professor. The paper should recommend a specific course of actions for a senior government, an international official, or a security council. The seminar consists of 30 didactic hours. The final grade is based on attendance, active participation, group work, and final paper. It is worth 5 ECTS points. The seminar will be held in English. |
Właścicielem praw autorskich jest Uniwersytet Warszawski.