China in International Relations

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Course description: The aim of the course is:

1/To identify the structure and process of the Chinese Foreign Policy

2/To understand the civilizational context of China,s decision and actions

3/To assess the international status of China as a great power

Course outline:

I.Introductory session

II. China,s Foreign Policy System

Readings:

1.Suisheng Zhao, Top – Level Design and Enlarged Diplomacy: Foreign and Security Policymaking in Xi Jinping’s China, Journal of Contemporary China, 14 March 2022.

2. Shengsong Yue, Toward a Global Partnership Network: Implications, Evolutions and Prospects of China’s Partnership Diplomacy, The Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies, 15 February 2019.

III . Chinese Visions of the World.

Readings.

1. S. Mokry, China,s foreign policy rhetoric between orchestration and cacophony ,The Pacific Review,2024,37/2/,p.360-387

2. K. Poznański, Confucian Economics, How is Chinese Thinking Different Economic Journal, 2017,10/3/,s.362-384

IV. Contemporary China’s International Relations Perceptions.

Readings.

1. Yi Edward Yong, China,s Strategic Narratives in Global Governance Reform under Xi Jinping, Journal of Contemporary China,2021,no.128. p.299-313.

2. Sung-han Kim,Sanghoon Kim ,China,s contestation of the liberal international order, The Pacific Review, 2023,36/6/, p. 1215-1240

V.China in IR: American Scholar Perspective.

Readings:

1. A. Johnson, Is China a Status-Quo Power, International Security, 2003, no. 4, p. 5-56.

2. J. Mearsheimer, The Gathering Storm: China Challenge to US Power in Asia, Chinese Journal of International Politics, 2010, no. 4, p.380-404.

3. J. Nye, How not to deal with rising China: a US perspective, International Affairs, 2022,no.5,p.1635-1651

VI. China in IR: Chinese Scholar Perspective.

Readings.

1. Feng Liu, Balance of Power ,balance of alignment and China,s role in the regional order transition, The Pacific Review, 2023,no. 2,p. 261-283

2. Xiaoyu Pu, ChengLi Wang, Rethinking China’s Rise. Chinese Scholar Debates Strategic Overstreach, International Affairs, 2018, no. 5, p. 1019-1035.

VII .China in the World Economy.

Readings

1.N. McDonagh, China,s Socialist market economy and the systemic rivalry in the multilateral trade order, Australian Journal of International Affairs,2022,no.6,p. 712-733.

2. Ligang Song, The Future of multilateralism in the Post-pandemic World ,China and the World Economy, 19 January 2023.

VIII. US – China,s Indo-Pacific Strategy

Readings:

1.D Scott, China,s Indo-Pacific Strategy: The problem of Success, Journal of Territorial and Maritime Studies of,2019, no.2,p. 94-113

2. C. Fung and others, Conditioning China,s Influence: Internationality ,Intermediaries and Institutions, Journal of Contemporary China, 2023.no.139, p. 1-16

IX. China – EU Relations

Readings:

1.Zhongping Feng, Internal and External Factors affecting China- EU relations, China International Strategy Review,2022,no.1,s. 74-90.

2. N. Casarini, A European Strategic “Third Way”. European Union between traditional transatlantic alliance and the pull of Chinese Market, China International Strategic Review, 2022.no4, p. 91-107.

X. China – US Bipolar system.

Readings:

1 F. Bergsten, China and the United States: The Contest for Global Economic Leadership, China and World Economy, 2018, no. 5, p. 12-37.

2.Ch. Layne, Preventing the China – US Cold War from Turning Hot, The Chinese Journal of International Politics, 2020, no. 3, p. 343-385.

3. Kai He ,Huiyun Feng, International Order Transition and US- China strategic competition, The Pacific Review, 2023,no. 2,p. 234-260

Course assessment:

1.Course length: 20 h/10 meetings/

2.Discoursive approach will be used as a method of study

3.Class lecture and discussion will be centered on the readings assigned in this syllabus.

4. Final assessment consists of two parts:

a) Students are required to come to all class

b) Students are required to prepare presentation and actively took part in a discussion (positive effects on grade).