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CHINESE POLITICS AND FOREIGN POLICY COURSE IDENTIFICATION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

Code Name of the Course Unit Semester In-Class Hours (T+P) Credit ECTS Credit
POL460 CHINESE POLITICS AND FOREIGN POLICY 5 3 3 6

WEEKLY COURSE CONTENTS AND STUDY MATERIALS FOR PRELIMINARY & FURTHER STUDY

Week Preparatory Topics(Subjects) Method
1 - Introduction lecturing, discussion, question and answer
2 Lantaigne, 2019, chp 1, p:1-27. Looking into Chinese Foreign Policy in General with Realist and Liberal Lenses lecturing, discussion, question and answer
3 Lantaigne, 2019, chp 1, p:1-27. Looking at China's relations in general with great powers and neighbours lecturing, discussion, question and answer
4 Lantaigne chp2, 27-54 Comparing Jiang Zemin's, Hu Jintao's and Xi Jinping's Foreign Policy Priorities lecturing, discussion, question and answer
5 Lantaigne, 2019, chp 2, p:27-54. Domestic Actors of Chinese Foreign Policy lecturing, discussion, question and answer
6 Lantaigne, 2019, chp 6, p:142-170. Different Dimensions of China and USA Relations lecturing, discussion, question and answer
7 Lantaigne, 2019, chp 6, p:142-170. Katie Quan, (2018)Prospects for US-China Union Relations in the Era of Xi and Trump, in Gilded Age, eds Ivan Franceschini, Nicholas Loubere. Different Dimensions of China and USA Relations lecturing, discussion, question and answer
8 - MID-TERM EXAM -
9 Lantaigne, 2019, p:206-209. Vasily Kashin and Alexander Lukin (2018) "Russian-Chinese Security Cooperation in Asia" Asia Politics & Policy, Vol 10, No 4,614–632. David Kerr (2010) "Central Asian and Russian perspectives on China’s strategic emergence" International Affairs 86: 1 (2010) 127–152. Different Dimensions of China and Russian Federation Relations lecturing, discussion, question and answer
10 Lantaigne, p:173-178 (Japan); 178-181 (Soth Korea); 181-186 North Korea. Zheng Wang (2013) Perception Gaps, Identity Clashes. James Reilly (2006)"China's History Activism and Sino-Japanese Relations",CIJ, Vol 4, No 2, 189-216. Different Dimensions of China and Japan, South Korea and North Korea Relations (East China Sea Dispute) lecturing, discussion, question and answer
11 Lantaigne, 2019, 186-191. Ramses Amer(2015) "The South China Sea: Achievements and Challenges to Dispute Management", Asian Survey , Vol. 55, No. 3, 618-639 Different Dimensions of China and Southeast Asian Countries (South China Sea Dispute) lecturing, discussion, question and answer
12 Lantaigne, 2019, 219-221 S.K. Bhutani (2009) "China and India Competing Friends or Rivals" IQ, 65 (4) 383–91. Different Dimensions of China and South Asian Countries (India, Pakistan) lecturing, discussion, question and answer
13 Lantaigne, 2019, p:209-219. David Shinn (2013)"China in Africa: Savior or self-interest?"Great Decisions, eat Decisions (2013), pp. 85-96, Foreign Policy Association. Different Dimensions of China’s Relations with Africa, Latin America and Middle East. lecturing, discussion, question and answer
14 Lantaigne, p:86-113. China and International Institutions lecturing, discussion, question and answer
15 (2015) Chinas Grand Plans BRI and AIIB, Chines American Forum. SHASHI THAROO (2015) Chinas Silk Road Revival and the Fears it stirs,NPQ. China and Bealth and Road Initiative (BRI) lecturing, discussion, question and answer
16 - FINAL EXAM -
17 - FINAL EXAM -