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This is an introductory course to some of the major contemporary issues in Chinese international relations. We will address these issues through concrete case studies such as China’s relations with its major partners (United States, Japan, the European Union, India, Koreas, etc), engagement with the United Nations, its role in global security issues, and its aid and development policy. We will also discuss how emerging issues as climate change, technology, and soft power are shifting the stakes in international relations.

By looking closer at the actors and their interactions, the course aims at complexifying classic debates about China’s emergence on the global stage, as a new “responsible” participant or a “revisionist” challenger of the international order.

Week 1: China and the World: Introduction

Week 2: China and the World: Historical Background

Week 3: Foreign and Security Policy Decision-making and Implementation Processes

Week 4: China and the United States

Week 5: China, Russia and Central Asia

Week 6: China and Asia: (a) China and Japan

Week 7: China and Asia: (b) China and the Korean Peninsula

Week 8: China and Asia: (c) China and South-East Asia (ASEAN)

Week 9: China and Asia: (d) China and South Asia

Week 10: China and Europe

Week 11: China and Developing Countries: Africa, Latin America and the Middle East

Week 12: China and the World

Week 13: The Taiwan Issue: War or Peace?