Asia and International Relations
Course Description
Goals
The program is designed to provide students with a solid grounding for the research field that explores the main concepts involving the transformations of China’s image in international relations as well as the recent perspectives of China as an economic powerhouse to the new order and the influence mean for the evolving Asian system.
Five groups of competencies to be acquired have been identified:
1) Subject knowledge and skills in the field of China and regional Asian studies;
2) Methodological gains, practical applications and approaches to analyzing real-world situations;
3) Acquirement of critical thinking skills;
4) Understanding the China’s international relations;
5) Developing interests in the field of political systems, ideologies, international relations and
Geostrategy.
Course Content
1. The characterization of the Chinese political and ideological system
2. National and Cultural Identity
3. The formation of the Chinese elite
4. The leadership succession process: the generations of leaders
5. The dynamics of foreign-policy decision-making in China
6. China and Asia’s Region
7. China and European Union
8. China and international security
9. China and the new world order
Recommended Reading
Cheng L. (2001). China’s Leader’s. The New Generation. New York, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
Jain, S. C. (2006) – Emerging Economies and the Transformation of International Business. Brasil, Russia, India and China (BRICs). Cheltenham, Edward Elgar.
Kampen, T. (2000). Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai and the Evolution of the Chinese Communist Leadership. Copenhagen, Nordic Institute of Asian Studies.
Lam, W. W. L. (1999). The Era Of Jiang Zemin. Singapure, Prentice Hall.
Lu N.(1997). The Dynamics of Foreign-Policy Decision Making in China. Westview Press.
Mao Z. (1998). On Diplomacy. Pequim, Foreign Languages Press.
O’Neill, J. (2007). BRICs and Beyond. Goldman Sachs Group.
Pye, L. W. (1985). Asian Power and Politics: The Cultural Dimensions of Authority. Cambridge, Belknap Press, Harvard University Press.
Yahuda, M. (1997). The International Politics of the Asia-Pacific, 1945-1995. London, Routledge.
Teaching Methods
As regarding the teaching methodology, it consists of theoretical and applied lessons, where the students will read and analyze fundamental texts in the context of the practical application of the syllabus. In addition, we also encourage the discussion with the students to improve the dynamic of the assessment and the application of the syllabus.
Assessment Methods
1) Continuous evaluation: the student will have to do two written tests that will match 80% of the
final grade and also a written report with a weight of 20%.
2) Final exam: it consists in a written examination at the end of the semester that will score 100% for the final grade.
Name of Lecturer
| semester | teacher |
|---|---|
| Odd | Marco António Gonçalves Barbas Batista Martins (responsible) |
