Chinese Foreign Policy

Catalog description

This course is intended to provide background information on China and its foreign policies and relevant strategies. The first part of the course covers the PRC's thinking about strategy, its territorial disputes with its neighbors, history of use of force in the region and how it makes foreign and security policy. The second part will focus on learning about the history and nature of Chinese foreign policy, with a particular emphasis on contemporary China. We will look at the state of research on contemporary China foreign policy to include Chinese economic policy, role in international institutions, and trends in relations with Northeast Asia, the United States, and the world. Note: 4 sessions (4/30, 5/2, 5/7 and 5/9) 3 hours each.