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Lehrende: Prof. Dr. Heribert Dieter
Veranstaltungsart:
Seminar
Orga-Einheit: Politics, Administration & International Relations
Anzeige im Stundenplan:
VSPAIR_I
Semesterwochenstunden:
3
Credits:
9,0
Hinweis: In Ihrer Prüfungsordnung können abweichende Credits festgelegt sein.
Standort:
Campus der Zeppelin Universität
Unterrichtssprache:
Englisch
Min. | Max. Teilnehmerzahl:
10 | 14
Prioritätsschema: Standard-Priorisierung
Inhalte:
The rise of China has long been considered a beneficial development. Many observers assumed that China will eventually become both a market economy and have at least some democratic elements in its political system. However, those expectations were misguided. Today, China is challenging the predominace of the West, led by the USA, in many respects.
Whilst some observers argue that the conflict ist still less confrontational than the old Cold War, others are suggesting that the conflict has already reached a new level of intensity simply because China and the USA are more closely intertwined than the USSR and the USA have ever been.
Against this background, the future of international relations, including trade and investment flows, will very much depend on policies of both developed as well as developing countries towards China. Some of the questions to be discussed in the seminar will be:
· What did Western governments expect from a rising China?
· Is the Chinese government eager to decouple? Will a new economic iron curtain emerge?
· How robust is the Chinese economy? Has credit in China spiraled out of control?
Lernziele:
The participants will analyse the complex dynamics of the new systemic confrontation between China and the United States.
Weitere Informationen zu den Prüfungsleistungen:
The course will be taught in English. Thus, fluency in English is essential.
Each participant will have to make a presentation in the seminar (30 minutes) and participate actively in the debate.
The second component is an essay of 3.500 words (in English or German).
Composition of assessment: Presentation and essay 50% each.
The essential reading will be made available on Ilias.
Literatur:
References:
Abi-Habib, Maria (2018): In Hock to China, Sri Lanka Gave Up Territory. The New York Times, 26 June 2018, p. 1.
Ang, Yuen, Yuen (2018): Autocracy With Chinese Characteristics. Beijing’s Behind-the-Scenes Reforms. Foreign Affairs, Vol. 97, No. 3, pp. 39-46.
Chellaney, Brahma (2017): China’s Creditor Imperialism. Project Syndicate, 20 December 2017, available at https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/china-sri-lanka-hambantota-port-debt-by-brahma-chellaney-2017-12?barrier=accesspaylog
Chen, Sally; Kang, Joong Shik (2018): Credit Booms - Is China Different? IMF Working Paper WP 18/2, January 2018, available at https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WP/ Issues/2018/01/05/Credit-Booms-Is-China-Different-45537
Dieter, Heribert (2021): Chinas neuer Langer Marsch. Zwischen Selbstisolation und offensiver Außenpolitik. Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung.
Economy, Elisabeth C. (2018): China’s New Revolution. The reign of Xi Jinping. Foreign Affairs, Vol. 97, No. 3, pp. 60-74.
Ehlers, Torsten; Kong, Steven; Zhu, Feng (2018): Mapping shadow banking in China: structure and dynamics. Bank for International Settlements, Working Paper 701, February 2018, available at https://www.bis.org/publ/work701.pdf
Feigenbaum, Evan A. (2017): China and the World. Dealing with a Reluctant Power. Foreign Affairs, January/February 2017, pp. 33-40.
Garnaut, John (2018): How China Interferes in Australia. And How Democracies Can Push Back. Foreign Affairs, 9 March 2018.
Hurley, John; Morris, Scott; Portelance, Gailyn (2018): Examining the Debt Implications of the Belt and Road Initiative from a Policy Perspective. Center for Global Development, Policy Paper 121, March 2018, available at https://www.cgdev.org/ sites/default/files/examining-debt-implications-belt-and-road-initiative-policy-perspective.pdf
Ikenberry, John G. (2008): The Rise of China and the Future of the West. Can the Liberal System Survive? Foreign Affairs, Vol. 87, No. 1, pp. 23-37.
Ikenberry, G. John (2014): The Illusion of Geopolitics. The Enduring Power of the Liberal Order. Foreign Affairs, May/June 2014, pp. 80-90.
Kostka, Genia (2018): China’s Social Credit Systems and Public Opinion: Explaining High Levels of Approval.
Layne, Christopher (2018): The US-Chinese power shift and the end of the Pax Americana. International Affairs, Vol 94, No. 1, pp. 89-111.
Lind, Jennifer (2018): Life in China’s Asia. What Regional Hegemony Would Look Like. Foreign Affairs, Vol. 97, No. 2, pp. 71-82.
Shambaugh, David (2005): China engages Asia. Reshaping the Regional Order. International Security, Vol. 29, No. 3 (Winter 2004/2005), pp. 64-99.
Shambaugh, David (2014): China at the Crossroads: Ten Major Reform Challenges. The Brookings Institution, October 2014.
Song, Zheng Michael; Xiong, Wei (2018): Risks in China’s Financial System. NBER Working Paper 24230, January 2018, available at http://www.nber.org/papers/w24230
Yamada, Go; Palma, Stefania (2018): Is China’s Belt and Road working? A progress report from eight countries, Financial Times, 1 April 2018.
Zhiwu, Chen (2015): China’s Dangerous Debt. Why the Economy could be headed for Trouble, Foreign Affairs, 94. Jg., Nr. 3 (May/June 2015), pp. 13-18.
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