Weeks
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Dates
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Lecturer
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Topic
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1
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3/2
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Fu-Kuo Liu, Patrick Mendis、Admiral Chen Yeong-Kang
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Course Introduction
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2
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3/9
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Guest Speaker:
Admiral Chen Yeong-Kang
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North East Asia regional security & Challenges on Korean peninsula.
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3
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3/16
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Patrick Mendis
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Examining the evolving historical links between and among China, Russia (former Soviet Union), and the US and their leaders and leadership
Readings:
- George F. Kennan, “Stalin and China,” The Atlantic Monthly, May 1961. Edward Crankshaw, “Khrushchev and China,” The Atlantic Monthly, May 1961.
- Michael M. Sheng, “Mao and China’s Relations with the Superpowers in the 1950s: A New Look at the Taiwan Strait Crises and the Sino-Soviet Split,” Modern China, October 2008.
- Patrick Mendis and Joey Wang, “Peace and War in Sino-America: Forget the Headlines and Follow the Trendlines for a Better World,” Harvard International Review, Summer 2017.
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4
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3/23
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Patrick Mendis
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China as a learning-nation and integrating other systems like Marxism and capitalism in Chinese characteristics.
Readings:
- Nick Frisch, “The Bolsheviks in Beijing: What the Chinese Communist Party Learned From Lenin,” Foreign Affairs, October 18, 2017.
- James Palmer, “What China Didn’t Learn From the Collapse of the Soviet Union,” Foreign Policy, December 24, 2016.
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5
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3/30
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Patrick Mendis
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How China is learning, re-learning, and de-learning from world history and its own experience to preserve the Communist Party of China.
Readings:
- Jeremy Page, “China Spins New Lesson from Soviet Union’s Fall, Chinese Film Blames Soviet Collapse not on Communist System but on Individuals Who Betrayed It,” The Wall Street Journal, December 10, 2013.
- Chris Buckley, “Vows of Change in China Belie Private Warning,” The New York Times, February 14, 2013.
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6
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4/6
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Guest Speaker:
Admiral Chen Yeong-Kang
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New state power with new technology development( nuclear proliferation).
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7
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4/13
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Patrick Mendis
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Experience with the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution that defined the China’s evolving political leadership
Readings:
- Zhihua Shen and Yafeng Xia, “The Great Leap
- Forward, the People’s Commune and the Sino-Soviet Split,” Journal of Contemporary China, November 2011.
- Robert D. Kaplan, “Eurasia’s Coming Anarchy: The Risks of Chinese and Russian Weakness,” Foreign Affairs, March-April 2016.
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8
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4/20
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Patrick Mendis
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The Chinese experience has been redefined to preserve and maintain the Communist Party of China
Readings:
- Simon Denyer, “How Xi Jinping’s Presidency was Shaped by Traumas of Mao and Gorbachev,” The Guardian (London), March 6, 2015 and Simon Denyer, “Twin Historic Traumas Shape Xi Jinping’s China Presidency,” The Washington Post, March 2, 2015.
- Christopher Walker and Jessica Ludwig, “The Meaning of Sharp Power: How Authoritarian States Project Influence,” Foreign Affairs, November 16, 2017.
- Stapleton Roy and Charles Kraus, “The Communist Domino that Would not Fall: China’s Resilience at the End of the Cold War,” The Wilson Quarterly, Fall 2016.
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9
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4/27
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Patrick Mendis
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Could the US still remain as the global supreme power with the conflicting Chinese and American policies of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and the Indo-Pacific Strategy (IPS)?
Readings:
- Alexander Gabuev, “Why Russia and China Are Strengthening Security Ties: Is the US Driving Them Closer Together?” Foreign Affairs, September 24, 2018.
- Patrick Mendis “Beijing's Ménluó Doctrine: If It was Good for America, Should It be Good for China?” Harvard International Review, Summer 2014.
- Michael Mandelbaum, “The New Containment: Handling Russia, China, and Iran,” Foreign Policy, February 12, 2019
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10
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5/4
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Patrick Mendis
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Examine the key current global issues that would reshape the future of global governance and world order
Readings:
- Elbridge Colby and David Ochmanek, “How the United States Could Lose a Great-Power War,” Foreign
- Policy, October 29, 2019. Michael Beckley, “In Future Wars, the US Military will have Nowhere to Hide,” Foreign Policy, November 20, 2019.
- Weijian Shan, “A Delicate Truce in the US-Chinese Trade War: What Both Sides must Do to Forge a Better Peace,” Foreign Affairs, January 13, 2020.
- Patrick Mendis, “Birth of a Pacific World Order: America’s First Pacific President and Sino-US Relations,” Harvard International Review, Spring 2013.
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11
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5/11
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Admiral Chen Yeong-Kang
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Middle East geopolitical situation vs. US-Iran-Israel relations.
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12
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5/18
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Fu-Kuo Liu/ Jojin John
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India and geopolitical shift
- Brahma Chellaney, “Asia’s geopolitical chessboard is witnessing a power shift,” Hindustan Times, 30 August 2019. https://www.hindustantimes.com/columns/asia-s-geopolitical-chessboard-is-witnessing-a-power-shift/story-0RLhxPUYhdwsZTPBEGDSyK.html
- Ankit Panda, “Understanding India’s Place in Asia’s Shifting Geoeconomic Order,” The Diplomat, 24 July 2018. https://thediplomat.com/2018/07/understanding-indias-place-in-asias-shifting-geoeconomic-order/
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13
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5/25
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Admiral Chen Yeong-Kang
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Energy requirement vs. Sea Lane of Communication. Arctic energy resources and sea routes.
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14
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6/1
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Fu-Kuo Liu
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Geopolitics and technological competition
- “Geopolitical Power Shifts,” World Economic Forum, https://reports.weforum.org/global-risks-2018/geopolitical-powershift/
- Julie Bishop, “Three trends leaders must navigate in a shifting geopolitical climate,” World Economic Forum, 16 January 2019. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/01/trends-leaders-must-navigate-shifting-geopolitical-climate/
- Jon shames and Kyle Lawless, “How companies can navigate the transformative age in geopolitics,” 22 January 2020. https://www.ey.com/en_l
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15
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6/8
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Fu-Kuo Liu
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Institutions, alliances, and multipolar system in the era of geopolitical shift
- Michel Chossudovsky, “Middle East and Asia Geopolitics: Shift in Military Alliances?” Global Research, 19 August 2018. https://www.globalresearch.ca/shift-in-geopolitical-alliances/5611373
- “Redrawing the Geopolitical Map,” the Global Commission on the Geopolitics of Energy Transformation, 2019. https://geopoliticsofrenewables.org/assets/geopolitics/Reports/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/part-2.pdf
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16
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6/15
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Patrick Mendis, Fu-Kuo Liu
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Final Presentation
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17
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6/22
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Patrick Mendis, Fu-Kuo Liu
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Final Presentation
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George F. Kennan, “Stalin and China,” The Atlantic Monthly, May 1961. Edward Crankshaw, “Khrushchev and China,” The Atlantic Monthly, May 1961.
Michael M. Sheng, “Mao and China’s Relations with the Superpowers in the 1950s: A New Look at the Taiwan Strait Crises and the Sino-Soviet Split,” Modern China, October 2008.
Patrick Mendis and Joey Wang, “Peace and War in Sino-America: Forget the Headlines and Follow the Trendlines for a Better World,” Harvard International Review, Summer 2017.
Nick Frisch, “The Bolsheviks in Beijing: What the Chinese Communist Party Learned From Lenin,” Foreign Affairs, October 18, 2017.
- James Palmer, “What China Didn’t Learn From the Collapse of the Soviet Union,” Foreign Policy, December 24, 2016.
Jeremy Page, “China Spins New Lesson from Soviet Union’s Fall, Chinese Film Blames Soviet Collapse not on Communist System but on Individuals Who Betrayed It,” The Wall Street Journal, December 10, 2013.
- Chris Buckley, “Vows of Change in China Belie Private Warning,” The New York Times, February 14, 2013.
- Zhihua Shen and Yafeng Xia, “The Great Leap Forward, the People’s Commune and the Sino-Soviet Split,” Journal of Contemporary China, November 2011.
- Robert D. Kaplan, “Eurasia’s Coming Anarchy: The Risks of Chinese and Russian Weakness,” Foreign Affairs, March-April 2016.
Simon Denyer, “How Xi Jinping’s Presidency was Shaped by Traumas of Mao and Gorbachev,” The Guardian (London), March 6, 2015 and Simon Denyer, “Twin Historic Traumas Shape Xi Jinping’s China Presidency,” The Washington Post, March 2, 2015.
Christopher Walker and Jessica Ludwig, “The Meaning of Sharp Power: How Authoritarian States Project Influence,” Foreign Affairs, November 16, 2017.
- Stapleton Roy and Charles Kraus, “The Communist Domino that Would not Fall: China’s Resilience at the End of the Cold War,” The Wilson Quarterly, Fall 2016.
Alexander Gabuev, “Why Russia and China Are Strengthening Security Ties: Is the US Driving Them Closer Together?” Foreign Affairs, September 24, 2018.
Patrick Mendis “Beijing's Ménluó Doctrine: If It was Good for America, Should It be Good for China?” Harvard International Review, Summer 2014.
- Michael Mandelbaum, “The New Containment: Handling Russia, China, and Iran,” Foreign Policy, February 12, 2019
- Elbridge Colby and David Ochmanek, “How the United States Could Lose a Great-Power War,” Foreign Policy, October 29, 2019.
Michael Beckley, “In Future Wars, the US Military will have Nowhere to Hide,” Foreign Policy, November 20, 2019.
Weijian Shan, “A Delicate Truce in the US-Chinese Trade War: What Both Sides must Do to Forge a Better Peace,” Foreign Affairs, January 13, 2020.
- Patrick Mendis, “Birth of a Pacific World Order: America’s First Pacific President and Sino-US Relations,” Harvard International Review, Spring 2013
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