Political Science 607

Seminar On US-China Relations

Spring, 2008

This seminar will explore selected themes in US-China relations and provide an opportunity for individual research projects pertaining to the seminar topic. Grade will be based on seminar participation (25%) and a research paper (75%).

Suggested for purchase (ISBN in paranthesis):

Council on Foreign Relations. U.S.-China Relations: An Affirmative Agenda, A Responsible Course. Council on Foreign Relations. (978-0-87609-403-7)

Ikenberry and Mastanduno. International Relations Theory and the Asia_Pacific. Columbia. (0-231-12591-7)

Swaine. Managing Sino-American Crises. Carnegie Endowment. (978-0-87003-228-8)

Bergsten, et.al. China: The Balance Sheet. Public Affairs. (978-1-58648-464-4)

Qing. From Allies to Enemies. Harvard. (978-0-674-02344-4)

Koehn and Yin. The Expanding Roles Of Chinese Americans in US-China Relations. M.E. Sharpe. (0-7656-0950-9)

Kent. Beyond Compliance. Stanford. (978-0-674-02344-4)

Johnston and Ross. New Directions in the Study of China's Foreign Policy. Stanford. (0-8047-5363-6)

Myers, Oksenberg and Shambaugh. Making China Policy. Rowman & Littlefield. (0-7425-0964-8)

Week of 3/31 - Conceptual Considerations - Ikenberry and Mastanduno

Week of 4/7 - A Bit on History - Qing

Week of 4/14 - Contemporary Concerns - Bergsten, et.al; Council on Foreign Relations.

Week of 4/21 - Chinese Foreign Policy - Johnston and Ross

Week of 428 - Domestic US Politics - Myers, Oksenberg and Shambaugh

Week of 5/5 - Crisis Management - Swaine

Week of 5/12 - The Multilateral Context - Kent

Week of 5/19 - Transnationalism - Koehn and Yin

Week of 5/26 - paper presentations

Week of 6/2 - paper presentations