ResSem:WillChinaDominateAsia?

3 Credits · Level: Graduate

This course is a deep-dive into the most consequential issue facing Asia: Will China dominate. This course requires students to have a solid foundation in Asian geopolitics and Chinese foreign policy because it is a seminar focused on student research, writing and discussion/debate. The course will look at all the relevant issues and debates related what the drivers and constraints on Chinese influence in Asia: economics, military affairs and political/diplomatic influence. The course will examine the regional responses to China in order to understand the dynamics unfolding in Asia. The seminar will require at least one research paper on one aspect of this issue.