Course Syllabus

COURSE TITLE: China and International Organizations(2017)

INSTRUCTOR: LI Yongcheng(李永成) EMAIL: frankslee@126.com

STUDENTS: International Postgraduate, IBS
TIME: PLACE：
Semester: 2nd Hours:32 Credits: 2

Course Description
This course is designed to explore some key questions concerning multilateralism and
international organizations in theory, and the relations and interactions between China
and major international organizations.

OBJECTIVES
1. Knowledge: Good command of mainstream multilateralist theories and
China’s strategy and policy toward international organizations.
2. Skills/Ability: Ability to apply multilateralist theories to the analysis of
international and global issues; formation of personal theoretical preference,
and development of academic character.
3. Quality: Reading, writing and expressing professionally.

Textbooks &References:

Guoguang Wu & Helen Lansdowne, ed., China Turns to Multilateralism: Foreign

Policy and Regional Security, Routledge, 2011.

Teaching methods:

Seminar

Assessment :

Every student is expected to do all the reading, attend every seminar, and participate
in the discussion. The grade will be based on classroom participation (40%), and one
15‐page paper (60%).

Weekly Arrangement and Readings:

Week 1: Organization Meeting and overview;

Introduction Why International Organizations Matter

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Week 2: The (False) Promise of International Institutions
John J. Mearsheimer, "The False Promise of International Institutions," International Security, Vol.
19, No.3 (Winter 1994-95), pp.11-12.
Robert O. Keohane, Lisa L. Martin, “The Promise of Institutional Theory”, International Security
Vol. 20, No.1 (Summer 1995), pp.39-51.

Week 3: Why States Welcome International Organizations

Robert O. Keohane and Joseph S. Nye, “Two Cheers for Multilateralism”, Foreign Policy, No. 60
(Autumn, 1985), pp. 148-167.
Kenneth W. Abbott and Duncan Snidal, “Why States Act through Formal International
Organizations”, Journal of Conflict Resolution 1998 42: 3~32.

China, Global Concerns and International Organizations

Week 4 International Multilateralism with Chinese Characteristics: Attitude Changes, Policy
Imperatives, and Regional Impacts, Guoguang Wu and Helen Lansdowne
Racing to Integrate, or Cooperating to Compete? Liberal and Realist Interpretations of
China’s New Multilateralism, Thomas G. Moore;

China, Regional Security and International Organizations

Week 5 China’s Multilateralism and Regional Order, Michael Yahuda;

Margaret P. Karns, “Multilateralism Matters Even More”, SAIS Review, Volume 28, Number 2,
Summer-Fall 2008, pp. 3-15.

Week 6 China and SCO: Towards a New Type of Interstate Relations, Jianwei Wang,
Christopher M. Hemmer and Peter J.Katzenstein, “Why Is There No NATO in Asia?
Collective Identity, Regionalism, and the Origins of Multilateralism,”International Organization,
Volume 56, Number 3, Summer 2002, pp. 575-607.

Week 7 China and the North Korean Nuclear Problem: Diplomatic Initiative, Strategic
Complexities, and Relevance of Security Multilateralism, Yinhong Shi;;

Week 8 Maritime Security and Multilateral Interactions between China and Its Neighbours,
Keyuan Zou
Kuik Cheng-Chwee, “Multilateralism in China's ASEAN Policy: Its Evolution,
Characteristics, and Aspiration,” Contemporary Southeast Asia: A Journal of International and
Strategic Affairs, Volume 27, Number 1, April 2005, pp. 102-122.

China’s Peaceful Rise and International Organizations

Week 9 Discussion of Course paper Topics

Week 10 Intentions on Trial: ‘Peaceful Rise’ and Sino-ASEAN Relations, Yongnian Zheng and

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Sow Keat Tok;
Peaceful Rise? Soft Power? Human Rights in China’s New Multilateralism,Jeremy Paltiel;

Week 11 China and R2P

Robert A. Pape, “When Duty Calls: A Pragmatic Standard of Humanitarian Intervention
International Security, Vol. 37, No. 1 (Summer 2012), pp. 41–80.

Week 12 China, Foreign Aid and AIIB

Charles Wolf, Jr., Xiao Wang, Eric Warner, China's Foreign Aid and Government-Sponsored
Investment Activities: Scale, Content, Destinations, and Implications, Rand Corporation, 2013.

Week 13 China’s Multilateralism and Its Impacts on Cross-Strait Relations: A View from Taipei,
Dong-Ching Day;

Week 14 Should China adopt an Alliance strategy

Stephen M. Walt, “Alliances in a Unipolar World”, World Politics, Volume 61, Number 1, January
2009, pp. 86-120.

Conclusion

Week 15 Multiple Levels of Multilateralism: The Rising China in the Turbulent World, Guoguang
Wu

Week 16 Review