Foreign Policy of Russia and China

Paper Code: 
MIR 423- B
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Learning Objectives:

  • The course exposes the students to the Russian foreign policy in the contemporary period and its historical transition
  • The  course provides a systematic vision of the basic principles, priority areas, goals and objectives of the foreign policy of the Russia
  • Russia’s relations across the globe with special emphasis upon the foreign policy doctrine and making vis-à-vis global issues and challenges.
  • The course exposes the students to an introductory yet well-rounded comprehension of the Chinese State and the Chinese Nation, alike. Emphasis would be on acquainting students with the historical sweep of Chinese civilization through its iconic Imperial Dynasties, leading into the Peoples Revolution.
  •  The endeavour would also be to familiarize students with the complexities, intricacies and nuances of Chinese Party-State political structure and linkages to various organs of State Power.
  •  Notwithstanding, Chinese foreign policy and national security would also be under the microscope in terms of understanding the conceptual underpinnings and the evolution to contemporary dynamics, undergirded by a historical anchored narrative. 

Learning Outcomes:

  • Students will learn the workings of the government, various institutions and other entities and the role played by Russia in the region and global affairs.
  • The student should have a comprehensive understanding of the role that China plays in regional and international affairs and about is ‘global’ aspirations.
  • Students will be able to build analytical skills; facilitate their ability to formulate and clearly express arguments in writing and oral presentations.

 

12.00
Unit I: 
Unit- I

Historical Evolution, Principles and Determinants of Russian Foreign Policy

 

12.00
Unit II: 
Unit- II

Russia after 1990 – new challenges and realities

 

12.00
Unit III: 
Unit- III

Russia and the world:US, China and CIS

 

12.00
Unit IV: 
Unit- IV

Historical Evolution, Principles and Determinants of Chinese Foreign Policy

 

12.00
Unit V: 
Unit- V

China and Major and Regional Powers:US , Russia, India, Pakistan, Taiwan, CIS and North Korea

 

Essential Readings: 

Essential Readings:

  • Panda,J., (2018) India-China Relations: Politics of Resources, Identity and Authority in a Multipolar World Order. London: Routledge.
  • Deepak. B.R.Ed.,(2018). Ed. China’s Global Balancing and the New Silk Road. New York: Springer.
  • J. Paul Goode, J. P., (2018) The Decline of Regionalism in Putin’s Russia: Boundary Issus London: Routledge
  • Treisman, D., (2018) The New Autocracy: Information, Politics and Policy in Putin’s Russia. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press
  • Ascher, A. ,(2107) Russia: A Short History. London: One World Publications
  • Economy, E. C., (2018) ‘Xi Jinping and the New Chinese State. Oxford: Oxford University Press

 

References: 

Reference Books:

  • Mankoff, J., (2012) Russian Foreign Policy: The Return of Great Power Politics. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Inc.
  • Tsygankov, A. R. ,(2013) Foreign Policy: Change and Continuity in National Identity. Lanham and Plymouth: Rowman  & Littlefield Publishers Inc.
  • Rowe, E. W. and Torjesen, S., (2009) The Multilateral Dimension in Russian Foreign Policy. Routledge
  • Thorun, C., (2009) Explaining Change in Russian Foreign Policy: The Role of Ideas in Post-Soviet Russiaís Conduct towards the West. Palgrave Macmillan
  • Kanet, R., (2010) Russian Foreign Policy in the 21 st Century. Palgrave Macmillan
  • Christensen, T., (2016) The China Challenge: Shaping the Choices of a Rising Power. New York: W.W. Norton & Co
  •  Lu, B. ,(2015) Russia and the New World Disorder. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press.
  •  Mau, V. ,(2017) Russia’s Economy in an Epoch of Turbulence: Crises and Lessons. London: Routledge.
  •  Mosser, N., (2017) Oil and the Economy of Russia: From the Late-Tsarist to the Post Soviet Period. London: Routledge.
  •  Kaczmarski, M. ,(2016) Russia-China Relations in the Post-Crisis International Order. London: Routledge.
  • Gaddy, C.,(2013) Bear Traps on Russia’s Road to Modernization. London: Routledge.
  • Clowes, E., (2011) Russia on the Edge: Imagined Geographies and Post-Soviet Identity. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press.
  • Brewster, D. ,(2018) India and China at Sea: Competition for Naval Dominance

in the Indian Ocean. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 

  •  Yoshihara, T. ,(2018) Red Star over the Pacific: China’s Rise and the Challenge to US Maritime Strategy. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press.
  • Er, L. (ed), (2017) China-Japan Relations in the 21st Century: Antagonism Despite Interdependency. London: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Kroeber, A., (2016) China’s Economy: What Everyone Needs to Know. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Myers, M. and Wise, C., (2016) The Political Economy of China-Latin America Relations in the New Millennium: Brave New World. London: Routledge.
  • Ju, H.,(2015) China’s Maritime Power and Strategy: History, National Security and Geopolitics. Singapore: World Scientific Publishing Co.
  • Zhao, H., (2015) China and ASEAN: Energy Security, Cooperation and Competition. Singapore: Iseas-Yousuf Ishak Institute.
  •  Kane, T., (2014) Chinese Grand Strategy and Maritime Power. London:

Routledge, 2014. 

  • Economy, E. C., (2014) By all Means Possible: How China’s Resource Quest is Changing the World. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

 

Academic Year: 
2019-20
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