PSCI 320(F) China, Japan, and the World (Offered 1997-98; not to be offered 1998-99)*

How have global political and economic transformations influenced the relations between China and Japan? How have domestic forces shaped the responses of both countries to international challenges? This course pursues these questions through an analysis of the historical and contemporary foreign relations of China and Japan. The bilateral Sino-Japanese relationship is the focus of attention and serves as a lens on regional and international issues. The course is divided into three sections, corresponding to three distinct eras in international relations. The first part analyzes the extension of the European-based interstate system to East Asia. The second section covers the period of bipolar superpower rivalry in East Asia. The course ends with an analysis of contemporary global economic and political transformations and how these have influenced Chinese and Japanese foreign relations. No prerequisites.

Hour:  CRANE