POL 3810 is also offered in Fall 2024
POL 3810 is also offered in Spring 2024
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Summer 2018 | POL 3810 Section 001: Topics in International Relations and Foreign Policy -- The US and the Rise of China (88788)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
Mon,
Wed 05:30PM - 08:00PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 430
- Enrollment Status:
Open (16 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Analysis of selected issues in contemporary international relations. Topics vary, as specified in Class Schedule.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ralst047+POL3810+Summer2018
- Class Description:
Does the rise of China pose a threat to the United States and if so, what should the United States do about it? This course surveys recent, and often hotly contested, perspectives on U.S.-China relations. We focus special attention on arguments about the inevitability of conflict between China and the United States, as well as what U.S. policy towards China should look like. The course is not designed to cover every aspect of China's rise and the implications thereof for the United States. We are only able to cover a very small segment of a very large, and multifaceted, literature. However, many of the readings represent dominant ways of thinking about China's rise and U.S. security. For example, Graham Allison's book, which we will read selections from, has been devoured (many would say problematically) by the Trump Administration. We dive into these debates theoretically and practically, and students should come away from the course with a better understanding of China's rise, America's supposed decline, and the implications for U.S. security.- Who Should Take This Class?:
- Students broadly interested in International Relations and Comparative Politics should consider taking this course, as well as students interested in careers in government, think-tanks, diplomacy, etc.
- Exam Format:
- Take Home
- Class Format:
- Lecture & Discussion
- Workload:
- No req. books; 30-50 pages of reading;
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/88788/1185
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 13 February 2018
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