2023

Asia and International Relations

Name: Asia and International Relations
Code: ECN13116L
6 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours
Scientific Area: Legal-Political Theory and International Relations

Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese, English
Regime de Frequência: Presencial

Sustainable Development Goals

Learning Goals

The program is designed to provide students with a solid grounding for the research field that explores the main concepts involving the transformations of China's image in international relations as well as the recent perspectives of China as an economic powerhouse to the new order and the influence mean for the evolving Asian system.
Five groups of competencies to be acquired have been identified:
1) Subject knowledge and skills in the field of China and regional Asian studies;
2) Methodological gains, practical applications and approaches to analyzing real-world situations;
3) Acquirement of critical thinking skills;
4) Understanding the China's international relations;
5) Developing interests in the field of political systems, ideologies, international relations and geostrategy.

Contents

1. International relations in Asia

2. The Asian system

3. The foreign policy of the major world powers in the Asian region

4. The regional powers

4.1 The People's Republic of China

4.2 India

4.3 Japan

5. The main players in the regional subsystem

5.1 ASEAN

5.2 Australia

5.3 Central Asia

5.4 The Korean Peninsula

6. Transregional links:

6.1 The BRICS

6.2 Regional Security

Teaching Methods

As regarding the teaching methodology, it consists of theoretical and applied lessons, where the students will read and analyze fundamental texts in the context of the practical application of the syllabus. In addition, we also encourage the discussion with the students to improve the dynamic of the assessment and the application of the syllabus. The evaluation scheme follows the general rules of the University, Regulamento Escolar Interno da Universidade de Évora, which provides to the students two options:
1) Continuous evaluation: the student will have to do two written tests that will match 80% of the
final grade and also a written report with a weight of 20%.
2) Final exam: it consists in a written examination at the end of the semester that will score 100% for the final grade.