教學大綱 Syllabus

週次

Week

課程主題

Topic

課程內容與指定閱讀

Content and Reading Assignment

教學活動與作業

Teaching Activities and Homework

學習投入時間

Student workload expectation

課堂講授

In-class Hours

課程前後

Outside-of-class Hours

2

An Introduction

Introduction

3

3

3

Realism & 
Liberalism 

-Kenneth Waltz. Anarchic Orders and Balance of Power. Ch 5.

-David Baldwin. Neoliberalism, Neorealism, and World Politics. Ch 1.

-Joseph Grieco. Anarchy and the Limits of Cooperation: A Realist Critique of the Newest Liberal Institutionalism. Ch 5.

Lecture and group discussions

Students need to prepare for the materials next week

3

5

4

Normative & Regime Theory

-Viotti and Kauppi, ch.5.

-Stephan Krasner. Structural Causes and Regime Consequences: Regime as Intervening Variables. International Organizations 36(2), 1982.

Lecture and group discussions

Students need to prepare for the materials next week

3

5

5

Rational Choices & Decision Making

-Walt, Stephen M. “Rigor or rigor mortis? Rational choice and security studies." International Security 23(4), 1999, 5-48.

-Rational Decision Making. Russett, Starr, and Kinsella. ch 7.

Lecture and group discussions

Students need to prepare for the materials next week

3

5

6

Conflict Theory I

Lecture and group discussions

Students need to prepare for the materials next week

3

5

7

Conflict Theory II

-Russett and Starr, From Democratic Peace to Kantian Peace: Democracy and Conflict in the International System.

-Russett and Oneal, the Triangulating Peace, 2001. ch1. 2

Lecture and group discussions

Students need to prepare for the materials next week

3

5

8

Conflict Theory

III

-Gartzke, E., 2007. The capitalist peace. American Journal of Political Science, 51(1), pp.166-191.

-Fearon, J.D. and Laitin, D.D., 2003. Ethnicity, insurgency, and civil war. American Political Science Review, 97(1), pp.75-90.

Lecture and group discussions

Students need to prepare for the materials next week

3

5

9

期中考

3

5

10

嘉賓演講

3

5

11

Territorial Theory

-Harvey Starr. Territory, Proximity, and the Geography on International Conflict. Ch. 3.

-Douglas Gibler. Territorial Peace. Ch1.

Lecture and group discussions

Students need to prepare for the materials next week

3

5

12

Alliance Theory

-Stephen M. Walt. The origins of Alliance. Cornell University Press, 1990. Ch 1.

-Douglas Gibler. 2000. Why Some Cause War and Why others Cause Peace, in What do We Know About War edted by John Vasquez. 2000, ch.7. 

Lecture and group discussions

Students need to prepare for the materials next week

3

5

13

Hedging Theory

–Lim, Darren, and Zack Cooper. 2015. "Reassessing Hedging: The Logic of Alignment in East Asia." Security Studies 24 (2): 696-727.

-Charles Chong-Han. Wu. 2016. Taiwan Hedging Strategy Against China-The Strategic Implications of Ma Yin-Jeou's Mainland Policy

Lecture and group discussions

Students need to prepare for the materials next week

3

5

14

China's Foreign Aid

Dreher A, Fuchs A, Parks B, Stange A, and Tierney MJ. 2018. Apples and Dragon Fruits: The Determinants of Aid and Other Forms of State Financing from China to Africa. International Studies Quarterly 62(1): 182-194.

-Charles Chonghan Wu and Yi-Tze Lin. 2022. Income Inequality and the Allocation of China's Foreign Aid. Journal of Asian and African Studies. online first. 

Lecture and group discussions

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3

5

15

-Shen, Gordon C, and Victoria Y Fan. 2014. China's provincial diplomacy to Africa: applications to health cooperation. Contemporary Politics 20 (2): 182-208.

-Dennis Hickey. 2020. China's Expanding Engagement in Global Health. Asian Perspectiv 44 (2): 327-342

Lecture and group discussions

Students need to prepare for the materials next week

3

5

16

期末報告 I

10

17

期末報告 II

10