授業の目的 【日本語】
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授業の目的 【英語】
Goals of the Course | | | This course aims at cultivating the interests and abilities of students to think theoretically, analytically, and strategically by applying concepts, frameworks, and theories of International Relations to current world affairs, especially U.S.-China relations, climate change, and sustainable development. |
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到達目標 【日本語】
Objectives of the Course(JPN) | | |
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到達目標 【英語】
Objectives of the Course | | |
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授業の内容や構成
Course Content / Plan | | This course, intended as an introduction to International Relations (IR), deals with two broad topics: (1) how politics among great powers (especially in the context of Russian invasion of Ukraine and U.S.-China relations) affect international order and (2) how various actors deal with global governance for sustainable development.
(1) The rise of China has been a hot topic among both practitioners and scholars of foreign affairs. Of late, pundits have come to describe the contemporary U.S.-China relations as a New Cold War. This pattern of the rise and fall of great powers, Realists argue, have characterized international relations since ancient Greek period. What do China and the U.S. want? Do leaders (i.e., Xi Jinping, Joe Biden, and Vladimir Putin) matter? Or are they just falling prey to international systemic pressures that give rise to power politics? Have globalization and new technologies changed this allegedly recurrent pattern? These are samples of questions that "mainstream" International Relations scholars have asked, and that we will ask and discuss in the first part of this course. We will examine both Western views and Chinese views in order to see the phenomena from different angles.
(2) Global issues and challenges abound—climate change, water scarcity, hunger, poverty, forced migration, infectious diseases, and human rights violations, to name but a few. These issues are now bundled under the banner of sustainable development. The second part of this course serves as an introduction to Global Governance—a subfield of IR that focuses on who (not only governments) governs what (not just issues that directly affects national security), why (not merely maximizing national interests), and how (not only through binding laws backed by material sanctions) regarding global (multilevel and "glocal") issues and challenges.
The classes will tentatively be organized as follows (kindly note that they are subject to change depending on the situation):
1. Introduction on International Relations (IR)
2. Realist theories
3. Liberalist theories
4. Constructivist theories
5. Feminist theories
6. Domestic politics
7. Bureaucratic politics
8. Cognitive and psychological approaches
9-15. Cases: Rusisan invation of Ukraine, U.S.-China relations, Japan's foreign relations, and sustainable development |
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履修条件・関連する科目
Course Prerequisites and Related Courses | | |
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成績評価の方法と基準
Course Evaluation Method and Criteria | | Class participation (≠attendance): 30%
"Summary and questions" notes (due 9 AM every Thursday): 50%
Final presentation: 20%
-You need to attend at least two-thirds of the classes to get credits.
-You are not allowed to join a class without submitting a summary note (a few pager) in advance.
-Every class will start on time, and your repeated tardiness will result in a grade reduction.
-For details on how to obtain a passing grade, kindly refer to the student handbook (which says to the effect that a C grade is above 60%). |
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教科書・テキスト
Textbook | | | To be announced at the first class. |
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参考書
Reference Book | | |
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課外学習等（授業時間外学習の指示）
Study Load(Self-directed Learning Outside Course Hours) | | | Read and make a summary note of each reading assignment. You are strongly encouraged to make your summary notes "useful" for group and class discussions, e.g., by creating figures and tables will help you grasp and focus on main arguments of each article. |
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注意事項
Notice for Students | | | You are expected, though not required (especially for NUPACE and GSL students), to have a basic knowledge of theory and practice of International Relations. You are also expected to read newspaper articles as deemed relevant to the discussion on each topic. |
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授業開講形態等
Lecture format, etc. | | | The classes will be based mainly on group discussions. |
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遠隔授業（オンデマンド型）で行う場合の追加措置
Additional measures for remote class (on-demand class) | | |
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