Question/Instructions
Apply Ikenberry’s arguments and conclusions in the book After Victory: Institutions, Strategic Restraint, and the Rebuilding of Order after Major Wars to the rise of China. How do these fit into the world we live in after China’s rise over the past two decades? What are the main challenges posed by China’s rise to Ikenberry’s arguments and conclusions? What can other course literature (books + articles) contribute to analyzing China’s rise?
Course literature:
Ikenberry, John (latest ed.). After Victory: Institutions, Strategic Restraint, and the Rebuilding of Order after Major Wars. Princeton: Princeton University Press. (293 pages).
Kagan, Robert (latest ed.). Of Paradise & Power: America and Europe in the New World Order. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. (112 pages).
Neack, Laura (2017). National, International and Human Security: A comparative introduction. Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield. (216 pages).
Olsen, John Andreas (2020). Future NATO: Adapting to New Realities. Abingdon: Routledge. (157 pages).
Articles:
Applebaum, Anne (2022). “Ukraine Must Win”, The Atlantic. Available at https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/03/how-democracy-can-win-ukraine/627125/
Beinart, Peter (2018). “America Needs an Entirely New Foreign Policy for the Trump Age”,
The Atlantic. Tillgänglig via https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/09/shield-of-therepublica-democratic-foreign-policy-for-the-trump-age/570010/
Clinton, Hillary (2011). “America’s Pacific Century”, Foreign Policy, pp. 56-63.
Freedom House (2023). Freedom in the World 2023: Marking 50 Years in the Struggle for Democracye. Available at https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2023/marking-50-years
Fukuyama, Francis (1989). “The End of History?”, The National Interest, No. 16, pp. 3–18.
Hosaka, Sanshiro (2019). “Putin the ‘Peacemaker’?—Russian Reflexive Control During the 2014 August Invasion of Ukraine”, The Journal of Slavic Military Studies, Vol. 32, No. 3, pp. 324-346.
Huntington, Samuel (1993). “Clash of Civilizations? The next pattern of conflict?”, Foreign Affairs, Vol. 73, No. 3, pp. 22-50.
Johnson, Robert (2018). “Hybrid War and Its Countermeasures: A Critique of the Literature”, Small Wars & Insurgencies, Vol. 29, No. 1, pp. 141-163.
Jones, Seth (2008). “The Rise of Afghanistan’s Insurgency: State Failure and Jihad”, International Security, Vol. 32, No. 4, pp. 7-40.
Kagan, Robert (2023). “A Free World, If You Can Keep It: Ukraine and American Interests”
Foreign Affairs, Vol. 102, No. 1, p. 39-53.
Kaplan, Jeffrey (2016). ”Waves of Political Terrorism, Oxford Research Encyclopedia” (pp. 1-27). Available at https://oxfordre.com/politics/view/10.1093/acrefore/97801902286 37.001.00 01/acrefore-9780190228637-e-24?print.
Li, Mingjiang (2020). “The Belt and Road Initiative: geo-economics and Indo-Pacific securitycompetition”, International Affairs, Vol. 96, No. 1, pp. 169-187.
Mearsheimer, John (2014). “Why the Ukraine Crisis Is the West’s Fault: The Liberal Delusions That Provoked Putin”, Foreign Affairs, Vol. 93, No. 5, p. 77-89.
Petraeus, David (2010). “Counterinsurgency Concepts: What We Learned in Iraq”, Global Policy, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 116-117.
Putin, Vladimir (2021). ”On the Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians“, tillgänglig via URL=http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/66181
Ravndal, Jacob (2018). ”Explaining right-wing terrorism and violence in Western Europe: Grievances, opportunities and polarisation”, European Journal of Political Research, 57, pp. 845–866.
Zakaria, Fareed (2020). “The New China Scare: Why America Shouldn’t Panic About ItsLatest Challenger”, Foreign Affairs, Vol. 99, No. 1, pp. 1-10.
Criteria for the home exam:
Relevance: The question must be answered based on appropriate literature and central concepts.
Breadth: There must be a breadth of different points of view in the answer.
Depth: There must be depth in the answer.
Outline: There must be a logical and clear structure to the answer.
Independence: There must be a clear strategy for answering the question, problem awareness, critical thinking and analytical ability.
Use of literature: The course literature must form the basis for the answer to the question. It is permitted to use other literature/other material. In these cases, it is up to the student to decide what other material is appropriate.
Language and references: The answer must be well-formulated with correct references.
No use of Chat-gpt or plagiarism
For grade E – The home exam must satisfactorily fulfill the course objectives and the criteria above.
For grade D – The home exam must clearly meet the course objectives and the criteria above.
For grade C – The take-home exam must meet previous grade requirements plus include developed reasoning about depth and breadth, as well as independence and analytical ability.
For grade B – The home exam must fulfill previous grade requirements plus be well-argued, show very good independence, great depth and breadth, and high analytical ability.
For grade A – The take-home exam must be exceptionally well written based on the course objectives, the criteria above, and previous grade requirements to receive the grade A.