Chinese Foreign Policy Reacts to a World in Crisis

The Department of International Relations cordially invites you to the online event titled “Chinese Foreign Policy Reacts to a World in Crisis.” Assoc. Prof. Xiaoting Li from East China Normal University will join us as the speaker, together with Prof. Çağdaş Üngör from Marmara University as the discussant in our third event in the online series called “Talks on a World in Crisis.” The event will take place online via Zoom on the 21st of April between 15:00 - 17:00. 

Please click here for the event registration form. The online Zoom link will be shared half an hour before the event with participants who filled out the registration form via the e-mail addresses they provided on the form. 

Abstract 

Chinese Foreign Policy Reacts to a World in Crisis 

In IR theory, much is said of the hegemon's duty to maintain a well-functioning international system by providing public goods, strengthening international institutions, and preserving international stability. Conversely, if the hegemon neglects these duties and puts narrow self-interest first, the international system will be in crisis and open up a space for the hegemon's peer competitors. Over the last four years, the failure of the U.S. to act as a responsible hegemon has not only vitiated the legitimacy of the West-dominated international order but enabled China to play a larger and more constructive role in global and regional affairs. To consolidate its ascendancy on the international stage, however, China will have to take a long view and act more responsibly than the U.S. in managing conflicts of interest with other states. 

Dr. Xiaoting Li

Xiaoting Li is an associate professor at the School of International and Area Studies, East China Normal University (Shanghai). He holds a doctorate in political science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His research interests include international relations theory (especially its adaptations in the non-Western context), Chinese foreign policy, and the transformation of international order in the post-Western era. He has published academic articles at Foreign Policy Analysis, International Interactions, International Relations of the Asia-Pacific, Journal of Contemporary China, and International Studies Review. 

Dr. Çağdaş Üngör

Çağdaş Üngör is a professor at Marmara University’s Department of Political Science and International Relations in Istanbul. Üngör received her Ph.D. from the History Department at the State University of New York, Binghamton with a specialty in Chinese modern history (2009). She holds a B.Sc. degree in International Relations (Middle East Technical University, 1998) and an M.A. degree in Cultural Studies (Istanbul Bilgi University, 2004). Her research interests include modern Chinese history, media and propaganda studies, Sino-Turkish exchanges, and international relations in East Asia.