Masterclass with
Professor Amitav Acharya, American University
Professor C. Raja Mohan, Carnegie India
Dr. Nicola Leveringhaus, Sheffield University

Convenor: Professor Evelyn Goh, SDSC

In conjunction with the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre’s 50th anniversary celebration, this special Research Roundtable will feature international expert scholars specializing in key aspects of Asian security. It will introduce postgraduate students and early career researchers to alternative approaches, concepts and methods for analyzing Asian security issues. Participants will discuss the opportunities and challenges of conducting research on themes such as applying theory to understanding contemporary Asian security and international relations, Indian and Chinese foreign and security policy, regional order and institutions, and maritime and nuclear security.

Participants are requested to do some of the following readings in advance of the Masterclass.

READING LIST
Amitav Acharya, ‘Thinking Theoretically About International Relations in Asia,’ in David Shambaugh & Michael Yahuda, eds., International Relations of Asia (Rowman & Littlefield, 2013, Revised Edition).
Amitav Acharya, ‘Power Shift or Paradigm Shift? China’s Rise and Asia’s Emerging Security Order,’ International Studies Quarterly 51:1 (June 2013), pp. 158-173.
Nicola Horsburgh, China and Global Nuclear Order: From Estrangement to Active Engagement (Oxford University Press, 2015), Chapter 5 & Conclusion.
C. Raja Mohan & Anit Mukherjee, eds., India’s Naval Strategy and Asian Security (London: Routledge, 2016), Introduction & Conclusion.
C. Raja Mohan, ‘Foreign Policy after 1990: Transformation through Incremental Adaptation,’ in C. Raja Mohan, David Malone & Srinath Raghavan, eds., The Oxford Handbook of Indian Foreign Policy (Oxford University Press, 2015).