[Fudan/China] Special Lecture #3 (20042017) > Special Lectures

Title

Role Dynamics in a Structured Relationship:  The EU-China Strategic     Partnership

Speaker

Associate Professor Anna Michalski

Dates

20^th Apirl 2017

Venue

Room 725, Wenke Building of Handan Campus, Fudan University

Number of

Participants

(approx.)

17

Outlines

(up to 5 points)

1 China and the EU locked into a competitive, but structured relationship. What’s the purpose?

2 Explore the dynamics of the strategic partnership through the   role theory.

3 International system is constructed on social relation. However, socialization treated as given and unidirectional, not sufficiently exploring the dynamics of role-play in structured bilateral partnerships

4 China-EU strategic partnership: context, how and why.

5 Detailed analysis of China-EU Strategic Partnership, four periods:  the setting-up of the SP, 1995-2002; the honeymoon period, 2003-05; disillusionment and near breakdown, 2006-09; reset of partnership: towards a more realistic basis for relations, 2010-14.