Central European University A Program for University Teachers, Advanced Ph.D. Students, Researchers and Professionals in the Social Sciences and Humanities Summer University

  EMERGING FROM COMMUNISM: RUSSIA AND CHINA AND THE NEW INTERNATIONAL ORDER

July 24 - August 4, 2000

 

Course Director: Jonathan Adelman, Professor (Graduate  School of International Studies,
                                                                            University of  Denver, Denver)
Resource Persons: Evgenii Bazhanov, Vice President (Russian Diplomatic Academy, Moscow)
                               Ágnes Gereben, Leading Researcher (ELTE Budapest University, Budapest)
                               Yan Xuetong, Professor (Director, Center for Foreign Policy Studies, China
                                                                       Contemporary International Relations, Beijing)
 
Professor Jonathan Adelman, a full professor at the Graduate School of International Studies of the University of Denver, has written or edited 10 books since receiving his Ph.D in Communist politics from Columbia University. He has visited China 12 times and Russia 4 times in recent years. He is Honorary Professor at both Peking University and People's University in Beijing.

Professor Evgenii Bazhanov, Vice President at the Russian Diplomatic Academy, was formerly a leading adviser to Mikhail Gorbachev on foreign policy. He served four years in the Russian Embassy in Beijing as Political Counselor and six years in  the Russian consulate in San Francisco. The author of many books, he was named Distinguished Scholar of the Russian Federation by Boris Yeltsin in 1997.

Professor  Ágnes Gereben, a leading researcher at ELTE in Budpest, is the author of numerous works on
Russian literature and contemporary Russian politics and sociology.

Professor Yan Xuetong, who frequently appears on CNN and received his Ph.D from Berkeley, is a leading security analyst in Beijing for a top ministry dealing with foreign policy issues for the government. An Adjunct Professor at Peking University, he usually travels abroad 8-10 times a year to institutes all over the world. He is a prolific author in both English and Chinese.

Course Objective
The course objective is to promote continuing education, information on current research and methodologies and presentation of debates and arguments on highly topical issues. By bringing together professors from the United States, China, Russia and Hungary, the course works to build a strong network of faculty and professionals and students that could facilitate the exchange of ideas and cooperative ventures. It promotes interaction between current and future scholars from the East and West.

Course level, target audience
Advanced, in depth analysis

Syllabus

I. THEORETICAL AND HISTORICAL OVERVIEW
 

1. DEVELOPMENT OF DEMOCRACY, CAPITALISM AND NATION BUILDING
  (Monday, July 24, 4 hours)

A. Typologies of Western Pathways (Adelman, lecture, 1 hour)
B. Alternative Russian and Chinese Imperial Pathways (Bazhanov, lecture, 1 hour)
C. Nature and Relevance of Pre-Modern Agro-Bureaucratic Empires (Adelman, lecture, 1 hour)
D. Discussion of topic of alternative pathways to democracy, capitalism and nation building
     (Adelman,discussion, 1 hour)
 

2. REVOLUTIONARY SEIZURE OF POWERS AND THEIR HISTORICAL CONSEQUENCES
 (Monday, July 24 A, Tuesday, July 25, B-D, 4 hours)

A. Typologies of Revolutionary Paths to Power (Adelman, lecture, 1 hour)
B. Russian Revolutions (Gereben, lecture, 1 hour)
C. Chinese Revolutions (Yan, lecture, 1 hour)
D. Discussion of Revolutionary Seizures of Power and their Historical Consequences
    (Bazhanov, discussion, 1 hour)
 

3. COMMUNIST TRANSFORMATION OF SOCIETY; SUCCESSES, FAILURES, CONSEQUENCES
 (Tuesday, July 25 A-B,  Wednesday,  July 26 C-D)

A. Typologies of Transformations of Society (Adelman, lecture, 1 hour)
B. Stalinist Revolution From Above (Gereben, lecture, 1 hour)
C. Maoist Revolution From Below (Bazhanov, lecture, 1 hour)
D. Discussion of Successes, Failures and Consequences of Communist Transformations of  Society
    (Yan, discussion, 1 hour)
 

II. REALITIES OF TRANSITIONS (1980-1991)

1.  RECORD OF COMMUNIST REFORMERS (Wednesday, July 26, A-C, Thursday, July 27, D)
A. Possibilities of Reform in Communist States (Bazhanov, lecture, 1 hour)
B. Russian Reformers and Failure (Gorbachev) (Gereben, lecture, 1 hour)
C. Chinese Reformers and Success (Deng Xiaoping) (Yan, lecture, 1 hour)
D. Discussion of Record of Communist Reformers (Gereben, discussion,1 hour)
 

2.    SUCCESS AND FAILURE OF POPULAR REVOLTS (Thursday, July 27)

A. Russian Revolution 1991 (Bazhanov, lecture, 1 hour)
B. Eastern European Revolutions 1989 (Gereben, lecture, 1 hour)
C. Chinese Tienanmen Square 1989 (Bazhanov, lecture, 1 hour)
D. Discussion of Success and Failure of Popular Revolts (Adelman, discussion, 1 hour)
 

III. THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS UNDERPINNING RUSSIA AND
CHINA IN THE 1990s

1. CAPITALIST ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE TRANSITION FROM PLANNED
SOCIALIST ECONOMY TO INTEGRATION INTO THE GLOBAL FREE MARKET ECONOMY
(Friday, July 28)

A. Typologies of Success and Failures in Asian and European Capitalist Development (Adelman, lecture, 1 hour)
B. Russia's Virtual Economy and Disintegration (Bazhanov, lecture, 1 hour)
C. China's Economic Boom and Current Problems (Yan, lecture, 1 hour)
D. Discussion of Typologies of Success and Failure in Capitalist
Development (Bazhanov, discussion, 1 hour)
 

2. POLITICAL MODERNIZATION AND THE TRANSITION TO DEMOCRATIC SOCIETIES
   (Monday, July 31)

A. Prerequisites for a Democratic Order (Adelman, lecture, 1 hour)
B. Russia's Abrupt Transition to Flawed Democracy (Gereben, lecture, 1 hour)
C. China's Continued Authoritarianism and Change (Bazhanov, lecture, 1 hour)
D. Discussion of Political Modernization and the Transition to Democracy (Yan, discussion, 1 hour)
 

3. NATION BUILDING AND ETHNIC CONFLICT (Monday, July 31, A, Tuesday, August 1, B-D)

A. Theoretical and Historical Overview (Adelman, lecture, l hour)
B. Russia's Extended Nation Building and the Near Abroad (Gereben, lecture, 1 hour)
C. China's Resistance to Nation Building (Bazhanov, lecture, 1 hour)
D. Discussion of Nation Building and Ethnic Conflict (Gereben, discussion, 1 hour)
 

4. CULTURAL, SOCIETAL AND EDUCATIONAL ADAPTATIONS TO CHANGING REALITIES
(Tuesday, August 1, A-B, Wednesday, August 2, C-D)

A. Cultural and Educational Prerequisites for Change (Adelman, lecture, 1 hour)
B. Russian Identity and Culture (Gereben, lecture, l hour)
C. Chinese Neo-Confucianism and Nationalism (Yan, lecture, l hour)
D. Summary of Cultural, Societal and Educational Adaptations to Changing Realities (Adelman, discussion, l hour)

IV. RUSSIA AND CHINA IN THE NEW MILLENIUM

1. THE NEW INTERNATIONAL ORDER AND GEO-POLITICAL REALITIES
  (Wednesday, August 2 A-C, Thursday, August 3 D)

A. American Hegemony (Yan, lecture, 1 hour)
B. Globalized Post-Industrial Economic Integration (Adelman, lecture, 1 hour)
C. Revolution in Military Affairs  (Yan, lecture, 1 hour)
D. Discussion of the New International Order and Geo-Political Realities (Bazahnov, discussion, 1 hour)
 

2. RUSSIAN AND CHINESE FOREIGN POLICIES IN THE NEW ERA (Thursday, August 3 A-C)

A. Russian Foreign Policy (Gereben, lecture, 1 hour)
B. Chinese Foreign Policy (Yan, lecture, 1 hour)
C. Russian-Chinese Relations (Bazhanov, lecture, 1 hour)
 

3. FUTURE PROSPECTS FOR RUSSIA AND CHINA (Friday, August 4 A-D)

A. Russia: Civil War, Disintegration or Revival as a Major Power? (Gereben, lecture, 1 hour)
B. China: The Future Superpower or Disintegration? (Yan, lecture, 1 hour)
C. Towards a Multipolar Global Polity and Economy? (Bazahnov, lecture, l hour)
D. Summary of Future Propsects for Russia and China (Gereben, discussion l hour)
 

In each topic, we will have, in addition to lecture and discussion, the presentation of a case study and active participant involvement.
 

Application requirements
The general SUN requirements and some background in the topic.
 

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