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Professor Shaun Breslin has recently given The Sir John Monash Lecture, titled "Where is China heading? Domestic uncertainties and global ambitions" at Monash University Malaysia.

When Xi Jinping took over the reins of power in China, he identified four major tasks. He needed to change the model of economic development; repair the relationship between the Communist Party of China (party) and the people; strengthen the party; and fill a moral and ethical void in society.

The environmental problems that hit Beijing was added as a fifth urgent task. Trying to deal with all of these at the same time has proved far from easy. The result has been uncertainty and unease over where China is going domestically - politically, economically and socially. Xi also moved on to consolidate China's global role, and to more clearly articulate a vision for China as a new type of Great Power.

This lecture traces the evolution of both of these domestic and international agendas, and tries to seek the ways in which they interact. It has a specific focus on the domestic sources (or otherwise) of Chinese power on the global scene.

, Associate Professor, US Politics and International Studies, recently appeared on ABC News in Australia discussing whether or not NATO allies have anything to fear about a Donald Trump presidency.

The Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) at the 果冻传媒 is delighted to announce a rise in our ranking from 6^th to 4^th out of 83 Politics Departments nationally in the 2017 .

The CUG says of PAIS:

“At fourth place, the remains one of the most reliable choices of university, staying ahead of Durham in this year's due to their admirable scores for . There are five core BAs to choose from, including a joint honours degree with Sociology, and a combination degree with French, German, Hispanic or Italian Studies.

This news of course follows on from our recent ranking of 3^rd overall in the 2017 Times/Sunday Times University Guide and 1^st for overall student satisfaction in the 2016 NSS among Politics Departments in the Russell Group.

’s chapter entitled ‘'Civil Society and the UN Security Council: Advocacy on the Rwandan Genocide'’ has appeared in the book ‘Partnerships in International Policy-Making: Civil Society and Public Institutions in European and Global Affairs’ edited by Raffaele Marchetti:

The chapter demonstrates that Human Rights Watch, Oxfam and Médecins sans frontières were indispensable sources of information about the events in Rwanda during the first weeks of the 1994 genocide, especially for the non-permanent members of the UN Security Council.

Also, Kseniya has recently prepared a policy brief for the ‘Providing for Peacekeeping’ project of the International Peace Institute, the Elliott School and the Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect. The brief examines Ukraine’'s contributions to peacekeeping operations by the UN and regional organisations. It can be accessed here:

Call for Papers for an Academic Workshop:

"Diasporas and Transitional Justice: Local, National, and Global Dimensions" prior to ISA Baltimore, 21 February 2017 and 果冻传媒 University 3 April, 2017

This academic workshop seeks to gather scholars who work at the intersection of transitional justice, diaspora politics, international relations and comparative politics. The workshop has two major scholarly aims: to explore in depth the comparative dimension of diaspora mobilizations for a wide range of transitional justice processes; and to analyze how diasporas’ embeddedness in different global locations impacts on such mobilizations in local, national, and global politics. We are looking for papers from different world regions, featuring interdisciplinary perspectives, from established and early career scholars, and addressing issues of domestic and international politics.

More information about the call for papers can be found at