Die nachfolgenden Beiträge behandeln aus einer jeweils individuellen Sichtweise die Erfahrungen mit Feldforschungsaufenthalten in Asien. Nach einer allgemeinen Einführung zum Verständnis von Feldforschung berichten einzelne Beiträge von Erfahrungen bei Forschungsaufenthalten in China, Japan,...

With the beginning of the post‐Maoist era, the focus of Chinese foreign policy shifted from ideology and revolution to pragmatism and reform. Chinese scholars in the field of International Relations (IR) are now encouraged to develop abstract scientific analyses of China's international...

1. Taking Chinese IR Scholars Seriously -- 2. On China’s Power and International Order: Is China a Challenger? -- 3. On US–China Relations: Problems and Prospects -- 4. On Chinese Foreign Policy and International Relations -- 5. Understanding China’s Rise through the Eyes of Scholars and...

Research on Chinese International Relations (IR) theory has produced a variety of discourses, including post-positivist analyses, contributions by area specialists and China watchers, and articles by Chinese IR scholars. These strands, however, hardly overlap or communicate with each other. To...