The East Asia Series of IDIS introduces titles to the Greek audience on the history, politics, international relations, and current events in China and East Asia.
The first titles to be translated and published within 2024 include:
Mitter, R. (2022). Modern China: A Very Short Introduction. Pedio (in Greek)
China today is constantly in the spotlight, with news and stories on the controversial issues of international finance, population and human rights. This ‘very brief introduction’ analyses the issues, developments and contrasts that have shaped modern China, through a range of topics ranging from the contrast of its ancient heritage to the emergence of its identity as an ‘economic miracle’. In this updated edition, Rana Mit…
Brown, K. (2022). Xi: A Study in Power. Icon Books.
‘Kerry Brown’s Xi is the perfect primer for understanding Xi Jinping’s status as China’s greatest ruler since Mao and as this century’s least assailable statesman’ John Keay, author of China: A History
‘A valuable primer for anyone looking to get up to speed on Xi Jinping’s rise to global power’ Jeff Wasserstrom, Guardian
Franceschini, I. and Loubere, N. (2022). Global China as Method. Cambridge University Press.
Is China part of the world? Based on much of the political, media, and popular discourse in the West the answer is seemingly no. Even after four decades of integration into the global socioeconomic system, discussions of China continue to be underpinned by a core assumption: that the country represents a fundamentally different ‘other’ that somehow exists outside the ‘real’ world.
Books of the program members:
Papasotiriou, H.. (2013). China: From the Celestial Empire to the Emerging Superpower of the 21st. Athens: Poiotita. (in Greek)
The purpose of this book is to present the historical background and recent political developments in China. It does not assume any knowledge of the history of China and East Asia. Rather, it aims to present the generally unknown Chinese political tradition in our country with a general overview, which nevertheless places more emphasis on the 20th and 21st centuries than on the more distant past.
Gofas, A. and Tzifakis, N. (2017). Theoretical Projections in International Politics: The Sino-American Challenge, Athens: Pedio (in Greek).
For some, the prospect of Sino-American relations is caught in a “Thucydidean trap”. For others, in a Kantian perspective. One thing is certain. The future of Sino-American relations is one of the greatest challenges for both current politics and international relations theory. A theory which is subject to a twofold critique.
Tsimonis, K (2021). The Chinese Communist Youth League: Juniority and Responsiveness in a Party Youth Organization. Amsterdam university Press.
With more than 81 million members, the Chinese Communist Youth League (CYL) is the largest youth political organisation in the world.1 The Chinese Communist Youth League: Juniority and Responsiveness in a Party Youth Organization is valuable as one of the few books on the topic that have been published in English.
Rogelja, I. and Tsimonis, K. (2023). Belt and Road: The First Decade. Agenda Publishing.
The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is one of the most talked about yet little understood policy initiatives of the People’s Republic of China. This book offers a comprehensive, balanced and policy-oriented assessment of the BRI’s first ten years and what it has meant for the world’s businesses, polities and societies.