Nichtwestliche Perspektiven in den Internationalen Beziehungen

This essay critically assesses the Tianxia Theories, a line of indigenous International Relations (IR) theorizing in China organized around the concept of Tianxia (‘all-under-heaven’).

Organiser: University of Naples l’Orientale (UNO) Dr. Sinan Chu (Speaker)

Organiser: Shiv Nadar University Dr. Sinan Chu (Speaker)

I critically examine how three leading Chinese IR theories—Moral Realism, Relational Theory, and Tianxia System—relate to the concept of ‘good international citizenship’ (GIC), arguing that they do not offer a fundamentally different vision of world politics or states’ conduct from the perspective of GIC.

Book Launch with Professor Chih-yu Shih: Relations and Roles in China’s Internationalism: Rediscovering Confucianism in a Pluriversal World, Online (Google Meet) Dr. Sinan Chu (Speaker)

Sinan Chu was discussant at Book Launch with Professor Chih-yu Shih: Relations and Roles in China’s Internationalism: Rediscovering Confucianism in a Pluriversal World. The book launch was organized by the Center for China’s International Grand Strategy & Graduate Institute of East Asian Studies.

ISA Annual Convention 2025, Chicago Organisers: International Studies Association Dr. Sinan Chu (Speaker)

ISA Annual Convention 2025, Chicago Organisers: International Studies Association Dr. Sinan Chu (Chair)

Chair on Panel: "Relational Thinking in International Politics: Towards a Global Comparative History"

ISA Annual Convention 2025, Chicago Organisers: International Studies Association Dr. Sinan Chu (Panelist)

Participant on Roundtable: "Teaching China's International Relations: Trends, Challenges and Opportunities"

17th EISA Pan-European Conference on International Relations, Lille Catholic University - Université Catholique de Lille , Lille Organisers: European International Studies Association Dr. Sinan Chu (Speaker)

Paper presentation at the panel "Global IR Research Methodology: Consolidating Nondualism"

ISA Annual Conference 2024, Hilton Hotel, San Francisco Organisers: International Studies Association Dr. Sinan Chu (Speaker)

Good International Citizenship: A Global IR Perspective, Marmara University, Istanbul Dr. Sinan Chu (Speaker)

Annual Conference: "Global Conflicts, Global Collaboration: China in a Changing World Order", Historische Sternwarte, Göttingen Organisers: Joint Center for Advanced Studies “Worldmaking from a Global Perspective: A Dialogue with China” Dr. Sinan Chu (Speaker)

This article explores an alternative approach to engaging with non-Western IR theories, which the author refers to as the embedded observer approach.

This essay critically assesses the Tianxia Theories, a line of indigenous International Relations (IR) theorizing in China organized around the concept of Tianxia (‘all-under-heaven’).

Organiser: University of Naples l’Orientale (UNO) Dr. Sinan Chu (Speaker)

Organiser: Shiv Nadar University Dr. Sinan Chu (Speaker)