Whither Chinese IR? The Sinocentric Subject and the Paradox of Tianxia-ism

The Chinese Communist Party celebrated itself at home as a progressive force that brought prosperity and overcame the pandemic. Internationally, geopolitical rivalries are growing. In GIGA Focus Asia, the author recommends how the EU should react to China's claim to global leadership.

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

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

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

Participant on Roundtable: "Voices from the Global South: Perspectives on the Evolving Global Order and International Relations Theory"

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 (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)

Wie sollten wir durch die Beschäftigung mit Erfahrungen und Perspektiven aus dem Nichtwesten über die Mainstream- bzw. disziplinären Internationale Beziehungen hinausgehen? Der vorliegende Aufsatz untersucht die wichtigsten Forschungsprojekte der letzten beiden Jahrzehnte, die sich auf die Untersuchung „nichtwestlicher IB“ beziehen.

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

The Chinese Communist Party celebrated itself at home as a progressive force that brought prosperity and overcame the pandemic. Internationally, geopolitical rivalries are growing. In GIGA Focus Asia, the author recommends how the EU should react to China's claim to global leadership.

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

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