Can "Confucian Diplomacy" Exist in Westphalian International Relations?

2018 Fiscal Year Annual Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 16K21495
• Research Institution: Ryukoku University
• Principal Investigator: 陳 慶昌 龍谷大学, 国際学部, 准教授 (50569788)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2019-03-31
• Keywords: 国際関係論 / 東アジア地域研究 / 朝貢システム / ポストコロニアル / ポストウェストファリア型国際関係論

Outline of Annual Research Achievements

This project was concerned with the extent to which pre-Westphalian norms and institutions might shape East Asian state behavior in a Westphalian world and how. Over the course of research, the Principal Investigator realized that his (conventional) constructivist research design and case selection was flawed (anachronistic and still Eurocentric). The project thus took a postcolonial turn and in total produced four book chapters, two book reviews and a journal article (accepted in February 2019), all by internationally renowned publishers.

Research Products

• [Int'l Joint Research] 国立全北大学/延世大学(韓国)
  • Country Name: KOREA (REP. OF KOREA)
  • Counterpart Institution: 国立全北大学/延世大学
• [Int'l Joint Research] 国立台湾大学(その他の国・地域)
  • Country Name: その他の国・地域
  • Counterpart Institution: 国立台湾大学
• [Int'l Joint Research] The New School(米国)
  • Country Name: U.S.A.
  • Counterpart Institution: The New School
• [Journal Article] International Relations from the margins: The Westphalian meta-narratives and counter-narratives in Okinawa-Taiwan relations (2020)
  • Author(s): Ching-Chang Chen and Kosuke Shimizu
  • Journal Title: Cambridge Review of International Affairs Volume: 印刷中 Pages: 印刷中
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Christian Wirth, Danger, Development and Legitimacy in East Asian Maritime Politics (2019)
  • Author(s): Ching-Chang Chen
  • Journal Title: Social Science Japan Journal Volume: 22 Pages: 179-182
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/ssjj/jyy045
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Sheila A. Smith, Intimate Rivals: Japanese Domestic Politics and a Rising China (2018)
  • Author(s): Ching-Chang Chen
  • Journal Title: Journal of Chinese Political Science Volume: 23 Pages: 147-149
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11366-018-9536-9
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] If Not a Non-Western IR, What Can Be Done? China as a Method in Japanese IR Knowledge Production (2019)
  • Author(s): Ching-Chang Chen
  • Organizer: International Studies Association Annual Convention, Toronto
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] A Preliminary Inquiry into the Confucian Cosmology for Post-Human IR Theorizing (2018)
  • Author(s): Ching-Chang Chen
  • Organizer: International Studies Association Annual Convention, San Francisco
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Does (Un)Chineseness Matter? Taiwan’s (Non-)Involvement in China’s Maritime Disputes Reconsidered (2018)
  • Author(s): Ching-Chang Chen
  • Organizer: FLACSO-ISA Joint International Conference, Quito, Ecuador
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] If Not a Non-Western IR, What Can Be Done? China as a Method in Japanese IR Knowledge Production (2018)
  • Author(s): Ching-Chang Chen
  • Organizer: College of International Relations, Huaqiao University, Xiamen, China
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Crossing the Red Line? Rethinking the ‘Broken’ Chemical Weapons Taboo in the Second Sino-Japanese War (2018)
  • Author(s): Ching-Chang Chen
  • Organizer: One Asia Lecture Series, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Case-study of English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) in Japan: The New Challenges and Implications for Language Teaching (2018)
  • Author(s): Akiko Nagao and Ching-Chang Chen
  • Organizer: 16th Asia Pacific Conference, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Beppu, Japan