China's rapid economic development and its rise to great-power status have sparked increasing research and political interests. Both policymakers and scholars are often divided over whether the ascent and modernization of China and its competition with the US could have a significant impact on or even present a direct threat to the international system. In this episode of Opinion Peace podcast, Sladjana Lazic spoke with Marc Lanteigne about some of the themes laid out in the fourth edition of his book "Chinese Foreign Policy - An Introduction". In the book, Marc Lanteigne provides an in-depth analysis of China's engagement in global politics and its foreign policy-making process. The main argument laid out in the book is that not only that Chinese foreign policy interests have broadened, but that simultaneously we are witnessing expansion and reconstruction of Chinese foreign policymaking that is supposed to provide a better fit for dynamic changes of the international system and China's rising power within that system.  

Besides discussing China's foreign policy behavior patterns, this episode also touches upon China's activities in regard to peacekeeping, international climate politics, Belt and Road initiative, COVID-19, as well as China's relationship with the United States.

This is episode is a recording of the keynote lecture given by Swati Parashar for the second day of "Studying Peace from Below" conference held at the CPS, 5-6 September 2019.

The title of Swati Parashar's keynote lecture was: "Rescuing 'Local' from its 'Global' Enthusiasts: A Postcolonial Reading of 'Peace from Below'."

This episode is a recording of the keynote lecture by Roger Mac Ginty that was delivered at the closing session of the first day of the Critical Interdisciplinary Conference on Studying Peace from Below. The conference was held at the Centre for Peace Studies (CPS) UiT- The Arctic University of Norway, 5-6 September 2019

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Feminist Peace Research - conversation with Annick Wibben by Podcast for Un-Disciplined Scholars, hosted by Sladjana Lazic

Quality Peace - conversation with Peter Wallensteen by Podcast for Un-Disciplined Scholars, hosted by Sladjana Lazic

This recording was made on 14/12/2018 at the Result Studio UiT. Recording engineer: Per Frank Hansen