Helpp with goin about my topic.

[sabrin]

It seems quite easy,but id like to know how everyone else would go about it.

The Topic is ...'Evaluate the success of a specific Asia-Pacific state in achieving its national interests.

[shazzthepimpingturtle]

Which global actor are you focusing on?
or rather which one did you study?

[sabrin]

China.

[sabrin]

Basicallly I know I have to mention how china has been successful in the global politics in achieving its national interest through its extensive power.i.e military,political etc..But because the topic says 'evaluate' my teacher said to include the disadvantage or more like the unsuccess china has achieved for that particular interest.Just wondering how do you put two and two together,if you get what i mean ..sorry i wasn't clear before..

[nkultra42]

ok, so I had a similar topic on China, and what I did was this:

First I thought about 2-3 different national interests, for example, territorial integrity and economic development.
Then I discussed how China has been successful in achieving the interest and then contrasted this with how they haven't been so successful. For instance, first I would talk about how China has been able to keep a relatively tight grip over Tibet and Taiwan. But then, to contrast to this, I wrote about how sometimes China's actions have actually acted as a detriment in some aspects, by alienating Taiwan and Tibet, eg the 2008 Tibetan riots.

Another option is to focus on the powers themselves, and link that to a national interest, so millitary powerh has been used in Tibet with relative success, but it has a negative impact on the peaceful rise goal.

As long as you acknowledge differing views then you should be fine.    

[sabrin]

Thankss heaps 

[shazzthepimpingturtle]

ok, so I had a similar topic on China, and what I did was this:

First I thought about 2-3 different national interests, for example, territorial integrity and economic development.
Then I discussed how China has been successful in achieving the interest and then contrasted this with how they haven't been so successful. For instance, first I would talk about how China has been able to keep a relatively tight grip over Tibet and Taiwan. But then, to contrast to this, I wrote about how sometimes China's actions have actually acted as a detriment in some aspects, by alienating Taiwan and Tibet, eg the 2008 Tibetan riots.

Another option is to focus on the powers themselves, and link that to a national interest, so millitary powerh has been used in Tibet with relative success, but it has a negative impact on the peaceful rise goal.

As long as you acknowledge differing views then you should be fine.

That's a really good way of doing it nkultra,
I'll just put up my introduction to show what I talked about for this topic:

The People’s Republic of China is often named the ‘Red-state’; nostalgic of strong communistic ideology that once constituted for its political system. But in today’s global political hemisphere, the PRC has loosened its grip on hard devotion towards its previous socialist philosophy. This has occurred mainly due to the ‘opening of China’s doors to globalisation’ which is a prerequisite that promises the development of modern power. Thus, China’s national interests are comprised of motives and intention that ensure a dominant and prevailing China. To understand this, each national interest must be understood and the extent in which they have achieved this aim must be evaluated in the context of the level of resulting power it has given rise. The PRC’s first national interest is in the limiting of succession and preservation of territorial integrity. The extent which the PRC has achieved this national interest can be understood through the specific case of Tibet. Secondly, another one of the PRC’s core interests is economic development; an interest that has yielded a great degree of success. Both these national interests constitute for China’s ‘creation of a harmonious society,’ in which China aims to create a neo-communist medium of a nation in which the populace are decreasingly dissatisfied with the state. Finally, the national interest that aims to carve their role in the international community: ‘the peaceful rise,’ must also be understood in this context.

It's a little on the long side, and in the SAC in class, I didn't have the luxury of time of writing this much, but in my planning this was it!