Other News
Prof Shaun Breslin interviewed by the Global Times
Prof Shaun Breslin was recently interviewed by the Global Times, an official Chinese newspaper, on 10 March in an article entitled 'Fighting vested interests will provide real challenge for incoming leaders'. Below is an excerpt from the piece:
But while we've seen some moves to act against corruption, we haven't really had any firm statement about what this wider reform agenda might be. My guess is that we have to wait until after the second round of leadership changes at the National People's Congress before we move on from the symbols and signs into actual policy changes.
Postgraduate Research Experience Survey (PRES)
How do I take part?
Click here to take part in the Postgraduate Research Experience Survey 2013.
The email from the Graduate School on 5th March 2013 contained your log-in details. You can also obtain these here (you will need your University log-in details to access this information).
Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey (PTES)/Graduate Teaching Evaluation Survey
PAIS Graduate Teaching Evaluation Survey 2012-13
Thank you to all who have completed the PAIS Graduate Teaching Evaluation Survey in your classes this week and last. If you missed the survey, please ask your tutor for one as you can still complete before the end of the term (deadline Friday 15 March).
PTES Survey: How do I take part?
Click here to take part in the Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey 2013.
The email from the Graduate School on 6th February 2013 contained your log-in details. You can also obtain these here (you will need your University log-in details to access this information).
Prof Shaun Breslin on China-North Korean relations in The Independent
Prof Shaun Breslin recently wrote an article for The Independent on 8 March entitled 'Still friends, but China will be peeved by North Korea's aggression'. Below is an excerpt from the piece:
China has been North Korea’s best – and sometimes only – friend for a number of years. It provides not just economic aid and support but diplomatic protection too. It’s not easy to see how the North Korean economy could survive without the food, energy and other goods it gets from China. And although China has not blocked UN sanctions against North Korea over its nuclear testing, without China, North Korea would undoubtedly have faced much harsher sanctions; and they would have been more rigorously and actively enforced. China doesn’t do this out of altruism – it wants something in return. There remains the firm hope in China that North Korea will emulate its own experience of gradual reform and integration into the global economy. If and when it does, Chinese interests hope to be well placed to benefit.
EU-Topia? Seminar presented by Warwick European Affairs Society
On 14 March, PAIS Research Fellow Dr Toni Haastrup will present a seminar on the EU and the UK, hosted by the Warwick European Affairs Society. The event will take place at 18.00 in room A0.23, with refreshments at 17.30.
