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This course explores the political, security, and environmental dimensions of China’s impact on the earth’s "final frontiers"—Antarctica, the atmosphere, the high seas, and outer space. How do these special planetary spaces known as “global commons”— outside the sovereign control of any state and therefore in principle accessible to all—factor into China’s vision for its political and economic rise on the world stage? How is China’s influence affecting the global regimes established to govern these global commons? What is China’s relationship to the changing environmental conditions in these vast but vulnerable areas? How do China’s interactions compare to those of other emerging powers, and what does China’s global influence mean for the future of these remaining planetary frontiers? <a href="http://bit.ly/1bebp5s" target="_blank">Click here to see evaluations, syllabi, and faculty bios</a>