"Despite its increasingly secure place in the world, the People's Republic of China remains dissatisfied with its global status. Its growing material power has simultaneously led to both greater influence and unsettling questions about its international intentions. China also has found itself in a constant struggle to balance its aspirations abroad with a daunting domestic agenda. This authoritative book provides a unique exploration of ..."
"How will China use its increasing military capabilities in the future? China faces a complicated security environment with a wide range of internal and external threats. Rapidly expanding international interests are creating demands for the People's Liberation Army (Pla) to conduct new missions ranging from protecting Chinese shipping from Somali pirates to evacuating citizens from Libya. The most recent Chinese defense white paper stat ..."
"Despite its increasingly secure place in the world, the People's Republic of China remains dissatisfied with its global status. Its growing material power has simultaneously led to both greater influence and unsettling questions about its international intentions. China also has found itself in a constant struggle to balance its aspirations abroad with a daunting domestic agenda. This authoritative book provides a unique exploration of ..."
"The authors of this report explore how command and control (C2) is exercised in the U.S. Navy and China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy, and how these C2 concepts support and challenge each nation's shift to new maritime missions."
"The book offers suggestions on how Taiwan and the United States can work together to improve Taiwan's defenses and increase stability across the Taiwan Strait."
"This report details the political, economic, and military interests and activities of China and Russia in the Middle East and identifies where those efforts contest, intersect, or complement U.S. interests and activities."
"If its current artificial intelligence plan is successful, China will achieve an advantage over the United States and its allies. That has significant strategic implications that the United States must address."
"Trends, Trajectories, and Long-Term Competition Andrew Scobell, Edmund J.
Burke, Cortez A. Cooper III, Sale Lilly, ... National Defense White Paper: The
Diversified Employment of China's Armed Forces [国防白皮书:中国武装力量的
多样化 ... Mulvenon, James, and David Finkelstein, eds., China's Revolution in
Doctrinal Affairs: Emerging Trends in the Operational Art of the Chinese People's
Liberation ..."
"To explore what extended competition between the United States and China might entail out to 2050, the authors of this report identified and characterized China’s grand strategy, analyzed its component national strategies (diplomacy, ..."
"... and Taiwan, including At Cross Purposes, a book of essays on the history of
America's relations with Taiwan (Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe, March 2004), and his
study on cross- Strait relations, Untying the Knot: Making Peace in the Taiwan
Strait (Washington, DC: Brookings, forthcoming 2005). Dr. Bush received his
undergraduate education at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin. He did
his graduate work in political science at ..."
"China’s current military reforms are unprecedented in their ambition and in the scale and scope of the organizational changes. Virtually every part of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) now reports to different leaders, has had its mission and responsibilities changed, has lost or gained subordinate units, or has undergone a major internal reorganization. Drawing on papers presented at two conferences co-organized by the U.S. National D ..."
"144. RositaDellios states:“Strategic culturepertains toa people's distinctive style
of dealing with and thinking about the problems of national security.” Rosita
Dellios, “'How May the World Be at Peace?': Idealism as Realism in China's
Strategic ..."
"Other than the 25 full and alternate members of the Politburo, there are 27
members of the 16th Central Committee who ... heads of the Organization
Department (Huang Qingyi and Li Tielin), the editor-in chief of People's Daily (
Wang Chen), the ... (Shi Zongyuan), the director of the Central Office for Overseas
Propaganda (Zhao Qizheng), the Minister of State Security ... One might note in
passing that sports are also important to t ..."
"Since the early 2000s, relations between China and Israel have expanded in terms of trade, investment, and educational partnerships. China is interested in advanced technology and Israel’s strategic location, while Israel seeks to expand ties with the world’s fastest growing major economy and diversify its export markets. In this report, RAND researchers discuss the relationship and the challenges it poses for Israel and for the United ..."
"Totalitarian regimes rarely endure longer than several decades and almost never
survive the passing of the absolute dictator. In fact, Pyongyang is unique in that it
is the only totalitarian regime to weather a leadership transition (from Kim Il Sung
to Kim Jong Il). Indeed, North Korea is the world's “longest lasting totalitarian
regime, having spanned some 4 decades and surviving generational leadership
succession.” Perhaps none ..."
"Robert D. Kaplan, “The Lawless Frontier,” The Atlantic Monthly, September 2000,
p. 72. 42. “Pakistan Closes Border to Refugees,” New York Times (Washington
edition), November 10, 2000. 43. Eric S. Margolis, War at the Top of the World: ..."