The PLA at Home and Abroad :.
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Publisher: Strategic Studies Institute
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 338
ISBN-13: 1584874481
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The PLA at Home and Abroad
Author: Roy Kamphausen
Publisher: Strategic Studies Institute
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 660
ISBN-13: 9781584874485
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPapers from the conference sponsored by the George H.W. Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University, the National Bureau of Asian Research, and the U.S. Army War College, held September 2009 on the People's Liberation Army.
Learning by Doing: The PLA Trains at Home and Abroad (Enlarged Edition)
Author: Travis Tanner
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2013-05-21
Total Pages: 399
ISBN-13: 1304056503
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTo better understand the PLA's ability to employ its developing capabilities in a variety of potential scenarios, this year's workshop examined how the PLA learns by doing, specifically through its exercises and noncombat operations at home and overseas, and through key logistical and theoretical developments. Key findings are 1) recent PLAN exercises and operations point to an increasing interest in developing expeditionary naval capabilities and a presence in distant seas, suggesting that a move beyond the current "near seas" focus is both possible and an extension of existing efforts; 2) PLA ground force exercises-rather than aiming to intimidate others by demonstrating the ability to project power beyond China's borders-focus on moving military power within China, both to defend China's borders and perhaps as a prelude to military restructuring in which smaller but more mobile formations could replace larger and more static ones;...
The PLA Beyond Borders
Author: Joel Wuthnow
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Published: 2021
Total Pages: 361
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Author: Michael S. Chase
Publisher: Rand Corporation
Published: 2015-02-13
Total Pages: 201
ISBN-13: 0833088319
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThrough extensive primary source analysis and independent analysis, this report seeks to answer a number of important questions regarding the state of China’s armed forces. The authors found that the PLA is keenly aware of its many weaknesses and is vigorously striving to correct them. Although it is only natural to focus on the PLA’s growing capabilities, understanding the PLA’s weaknesses—and its self-assessments—is no less important.
Modernizing China’s Military
Author: David Shambaugh
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 413
ISBN-13: 0520225074
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAnnotation The most thorough overview of the Chinese defense programs and Sino-American military relations by a leading authority.
Borrowing a Boat Out to Sea
Author: Nathan Beauchamp-Mustafaga
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Published: 2019-11-15
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ISBN-13: 9781733733960
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHumanitarianism in the Asia-Pacific
Author: Alistair D. B. Cook
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2021-03-12
Total Pages: 95
ISBN-13: 9813348747
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis collection offers insights of the international humanitarian system, considering what constitutes humanitarianism in Asia-Pacific, and how it shapes policy and practice in the region and globally. It adds to the conversation on reforming the global humanitarian system by providing the space to share perspectives on humanitarian action from our place in the world. The authors answer these questions by focusing on a range of issues from national to sectoral perspectives to relations between ‘traditional’ and ‘emerging’ players, concluding that the dynamics of the humanitarian system from the perspectives of the Asia-Pacific are rooted in their localized experiences and built outwards. The first significant trend is that understandings of humanitarianism in the Asia-Pacific are primarily shaped by the experience of disasters at home. Second, national governments play a dominant role in humanitarian affairs in the region. Finally, the humanitarian landscape in the Asia-Pacific constitutes a diverse yet under-appreciated set of actors. This book is based on the RSIS Conference on Asia and the Humanitarian World held in 2019 in Singapore. It is relevant to students, scholars, practitioners and policymakers with an interest in humanitarian assistance, disaster management, strategic studies and international relations in Asia-Pacific.
Chinese Military Reform in the Age of Xi Jinping: Drivers, Challenges, and Implications
Author: Joel Wuthnow
Publisher: Government Printing Office
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Total Pages: 100
ISBN-13: 9780160937873
DOWNLOAD EBOOKChina's People's Liberation Army (PLA) has embarked on its most wide-ranging and ambitious restructuring since 1949, including major changes to most of its key organizations. The restructuring reflects the desire to strengthen PLA joint operation capabilities- on land, sea, in the air, and in the space and cyber domains. The reforms could result in a more adept joint warfighting force, though the PLA will continue to face a number of key hurdles to effective joint operations, Several potential actions would indicate that the PLA is overcoming obstacles to a stronger joint operations capability. The reforms are also intended to increase Chairman Xi Jinping's control over the PLA and to reinvigorate Chinese Communist Party (CCP) organs within the military. Xi Jinping's ability to push through reforms indicates that he has more authority over the PLA than his recent predecessors. The restructuring could create new opportunities for U.S.-China military contacts.
Protecting China's Interests Overseas
Author: Andrea Ghiselli
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2021-02-04
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 0192637320
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProtecting China's Interests Overseas provides a fascinating and new window into Chinese foreign and security policymaking. In particular, it shows how the management of non-traditional security issues abroad led to the emergence of China's strategy to defend its interests overseas. This book comes at a critical time, as China has just inaugurated its first overseas military base in Djibouti, thereby establishing a long-term military presence outside Asia. Based on a large number of Chinese primary sources, the book examines how the main actors involved in the making and implementation of Chinese foreign policy understood the problem of protecting the assets and lives of Chinese companies and nationals abroad, especially in North Africa and the Middle East, and interacted with each other depending on their priorities, preferences, and organizational interests. As the different chapters explore various aspects and dynamics within the Chinese foreign and security policy machine, the analysis concludes that the emergence of China's strategy to defend its interests overseas was, to a large extent, crisis-driven. The evacuation of 36,000 Chinese nationals from Libya in 2011 was a critical moment in this process. Henceforth, significant efforts were made to strengthen the capabilities of and coordination between the different agencies under the control of the Chinese leadership, especially the Chinese People's Liberation Army. Consistently, China's military presence abroad expanded and evolved over the years to stabilize the regions where the country's human and economic presence is most significant, and to neutralize the non-traditional security threats against it. However, Chinese policymakers still face important challenges and complex dilemmas on the path to formulate a sustainable policy towards this very difficult issue. Protecting China's Interests Overseas also offers an opportunity to rethink how we study and understand Chinese foreign policymaking.
