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China’s “World-Class Military” Ambitions: Origins and Implications

M. Taylor Fravel
- 19 Mar 2020 - 
- Vol. 43, Iss: 1, pp 85-99
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For example, at the 19th Party Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in October 2017, Chinese leader Xi Jinping outlined the party's goal to complete national defense and military modernization as discussed by the authors.
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At the Nineteenth Party Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in October 2017, Chinese leader Xi Jinping outlined the party’s goal to “complete national defense and military modernization b...

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The Malacca Strait, the South China Sea and the Sino-American Competition in the Indo-Pacific:

TL;DR: In this article, the authors highlight the security dynamics of the US-China competition in the Indo-Pacific associated with the Malacca Strait and the South China Sea through the prism of balance of threat.
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Critically engaging the concept of joint operations: origins, reflexivity and the case of Sweden

TL;DR: The term "joint operations" has a particular cachet in the armed forces of the West as mentioned in this paper, and its ubiquity in military language, formations and education from the 1980s onwards suggests that it forms the ba...
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The China Challenge: Competitor or Order Transformer?

Wu Xinbo
- 15 Sep 2020 - 
TL;DR: There is no question that the sudden outbreak of the coronavirus and the heavy causalities it has brought to the United States have led to an unhealthy and even dangerous path toward heightened ant...
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A new era for Chinese military logistics

Joel Wuthnow
- 11 Feb 2021 - 
TL;DR: The PLA's ability to project force within and beyond China's borders, which Chinese strategists refer to as strategic delivery, depends on adequate logistics capabilities, systems, and policies as mentioned in this paper.
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Future Warfare in the Western Pacific: Chinese Antiaccess/Area Denial, U.S. AirSea Battle, and Command of the Commons in East Asia

TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that the Chinese A2/AD threat to U.S. allies is real but more limited than often supposed, and they also suggest that the A2-AD threat is a geographically limited long-term threat.
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Overseas Basing of U.S. Military Forces: An Assessment of Relative Costs and Strategic Benefits

TL;DR: In this paper, an independent assessment of the overseas basing presence of U.S. forces was conducted to evaluate the benefits and risks of maintaining a permanent or rotational presence in the United States.
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Economic Growth, Regime Insecurity, and Military Strategy: Explaining the Rise of Noncombat Operations in China

TL;DR: Although China's armed forces have yet to complete its ambitious modernization program, its military strategy has begun to emphasize the ability to conduct non-combat operations such as disaster relief and peacekeeping in addition to traditional war fighting as discussed by the authors.
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Active Defense: China’s Military Strategy since 1949

Suyash Desai
- 02 Jan 2020 - 
TL;DR: The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) has undertaken its most elaborate reforms since the past 30 years under President Xi Jinping as discussed by the authors, and the current PLA restructuring since 2016 aligns with China's...
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