Patterns In China S Use Of Force

Author : Mark Burles,Abram N. Shulsky
Publisher : Rand Corporation
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 0833028049

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Patterns in China's Use of Force by Mark Burles,Abram N. Shulsky Pdf

The People's Republic of China has often used force in ways that surprised and perplexed other countries. The Chinese appear to believe that, by carefully designing military operations to achieve maximum political effect, they can successfully use force even when the overall military balance is unfavorable. China's past successes in using force in this way while avoiding a massive reaction from its adversaries may give it confidence that it can succeed in the future as well. And China may feel that it can afford to accept greater risks. Many of the past uses of force occurred when China either was not a nuclear power or did not have a secure nuclear second-strike capability. The possession of strategic nuclear weapons may enable the Chinese leadership to run risks that it otherwise could not. This is tempered however, by the facts that China ran its past risks when it had some degree of support from one superpower against the other and that, after decades of economic development, China now has more to lose if it underestimates the risks.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:227915337

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Patterns in China's Use of Force by Anonim Pdf

China is emerging as a major global and regional player that will impact U.S. foreign policy well into the 21st century. A better understanding of China's interests as well as economic and military capabilities will assist in crisis prevention and war avoidance. This study examines the characteristic ways in which China might use force to protect or advance its interests. It looks at the record of Chinese use of force during the past 50 years, as well as at Chinese doctrinal writings concerning future conflict to understand what particular characteristics future Chinese uses of force might be expected to display. This research was conducted within the Strategy and Doctrine Program of Project AIR FORCE, as part of a larger project entitled "Chinese Defense Modernization and the USAF," under the sponsor- ship of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Air and Space Operations (AFIXO), and the Commander, Pacific Air Forces (PACAF/CC). Comments are welcomed and may be addressed to the project leader, Dr. Zalmay Khalilzad, or to the authors.

Author : Andrew Scobell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2003-09-08
Category : History
ISBN : 0521525853

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China's Use of Military Force by Andrew Scobell Pdf

In this unique study of China s militarism, Andrew Scobell examines the use of military force abroad - as in Korea (1950), Vietnam (1979), and the Taiwan Strait (1995 1996) - and domestically, as during the Cultural Revolution of the late 1960s and in the 1989 military crackdown in Tiananmen Square. Debunking the view that China has become increasingly belligerent in recent years because of the growing influence of soldiers, Scobell concludes that China s strategic culture has remained unchanged for decades. Nevertheless, the author uncovers the existence of a Cult of Defense in Chinese strategic culture. The author warns that this Cult of Defense disposes Chinese leaders to rationalize all military deployment as defensive, while changes in the People s Liberation Army s doctrine and capabilities over the past two decades suggest that China s twenty-first century leaders may use military force more readily than their predecessors.

Author : Michael D. Swaine,Sara A. Daly,Peter W. Greenwood
Publisher : Rand Corporation
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2000-03-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780833048301

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Interpreting China's Grand Strategy by Michael D. Swaine,Sara A. Daly,Peter W. Greenwood Pdf

China's continuing rapid economic growth and expanding involvement in global affairs pose major implications for the power structure of the international system. To more accurately and fully assess the significance of China's emergence for the United States and the global community, it is necessary to gain a more complete understanding of Chinese security thought and behavior. This study addresses such questions as: What are China's most fundamental national security objectives? How has the Chinese state employed force and diplomacy in the pursuit of these objectives over the centuries? What security strategy does China pursue today and how will it evolve in the future? The study asserts that Chinese history, the behavior of earlier rising powers, and the basic structure and logic of international power relations all suggest that, although a strong China will likely become more assertive globally, this possibility is unlikely to emerge before 2015-2020 at the earliest. To handle this situation, the study argues that the United States should adopt a policy of realistic engagement with China that combines efforts to pursue cooperation whenever possible; to prevent, if necessary, the acquisition by China of capabilities that would threaten America's core national security interests; and to remain prepared to cope with the consequences of a more assertive China.

Author : Joel Wuthnow
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Geopolitics
ISBN : OCLC:1260250633

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The PLA Beyond Borders by Joel Wuthnow Pdf

Author : W. Mott,J. Kim
Publisher : Springer
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2006-04-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781403983138

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The Philosophy of Chinese Military Culture by W. Mott,J. Kim Pdf

Drawing on ancient texts and modern interpretations, this work explores the foundations for war in China's strategic culture Shih, Li and Tao. The work uses Shih theory to explain the anomalies that continue to perplex Euro-American observers in modern China's uses of force.

Author : Abram N. Shulsky
Publisher : Rand Corporation
Page : 85 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0833028537

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Deterrence Theory and Chinese Behavior by Abram N. Shulsky Pdf

China's recent reforms have led to unprecedented economic growth; if this continues, China will be able to turn its great potential power into actual power. The result could be, in the very long term, the rise of China as a rival to the United States as the world's predominant power; in the nearer term, China could become a significant rival in the East Asian region. In this context, the issue for U.S. policy is how to handle a rising power, a problem that predominant powers have faced many times throughout history. It is the contention of this report that the future Sino-U.S. context will illustrate many of the problems of deterrence theory that have been discussed in recent decades; deterrence theory will be, in general, more difficult to apply than it was in the U.S.-Soviet Cold War context. The key may be to seek nonmilitary means of deterrence, i.e., diplomatic ways to manipulate the tension to China's disadvantage.

Author : George J. Gilboy,Eric Heginbotham
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2012-03-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107020054

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Chinese and Indian Strategic Behavior by George J. Gilboy,Eric Heginbotham Pdf

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Author : Markus B. Liegl
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781315529325

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China’s Use of Military Force in Foreign Affairs by Markus B. Liegl Pdf

This book explains why China has resorted to the use of large-scale military force in foreign affairs. How will China use its growing military might in coming crisis and existing conflicts? This book contributes to the current debate on the future of the Asia-Pacific region by examining why China has resorted to using military force in the past. Utilizing fresh theoretical insights on the causes of interstate war and employing a sophisticated methodological framework, the book provides detailed analyses of China’s intervention in the Korean War, the Sino-Indian War, China’s border clashes with the Soviet Union and the Sino-Vietnamese War. It argues that China did not employ military force in these wars for the sake of national security or because of material issues under contestation, as frequently claimed. Rather, the book’s findings strongly suggest that considerations about China’s international status and relative standing are the principal reasons for China’s decision to engage in military force in these instances. When reflecting the study’s central insight back onto China’s contemporary territorial conflicts and problematic bilateral relationships, it is argued that the People’s Republic is still a status-seeking and thus highly status-sensitive actor. As a result, China’s status ambitions should be very carefully observed and well taken into account when interacting with the PRC. This book will be of much interest to students of Chinese foreign policy, Asian politics, military and strategic studies and IR in general.

Author : Andrew Scobell,Edmund J. Burke,Cortez A. Cooper III,Sale Lilly,Chad J. R. Ohlandt,Eric Warner,J.D. Williams
Publisher : Rand Corporation
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2020-07-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781977404206

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China’s Grand Strategy by Andrew Scobell,Edmund J. Burke,Cortez A. Cooper III,Sale Lilly,Chad J. R. Ohlandt,Eric Warner,J.D. Williams Pdf

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, economics, science and technology, and military affairs), and assessed how successful China might be at implementing these over the next three decades.

Author : Brendan Howe,Boris Kondoch
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2013-06-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004249059

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The Legality and Legitimacy of the Use of Force in Northeast Asia by Brendan Howe,Boris Kondoch Pdf

In The Legality and Legitimacy of the Use of Force in Northeast Asia, Brendan Howe and Boris Kondoch bring together distinguished authors with extensive Northeast Asian backgrounds to offer a diverse and comprehensive evaluation of when it is right, from regional perspectives, to use force in international relations. The use of force in international relations has been severely curtailed by pragmatic considerations of international order, and further constrained by positive international law. In Northeast Asia, the prohibition of aggression has remained uncontested. Strict adherence to non-intervention in Northeast Asia has, however, increasingly come under attack from internal and external normative communities. The contributors, therefore, use regional legal, normative, cultural, and historical insights to shed light on the contemporary positions of Northeast Asian political communities with regard to the use of force.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 672 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Military art and science
ISBN : IND:30000119273179

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Parameters by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 125 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : China
ISBN : 0160939720

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China Military Power by Anonim Pdf

Author : David P. Rapkin,William R. Thompson
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2013-09-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780226040509

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Transition Scenarios by David P. Rapkin,William R. Thompson Pdf

China’s rising status in the global economy alongside recent economic stagnation in Europe and the United States has led to considerable speculation that we are in the early stages of a transition in power relations. Commentators have tended to treat this transitional period as a novelty, but history is in fact replete with such systemic transitions—sometimes with perilous results. Can we predict the future by using the past? And, if so, what might history teach us? With Transition Scenarios, David P. Rapkin and William R. Thompson identify some predictors for power transitions and take readers through possible scenarios for future relations between China and the United States. Each scenario is embedded within a particular theoretical framework, inviting readers to consider the assumptions underlying it. Despite recent interest in the topic, the probability and timing of a power transition—and the processes that might bring it about—remain woefully unclear. Rapkin and Thompson’s use of the theoretical tools of international relations to crucial transitions in history helps clarify the current situation and also sheds light on possible future scenarios.

Author : Peter Howarth
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2006-04-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134203956

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China's Rising Sea Power by Peter Howarth Pdf

This is a fascinating insight into China’s strategic abilities and ambitions, probing the real depths of its plans for the twenty-first century. China's Rising Sea Power explores similarities between China’s strategic outlook today and that of earlier continental powers whose submarine fleets challenged dominant maritime powers for regional hegemony: Germany in two World Wars and the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Using insights from classical naval strategic theory, Peter Howarth examines Beijing’s strategic logic in making tactical submarines the keystone of China’s naval force structure. He also investigates the influence of Soviet naval strategy and ancient Chinese military thought on the PLA Navy’s strategic culture, contending that China’s increasingly capable submarine fleet could play a key role in Beijing’s use of force to resolve the Taiwan issue. This book will be of great interest to all students and scholars of security and strategic studies, Asian politics, geopolitics and military (naval) strategy.