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Assessing the threat : the Chinese military and Taiwan's security / edited by Michael D. Swaine, Andrew N.D. Yang, and Evan S. Medeiros ; with Oriana Skylar Mastro.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Military policy.
- China--Military policy--21st century.
- China.
- China. Zhongguo ren min jie fang jun.
- Taiwan Strait--Strategic aspects.
- Taiwan Strait.
- Chinese reunification question, 1949-.
- National security--Taiwan.
- National security.
- Taiwan.
- United States--Military policy--21st century.
- United States.
- National security--East Asia.
- East Asia.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 413 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, [2007]
- Summary:
- Since at least the early 1950s, the entire Asia-Pacific region has struggled with the complicated and complex relationship between China and Taiwan-today the Taiwan question is considered a potential flashpoint for a much larger international conflict. Bringing together experts from the United States and Taiwan, Assessing the Threat provides a comprehensive look at the dangers of military escalation in the Taiwan Strait, the latest advances in capabilities of the People's Liberation Army, and China's security relationship with the United States and the Asia-Pacific. There is increasing concern that Beijing is steadily shifting the balance of power across the Taiwan Strait in its favor. Recent advances in Chinese air and naval power, along with changes in PLA doctrine, have the potential to weaken deterrence and destabilize the cross-strait military balance. At this critical juncture, there is no question that this issue requires sustained, detailed analysis, and that many measures can and should be taken to reduce the threat of conflict between China, Taiwan, and the United States. Assessing the Threat offers such analysis, as well as concrete suggestions and crisis management practices for government and military leaders in Washington, D.C., Beijing, and Taipei.
- Contents:
- Introduction / Michael D. Swaine and Oriana Skylar Mastro
- China's Asia policy : strategy and tactics / Alex Liebman
- The PLA and joint operations : moving from theory toward practice / Dean Cheng
- Evolving Chinese concepts of war control and escalation management / Lonnie D. Henley
- PLA power projection : current realities and emerging trends / Roy D. Kamphausen and Justin Liang
- Air force deterrence and escalation calculations for a Taiwan Strait conflict : China, Taiwan, and the United States / Kenneth W. Allen
- The military instrument of statecraft at sea : naval options in an escalatory scenario involving Taiwan, 2007-2016 / Bernard D. Cole
- The nuclear dimension : how likely? how stable? / Brad Roberts
- PRC information operations : myths, trends, and new opportunities / James Mulvenon
- Taiwan's defense preparation against the Chinese military threat / Andrew N.D. Yang
- The implications of Chinese military modernization for U.S. force posture in a Taiwan conflict / Roger Cliff
- Future East Asian security architecture : implications for the PLA / Alan D. Romberg
- Assessing the threat / Michael D. Swaine and Oriana Skylar Mastro.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-385) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780870032387
- 0870032380
- OCLC:
- 132681460
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