Assessing Chinese military transparency / by Michael Kiselycznyk and Phillip C. Saunders.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kiselycznyk, Michael

Contributor:

Saunders, Phillip C. (Phillip Charles), 1966-

National Defense University. Center for Strategic Research

Series:

China strategic perspectives (National Defense University. Institute for National Strategic Studies) ; no. 1.

China strategic perspectives ; no. 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Transparency (Ethics) in government--China.

Transparency (Ethics) in government.

Disclosure of information--China.

Disclosure of information.

China--Military policy.

China.

Military policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (v, 49 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Defense University Press, [2010]

Summary:

The United States and other countries in the Asia-Pacific region have expressed concerns about China's expanding military capabilities and called on Beijing to increase transparency on military issues. Chinese officials and military officers argue that Chinese transparency has increased over time and that weaker countries should not be expected to meet U.S. standards of transparency. Lack of an objective method for assessing military transparency has made it difficult to assess these Chinese claims and has inhibited productive dialogues about transparency. This paper presents a methodology for assessing military transparency that aims to confront the question of China's military transparency from a comparative perspective. Drawing upon research done by Korean defense expert Dr. Choi Kang as part of a Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific working group, it focuses on defense white papers as a readily available and comparable source of official defense information. The paper develops an objective methodology for comparing the relative transparency of defense white papers by employing standardized definitions and a four-tiered set of criteria to evaluate transparency across 19 categories. This approach can be used to evaluate changes in transparency over time and to compare China's transparency with that of other Asia-Pacific countries.

Contents:

Introduction

Overview

Methodology

Ratings for China's 2008 defense white paper

China's defense white papers from 1998 to 2008

Comparison : China and ASEAN member states

Comparison : China and other East Asian and Asia-Pacific white papers

Conclusions.

Notes:

Title from PDF title page (viewed on September 27, 2011).

"Center for Strategic Research, Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University."

"June 2010."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 46-48).

Other Format:

Print version: Kiselycznyk, Michael. Assessing Chinese military transparency

OCLC:

754820586