The origins of "near seas defense and far seas protection" / Jennifer Rice and Erik Robb.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Rice, Jennifer, author.

Robb, Erik, author.

Contributor:

Naval War College (U.S.). China Maritime Studies Institute, issuing body.

Series:

China maritime report ; no. 13.

China maritime report ; no. 13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

China--Military policy.

China.

Sea-power--China.

Sea-power.

Military policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (14 pages) : color photographs.

Place of Publication:

Newport, Rhode Island : U.S. Naval War College, China Maritime Studies Institute, 2021.

Summary:

This report traces the origins and development of China's current naval strategy: "Near Seas Defense and Far Seas Protection." Near Seas Defense is a regional, defensive concept concerned with ensuring China's territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests. Its primary focus is preparing to fight and win informatized local wars within the first island chain. Far Seas Protection has both peacetime and wartime elements. In peacetime, the Chinese navy is expected to conduct a range of "non-war military operations" such as participating in international peacekeeping, providing humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, evacuating Chinese citizens from danger, and engaging in joint exercises and naval diplomacy. In wartime, the PLAN could be tasked with securing China's use of strategic sea lanes and striking important nodes and high-value targets in the enemy's strategic depth. Nears Seas Defense and Far Seas Protection is rooted in the ideas of Alfred Thayer Mahan and Mao Zedong.

Notes:

"February 2021."

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource, PDF version; title from cover (Naval War College, viewed March 9, 2021).

OCLC:

1240776329