27 December 2011

Your Move, Beijing: Big Year Ahead for Chinese Navy

David Axe, Your Move, Beijing: Big Year Ahead for Chinese Navy,” AOL Defense, 23 December 2011.

… As part of its 11th five-year military plan beginning in 2006, China has: commissioned dozens of new frigates, destroyers, submarines and amphibious ships; begun sea trials of the country’s first aircraft carrier, the former Soviet Varyag; deployed ships overseas for the first time in modern Chinese history; and developed a “carrier-killer” system that combines ocean-surveillance satellites, drones and maneuverable Anti-Ship Ballistic Missiles.

The past few years have represented a “coming-out party for China as a great power on the rise,” according to Andrew Erickson, a Naval War College analyst and author of an influential book series on the PLAN. …

Click here for more information on the aforementioned CMSI book series, “Studies in Chinese Maritime Development.”

23 June 20117 COMMENTS

Chinese Aerospace Power: Evolving Maritime Roles (CMSI Vol. 5)

Andrew S. Erickson and Lyle J. Goldstein, eds., Chinese Aerospace Power: Evolving Maritime Roles (Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2011).
Author of “Beijing’s Aerospace Revolution: Short-Range Opportunities, Long-Range Challenges,” 3-18.
Coauthor, with Jing-Dong Yuan, of “Antiaccess and China’s Air-Launched Cruise Missiles,” 275-86;
and, with David Yang, of “Chinese Analysts Assess the Potential for Antiship Ballistic Missiles,” 328-42.
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01 December 20102 COMMENTS

China, the United States, and 21st Century Sea Power: Defining a Maritime Security Partnership (CMSI Vol. 4)

Andrew S. Erickson, Lyle J. Goldstein, and Nan Li, eds., China, the United States, and 21st Century Sea Power: Defining a Maritime Security Partnership (Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2010).
A Proceedings Magazine 2010 Notable Naval Book
Author of “The Container Security Initiative and U.S.-China Relations,” pp. 59-100;
“Prospects for Sino-U.S. Naval Cooperation against Avian Influenza,” pp. 326-52;
and […]

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17 July 20091 COMMENT

China Goes to Sea: Maritime Transformation in Comparative Historical Perspective (CMSI Vol. 3)

Andrew S. Erickson, Lyle J. Goldstein, and Carnes Lord, eds., China Goes to Sea: Maritime Transformation in Comparative Historical Perspective (Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, July 2009).
Japanese language summary translations now available: “書籍2:中国は海へ進出–歴史的経緯の比較による海洋の変革”and “大陸国家が海洋を目指す時.”
Coauthor, with Lyle Goldstein, of “Chinese Perspectives on Maritime Transformation,” pp. xiii-xxxvi;
and “China Studies the Rise of Great Powers,” pp. 401-25. Required […]

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16 June 20080 COMMENTS

China’s Energy Strategy: The Impact on Beijing’s Maritime Policies (CMSI Vol. 2)

Gabriel B. Collins, Andrew S. Erickson, Lyle J. Goldstein, and William S. Murray, eds., China’s Energy Strategy: The Impact on Beijing’s Maritime Policies (Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2008).
Japanese language summary translation now available: “書籍3: 中国のエネルギー戦略–北京の海洋政策への影響.”
Coauthor, “Introduction,” pp. xi-xix; with Gabriel Collins, of “Chinese Efforts to Create a National Tanker Fleet,” 81-114; and, with Lyle […]

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20 April 20074 COMMENTS

China’s Future Nuclear Submarine Force (CMSI Vol. 1)

Andrew S. Erickson, Lyle J. Goldstein, William S. Murray, and Andrew R. Wilson, eds., China’s Future Nuclear Submarine Force (Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2007).
Japanese summary translation now available: “書籍1: 将来の中国原子力潜水艦部隊.”
Coauthor, “Introduction,” pp. ix-xvi; with Lyle Goldstein, of “China’s Future Nuclear Submarine Force: Insights from Chinese Writings,” pp. 182-211; and, with Andrew Wilson, of “China’s […]

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