Archives

11/09/24 : Essence of Distinction: The Ends, Ways, and Means of China’s Military Maritime Quest
11/09/24 : CMSI Translation #6: “Building a World-Class Navy in a Comprehensive Way: Its Logic in Theory, History, and Practice”
04/09/24 : China Maritime Report #41: “One Force, Two Force, Red Force, Blue Force: PLA Navy Blue Force Development for Realistic Combat Training”
22/08/24 : CMSI Note 9: “On the PLAN’s ‘Core Operational Capabilities’”
22/08/24 : The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Type 23 Military Ribbons
15/08/24 : Coercive Annexation of Taiwan by the People’s Republic of China Would Unleash Globally Destructive Consequences, Rice Baker Institute Report Says
15/08/24 : CMSI Translation #5: “Strengthen National Defense Mobilization and Reserve Force Construction”
14/08/24 : PRESS RELEASE—Dr. Andrew Erickson Awarded Navy Superior Civilian Service Medal
13/08/24 : CMSI Note 8: “Recent Changes in the PLA Navy’s Gulf of Aden Deployment Pattern”
12/08/24 : China Maritime Report #40: “Onboard Political Control—The Ship Political Commissar in Chinese Merchant Shipping”
06/08/24 : Growing Chinese Threat Makes Taiwan World’s Most Dangerous Flashpoint, Defense Analysts Warn
06/08/24 : CMSI Note 7: “PLA Navy Reserve: Out of the Shadows and into the Forefront?”
02/08/24 : Geography Matters, Time Collides: Mapping China’s Maritime Strategic Space under Xi
01/08/24 : Annexation of Taiwan: A Defeat From Which the US and Its Allies Could Not Retreat
16/07/24 : CMSI Note 6: “Sharpening the Sword: Chinese Navy Aircraft Carrier Battle Group Defense Zones”
15/07/24 : Dean, Director, Scholar, Lawyer, Naval Flight Officer: The Peter Dutton Bookshelf
02/07/24 : “Modern Chinese Maritime Forces”—1 July 2024 ed.—Order of Battle for World’s Largest Navy, Coast Guard & Maritime Militia by Ship #s
02/07/24 : “Personnel of the People’s Liberation Army”—Read Ken Allen’s Testimony Accompanying USCC-BluePath Labs Report
01/07/24 : China Maritime Report #39: “A Hundred Men Wielding One Gun—Life, Duty & Cultural Practices Aboard PLAN Submarines”
17/06/24 : Honored to Speak at 20th Aspen Ideas Festival!
10/06/24 : CMSI Translation #4: “Charging into Battle—A Deeply Entwined Network: A Profile of Wang Chengfei, Director of a Research Office at the Naval Research Academy”
10/06/24 : The China Maritime Militia Bookshelf: Latest Wikipedia Entries, U.S. Gov’t Docs, SECNAV Guidance, Official Video—& More!
08/06/24 : Watch “The Boiling Moat: Urgent Steps to Defend Taiwan” rollout at Stanford’s Hoover Institution
31/05/24 : CLSC Dialogues – Ep 7 – Christopher Sharman and Dr. Andrew S. Erickson – China Center Director Series – China Maritime Studies Institute
30/05/24 : Today at 4–5:30 pm PT (7–8:30 pm ET)! “The Boiling Moat: Urgent Steps to Defend Taiwan” rollout at Stanford’s Hoover Institution
23/05/24 : “China’s Maritime Gray Zone Operations” Reviewed by Dr. James Holmes in The National Interest
23/05/24 : New CNO Reading List Includes “China as a 21st-Century Naval Power”
21/05/24 : Taiwan: The Stakes
21/05/24 : 20% Discount for Paperback Edition: “Maritime Gray Zone Operations: Challenges & Countermeasures in the Indo-Pacific”
14/05/24 : CMSI Translation #3: “Discussion on the Requirements and Methods of Intelligent Decision-Making in Torpedo Attacks by Unmanned Underwater Vehicles”
07/05/24 : China Maritime Report #38: “PLAN Anti-Submarine Warfare Aircraft—Sensors, Weapons, & Operational Concepts”
02/05/24 : Now Out in Paperback! “Maritime Gray Zone Operations: Challenges & Countermeasures in the Indo-Pacific”
02/05/24 : Must-Read from CMSI’s Ryan Martinson! “The PLA Navy’s Blue Team Center Games for War”
29/04/24 : New from Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI)! 2024 Recognition & Identification Guides for 1) China People’s Liberation Army (PLAN) & 2) China Coast Guard & Government Maritime Forces
29/04/24 : CMSI Translation #2: “Dominating the Battlefield—The Advantages of Unmanned Intelligent Combat Forces”
29/04/24 : CMSI Translation #1: “The ‘Cans’ and ‘Cannots’ of the Military Application of Artificial Intelligence”
25/04/24 : New CMSI Series! Translations # 1 & 2—人民海军 (People’s Navy) Articles on PLA’s Integration of Cutting-Edge Technologies
15/04/24 : China Maritime Report #37: “Re-Engaging With the World: China’s Military Diplomacy in 2023”
15/04/24 : PLA Military Diplomacy During 2023
11/04/24 : CMSI Note 5: “Admiral Wang Renhua: Exemplifying Jointness and Oversight for China’s Navy amid Xi’s Grade-and-Rank Reforms”
01/04/24 : “Modern Chinese Maritime Forces”—1 April 2024 ed.—Order of Battle for World’s Largest Navy, Coast Guard & Maritime Militia by Ship #s
26/03/24 : When China’s Navy Chief Came to Harvard: In Another Time, Admiral Wu Shengli Sought the Academic Gold Standard
26/03/24 : China Maritime Report #36: “China’s T-AGOS: The Dongjian Class Ocean Surveillance Ship”
22/03/24 : Panel on “What Chinese Leaders are Learning from Recent Wars Around the World” at Columbia-Harvard China & the World Program’s 20th Annual Conference
24/02/24 : China’s New Military Commanders Reflect Xi Jinping’s Naval Ambitions
21/02/24 : “U.S. Must Not Lose Taiwan, Experts Warn”—Most Popular Article on Taipei Times Website
20/02/24 : Special Presentation Today at Harvard—“China-Russia Relations Two Years into Putin’s Ukraine War: How Strong, For How Long?”
16/02/24 : The Taiwan Catastrophe: What America—and the World—Would Lose If China Took the Island
09/02/24 : China Maritime Report #35: “Beyond Chinese Ferry Tales: The Rise of Deck Cargo Ships in China’s Military Activities, 2023”
08/02/24 : CMSI Note 4: “Deck Cargo Ships: Another Option for a Cross-Strait Invasion”
05/02/24 : “U.S.-China Strategic Competition in South & East China Seas: Background & Issues for Congress”—Latest Info on PAFMM & CCG from Ron O’Rourke, CRS!
20/01/24 : CMSI Note 3: “‘Choose the Right Person, Choose the Right Path’: Taiwan’s Cross-Strait, National Security & Defense Policies Under a Lai/Hsiao Administration”
17/01/24 : The China Maritime Militia Bookshelf: Latest U.S. Gov’t Docs, SECNAV Guidance, Official Video—& More!
16/01/24 : Xi’s Fast & Furious Nuclear Buildup & Beyond: Key Content from Pentagon’s 2023 China Military Power Report
10/01/24 : China Maritime Report #34: “PLAN Submarine Training in the ‘New Era’”
01/01/24 : Start New Year Right! “Modern Chinese Maritime Forces”—1 January 2024 ed.—Order of Battle for World’s Largest Navy, Coast Guard & Maritime Militia by Ship #s
30/12/23 : Concepts
30/12/23 : Media
30/12/23 : CMSI Note 2: “Admiral Dong Jun Engages Friends and Foes: China’s First Naval Defense Minister Brings Joint Operational Experience”
27/12/23 : CMSI Note 1: “Admiral Hu to the Helm: China’s New Navy Commander Brings Operational Expertise”
23/12/23 : China’s Maritime Militia: The “Gray Zone” Force in the South China Sea
30/11/23 : China Maritime Report #33: “China’s Sea-Based Nuclear Deterrent: Organizational, Operational, and Strategic Implications”
16/11/23 : “U.S.-China Strategic Competition in South & East China Seas: Background & Issues for Congress”—Great Info on PAFMM & CCG from CRS’s Ron O’Rourke!
03/11/23 : China Maritime Report #32: “The PCH191 Modular Long-Range Rocket Launcher: Reshaping the PLA Army’s Role in a Cross-Strait Campaign”
25/10/23 : Reaping the Whirlwind: How China’s Coercive Annexation of Taiwan Could Trigger Nuclear Proliferation in Asia and Beyond
24/10/23 : Presented at NBR Event: “Assessing U.S.-China Deterrence Dynamics & Crisis Management”
23/10/23 : Apply Now! RAND Seeks China Researcher & Analyst
19/10/23 : U.S. Department of Defense Annual Reports to Congress on China’s Military Power—2000 to 2023—Download Complete Set + Read Highlights Here
11/10/23 : O’Rourke’s Latest CRS Report—“China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities”—USG/N Info on PLAN Ships & Projections of #s Lead thru 2040
03/10/23 : New Foreword! Latest “Modern Chinese Maritime Forces” Offers Vital Updates
30/09/23 : Running the Gauntlet: Holding the Line on Taiwan & Beyond through This Decade of Maximum Danger
29/09/23 : China Maritime Report #31: “China’s Submarine Industrial Base: State-Led Innovation with Chinese Characteristics”
28/09/23 : New NBR Volume: “China’s Military Decision-making in Times of Crisis and Conflict”
27/09/23 : Silicon Hegemon: Could China Take Over Taiwan’s Semiconductor Industry Without Invading?
06/09/23 : Pathbreaking Position! Apply to become 1st Research Professor of China Military Studies at Army War College Strategic Studies Institute’s new China Center!
17/08/23 : China Maritime Report #30: “A Brief Technical History of PLAN Nuclear Submarines”
22/07/23 : China Maritime Report #29: “PLAN Mine Countermeasures, Platforms, Training & Civil-Military Integration”
03/07/23 : 2nd Edition! Latest “Modern Chinese Maritime Forces” Offers Important New Content
03/07/23 : Honored to Meet with President Tsai Ing-wen as Member of Wilson Center Delegation!
22/06/23 : China Maritime Report #28: “Bitterness Ends, Sweetness Begins: Organizational Changes to the PLAN Submarine Force Since 2015”
12/06/23 : Taiwan Defense Ministry’s Translation of “China’s Maritime Gray Zone Operations”
09/06/23 : CMSI China Maritime Report #27: “PLA Navy Submarine Leadership—Factors Affecting Operational Performance”
30/05/23 : The China Maritime Militia Bookshelf: U.S. Government Coverage, SECNAV Guidance, Official Video—& More!
26/05/23 : The Conor Kennedy Bookshelf: Illuminating China’s Maritime Militia, Amphibious + Ro-Ro Vessels, Marine Corps & Belt + Road
19/05/23 : “China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities”—USG/N Info on PLAN Ships & Projections of #s Lead thru 2040—O’Rourke’s Latest CRS Report
15/05/23 : Unique Time Series Order of Battle!—China’s Navy: Ships & Aircraft of the PRC, 1955–2021
15/05/23 : Historical Orders of Battle: Soviet/Russian Naval Ships & Military Aircraft from 1955 to Now
05/05/23 : Quick Look Summary—CMSI’s 11–13 April 2023 Conference: “Chinese Undersea Warfare: Development, Capabilities, Trends”
02/04/23 : “Modern Chinese Maritime Forces”—1 April 2023 ed.—Order of Battle for World’s Largest Navy, Coast Guard & Maritime Militia by Number of Ships
20/03/23 : Apply by 24 March! China Landpower Studies Center seeks Chair/Founding Director & Research Professors of China Military + Indo-Pacific Security Studies
15/03/23 : Naval War College’s China Maritime Studies Institute (CMSI) Seeks New Director—Apply by 20 April 2023!
10/03/23 : “Chinese Strategy: Universal or Unique?”—Honored to Present at Naval War College-Vanderbilt University Conference!
10/03/23 : ODNI’s “Annual Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community”—Key China Content
08/03/23 : CMSI China Maritime Report #26: “Beyond the First Battle: Overcoming a Protracted Blockade of Taiwan”
05/03/23 : Official PRC Wording: National People’s Congress Reports’ Content Regarding China’s Armed Forces
05/03/23 : Beijing to Raise *Official* Annual Military Spending by 7.2% to ~$224.79 Billion (~1.5537 trillion yuan)—Read Complete “China Defense Budget Bookshelf” Here!
25/02/23 : INDOPACOM Report: “PRC-Russia Cooperation—Spotlighting PRC’s Continued Support to Russia Despite Legal Commitments to Ukraine”
21/02/23 : Harvard Fairbank Center Special Event—2 March: “‘Friends with No Limits?’ The Future of China-Russia Relations”
21/02/23 : Friends with “No Limits”? A Year into War in Ukraine, History Still Constrains Sino-Russian Relations
18/02/23 : Now Out in Paperback! “Chinese Naval Shipbuilding”
17/02/23 : China’s Approach to Conventional Deterrence
13/02/23 : Melissa Dalton Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Hemispheric Affairs and Gen. Glen VanHerck, Commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command and United States Northern Command, Hold an Off-Camera, On-The-Record Briefing
12/02/23 : Statement on Today's Actions by North American Aerospace Defense Command
10/02/23 : Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder Holds an On-Camera Press Briefing
09/02/23 : State Department Press Briefing—Substantial Content on PRC Spy Balloon
09/02/23 : “U.S.-China Strategic Competition in South & East China Seas: Background & Issues for Congress”—142nd ed. of O’Rourke’s CRS Report—Great Info on PAFMM & CCG!
07/02/23 : Putin’s Ukraine Invasion: Turbocharging Sino-Russian Collaboration in Energy, Maritime Security, and Beyond?
06/02/23 : Gen. Glen VanHerck, Commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command and United States Northern Command, Holds an Off-Camera, On-The-Record Briefing on the High-Altitude Surveillance Balloon Recovery Efforts
05/02/23 : Senior Defense Official and Senior Military Official Hold an Off-Camera, On-Background Press Briefing Update on the High-Altitude Surveillance Balloon
01/02/23 : How Gray-Zone Ops in the Yellow Sea Could Trigger a Maritime Crisis
29/01/23 : Now Out in Paperback! “China’s Maritime Gray Zone Operations”
27/01/23 : CMSI China Maritime Study/‘Red Book’ 17—“The Maritime Fulcrum of the Indo-Pacific: Indonesia & Malaysia Respond to China’s Creeping Expansion in the South China Sea”
20/01/23 : CMSI China Maritime Report #25: “More Chinese Ferry Tales: China’s Use of Civilian Shipping in Military Activities, 2021–2022”
01/01/23 : Start New Year Right! “Modern Chinese Maritime Forces”—1 January 2023 ed.—Order of Battle for World’s Largest Navy, Coast Guard & Maritime Militia by Ship #s
25/12/22 : The Pentagon’s 2022 China Military Power Report: My Summary
14/12/22 : Office of Naval Intelligence just published latest China Maritime Ship Recognition Guide!!
06/12/22 : Harvard Conference on U.S.-China Relations—18 November 2022—Covered in “The Wire China”
29/11/22 : Under Xi’s Command: Pentagon’s 2022 China Military Power Report Documents Relentless Ramp-Up Toward 2027 & Beyond
29/11/22 : U.S. Department of Defense Annual Reports to Congress on China’s Military Power—2000 to 2022—Download Complete Set + Read Highlights Here
17/11/22 : Honored to present on “Panel 4: Competition & Cooperation in Security, Ideas & Rules” at Harvard Conference on U.S.-China Relations, Harvard Law School, 18 November 2022
15/11/22 : Just Released! U.S.-China Economic & Security Review Commission (USCC) Issues 2022 Report
11/11/22 : Naval War College’s China Maritime Studies Institute (CMSI) Seeks New Professor—Apply by 9 January 2023!
10/11/22 : Declassified National Intelligence Estimate: “Chinese Space Activities Will Increasingly Challenge U.S. Interests through 2030”
10/11/22 : China’s Coast Guard: Organization, Forces, and Yellow Sea Applications
10/11/22 : Understanding Chinese and North Korean Gray Zone Operations in the Yellow Sea
07/11/22 : CMSI China Maritime Report #24: “Incubators of Sea Power: Vessel Training Centers and the Modernization of the PLAN Surface Fleet”
27/10/22 : Key China Content! From New 2022 National Defense Strategy-Nuclear Posture Review-Missile Defense Review
14/10/22 : Maritime Gray Zone Operations: Challenges and Countermeasures in the Indo-Pacific
12/10/22 : New U.S. National Security Strategy: Key China Content
08/10/22 : Harvard Fairbank Center Book Launch & Panel Discussion—“The China Questions 2” & “What Does China’s Rise Mean for the U.S.?”—Thursday, 13 October, 4:30–6:00 PM
07/10/22 : CMSI China Maritime Report #23: “The Type 075 LHD: Development, Missions, and Capabilities”
05/10/22 : New! “Modern Chinese Maritime Forces”—1 October 2022 ed.—Order of Battle for World’s Largest #s of Navy & Coast Guard & Maritime Militia Ships
01/10/22 : China-Russia Resources: An Open Source Compendium
21/08/22 : 2013 PRC-Ukraine Treaty of Friendship & Cooperation/Joint Communiqué: Russian, Ukrainian & Chinese Documents, Context, Timeline
05/08/22 : How Will China’s National Power Evolve Vis-à-vis the United States?
16/07/22 : CMSI China Maritime Report #22: “Logistics Support for a Cross-Strait Invasion: The View from Beijing”
08/07/22 : The Gabe Collins Bookshelf: China Energy, Strategic Resources, Security Implications & More!
05/07/22 : Lessons from the Lunar Module Program: The Director’s Conclusions
05/07/22 : Joseph Gavin and MIT’s Contribution to Aeronautics and Astronautics
01/07/22 : Order of Battle for World’s Most-Numerous Navy/Coast Guard/Maritime Militia Ships—“Modern Chinese Maritime Forces”—1 July 2022 ed.
20/06/22 : Timely, Insightful Volume: “Russia-China Relations: Emerging Alliance or Eternal Rivals?”
17/06/22 : PRC Launches 3rd Carrier “Fujian”—Trace Beijing’s Deck Aviation “Long March” with The China Aircraft Carrier Bookshelf!
06/06/22 : Honored to be Quoted! “China Secretly Building PLA Naval Facility in Cambodia, Western Officials Say”
06/06/22 : China’s Energy Nationalism Means Coal Is Sticking Around
01/06/22 : Key China Excerpts from Big DIA Report: “Challenges to Security in Space: Space Reliance in an Era of Competition & Expansion”
29/05/22 : The Prof. William Murray Bookshelf: Timely Insights into PLA Trends, Cross-Strait Dynamics & Taiwan’s Defense Options
26/05/22 : SECSTATE Blinken’s Speech—“The Administration’s Approach to the People’s Republic of China”—Key Wording Highlighted
25/05/22 : The China Maritime Militia Bookshelf: YouTube Presentation, SECNAV Guidance, Music Video—& More!
25/05/22 : 139th ed. of O’Rourke’s CRS Report! Great Info on PAFMM & CCG—“U.S.-China Strategic Competition in South & East China Seas: Background & Issues for Congress”
22/05/22 : “China’s Ports in Africa”—Great Chapter in Great Volume!
18/05/22 : CMSI China Maritime Report #21: “Civilian Shipping and Maritime Militia: The Logistics Backbone of a Taiwan Invasion”
16/05/22 : China’s Gray Zone Strategy in the South China Sea: Emerging Trends and Deterrence Strategies
13/05/22 : Must-Read in International Security! “Pier Competitor: China’s Power Position in Global Ports”
28/04/22 : CMSI China Maritime Report #20: “The PLA Army Amphibious Force: Missions, Organization, Capabilities, and Training”
21/04/22 : “Modern Chinese Maritime Forces”—1 April 2022 Edition—Covers World’s Most-Numerous Navy, Coast Guard & Maritime Militia Ships
18/04/22 : Eight New Points on the Porcupine: More Ukrainian Lessons for Taiwan
22/03/22 : The Center for Naval Warfare Studies (CNWS): An Introduction
18/03/22 : China’s Energy Import Dependency: Potential Impacts on Sourcing Practices, Infrastructure Decisions & Military Posture
13/03/22 : 2013 PRC-Ukraine Treaty of Friendship & Cooperation/Joint Communiqué: Signed by Xi, But What’s it Worth?
12/03/22 : O’Rourke’s Latest CRS Report—USG/N Info on PLAN Ships & Projections of #s Lead thru 2040—“China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities”
10/03/22 : CMSI China Maritime Report #19: “The PLA Airborne Corps in a Joint Island Landing Campaign”
09/03/22 : Annual Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community—Key China Content
07/03/22 : Lead Senior Navy School’s Research Arm through Critical Decade of Great Power Competition—Apply Today to Become Dean, CNWS, Naval War College!
06/03/22 : Meanwhile—China to Raise *Official* Annual Defense Budget by 7.1% to $230 Billion (1.45 trillion yuan)
06/03/22 : Putin’s Naval Strategy & Development—Key Docs/Translations + Analysis from Russia Maritime Studies Institute
05/03/22 : Office of Naval Intelligence Details Russia’s Navy—Unique Info Set!
27/02/22 : Unique Reference! Russia’s Aircraft: Russian Military Aircraft, 1955 – Present
27/02/22 : Timely! Russia’s Navy: The Soviet and Russian Navy, 1955 – Present Day
24/02/22 : Putin’s Ukraine Invasion Underscores: Nuclear Posture Review Must Preserve (Extended) Deterrence 100%, Avoid Dangerous “Sole Purpose” Language, etc.
23/02/22 : In Loving Memory: Admiral Eric McVadon, 1936–2022
11/02/22 : Indo-Pacific Strategy of the United States
28/01/22 : The China Maritime Militia Bookshelf: Latest Data/Analysis, SECNAV Guidance, Music Video & More!
27/01/22 : 138th Edition of O’Rourke’s CRS Report! “U.S.-China Strategic Competition in South & East China Seas: Background & Issues for Congress”—Latest Info on PAFMM & CCG
21/01/22 : CMSI China Maritime Report #18: “Chinese Special Operations in a Large-Scale Island Landing”
15/01/22 : Now Out in Paperback! “China Goes to Sea: Maritime Transformation in Comparative Historical Perspective”
15/01/22 : The Paul Nantulya Bookshelf: Elucidating China-Africa Relations with Unique Insights
07/01/22 : Featured in ANI News: “A Powerful Chinese Navy is Ready to Flex its Muscles”
01/01/22 : 1 January 2022 Edition of “Modern Chinese Maritime Forces”—Tracks World’s Most Navy, Coast Guard & Maritime Militia Ships
20/12/21 : U.S.-China Competition Enters the Decade of Maximum Danger: Policy Ideas to Avoid Losing the 2020s
20/12/21 : CMSI China Maritime Report #17: “The PLA Army’s New Helicopters: An ‘Easy Button’ for Crossing the Taiwan Strait?”
19/12/21 : PRC Pursuit of Xi’s 2027 “Centennial Military Building Goal” (建军一百年奋斗目标): Sources & Analysis
12/12/21 : Getting Synergized? PLAN-CCG Cooperation in the Maritime Gray Zone
29/11/21 : Latest China Security Report from Japan’s National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS) Focuses on Joint Operations—Access Complete Set of English/Japanese/Chinese Reports (2010 onward) Here!
23/11/21 : Great to Speak at CFR Virtual Meeting: “After Glasgow—The Good, the Bad, and the Hopeful”
19/11/21 : Honored to Present Mon. 22 November—Korea Maritime Institute/Harvard Belfer Center Conference—“Maritime Security & Peace on the Korean Peninsula”
17/11/21 : U.S.-China Economic & Security Review Commission (USCC) Issues 2021 Report
14/11/21 : Interviewed by Gordon Arthur, Shephard Media’s Asia-Pacific Editor: “Moving towards Mare Nostrum”
13/11/21 : Interviewed by ANI News: “Pentagon Report Issues ‘Clarion Call’ Over Chinese Military Ambitions”
12/11/21 : How Powerful Is China’s Military? The Pentagon’s New China Report Offers Answers
05/11/21 : The Pentagon’s 2021 China Military Power Report: My Summary
03/11/21 : Worth Waiting For—But No Time to Waste! My Take on the Pentagon’s 2021 China Military Power Report
03/11/21 : U.S. Department of Defense Annual Reports to Congress on China’s Military Power—2000 to 2021—Download Complete Set + Read Highlights Here
01/11/21 : CMSI China Maritime Report #16: “Chinese Ferry Tales: The PLA’s Use of Civilian Shipping in Support of Over-the-Shore Logistics”
30/10/21 : The China Maritime Militia Bookshelf: Latest Data/Analysis, SECNAV Guidance, Wikipedia & Music Video!
29/10/21 : SECNAV Del Toro’s Strategic Guidance to Navy/Marine Corps—Emphasizes China’s Three Sea Forces, Including Maritime Militia!
27/10/21 : New Oxford Bibliography: “The People’s Liberation Army (PLA)”
27/10/21 : Ron O’Rourke’s Latest CRS Report—USN Projections of PLAN Ship Numbers Superiority through 2040 & Much More—“China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities”
26/10/21 : O’Rourke’s New CRS Report—“U.S.-China Strategic Competition in South & East China Seas”—Latest on CCG + PAFMM & Gray Zone Ops
24/10/21 : Listen to New Midrats Podcast—“Episode 606: China’s Dangerous Decade with Andrew Erickson”
21/10/21 : Now Hiring! Executive Director for Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies & Harvard China Fund
18/10/21 : A Dangerous Decade of Chinese Power Is Here: China’s Power is Peaking—As is the Danger for the U.S.
18/10/21 : Remembering Colin Powell: A Meeting in China
17/10/21 : Interviewed by ANI News: “China Exploits the ‘Decade of Danger’”
13/10/21 : CMSI China Maritime Report #15: “The New Chinese Marine Corps: A ‘Strategic Dagger’ in a Cross-Strait Invasion”
03/10/21 : Unique Order of Battle!—China’s Navy: Ships & Aircraft of the PRC, 1955–2021
02/10/21 : October 1 Edition of “Modern Chinese Maritime Forces”—Tracks World’s Most Navy, Coast Guard & Maritime Militia Ships
20/09/21 : Australia Badly Needs Nuclear Submarines: AUKUS Nuclear Submarine Deal Is a Massive Boost for Australia’s Navy
10/09/21 : China Is Disrupting the Ocean’s Blue Carbon Sink
02/09/21 : China Is Laying Climate Traps for the United States
31/08/21 : China’s Climate Cooperation Smokescreen: A Roadmap for Seeing Through the Trap and Countering with Competition
31/08/21 : “Chinese Tactics”—Read the New U.S. Army Report!
16/08/21 : Mind The Gap: How China’s Civilian Shipping Could Enable a Taiwan Invasion
15/08/21 : The China Maritime Militia Bookshelf: Latest Data, Music Video, Statements, Analysis, Wikipedia & More!
15/08/21 : Latest on CCG + PAFMM & Gray Zone Ops—“U.S.-China Strategic Competition in South & East China Seas”—O’Rourke’s Newest CRS Report
04/08/21 : BZ! Prof. Ryan Martinson Wins Naval War College Civilian Faculty Research Excellence Award
31/07/21 : “China Is Using Tibetans as Agents of Empire in the Himalayas”—Part 2 in Pathbreaking Foreign Policy Series
29/07/21 : France’s Indo-Pacific Strategy: Priority Focus by a Resident Stakeholder
26/07/21 : Latest China Security Report from Japan’s National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS) Focuses on China’s Military Strategy. Access Complete Set of English/Japanese/Chinese Reports (2010 onward) Here.
23/07/21 : Honored to Join at Foreign Affairs: “Can America Trust China to Fight Climate Change? The Debate Over Competition and Cooperation”
21/07/21 : ICYMI—Key China Content—NASIC’s “2020 Ballistic & Cruise Missile Threat” Report
19/07/21 : Ramping the Strait: Quick and Dirty Solutions to Boost Amphibious Lift
12/07/21 : The Middle Kingdom Returns to the Sea, While America Turns Its Back—How China Came to Dominate the Global Maritime Industry, and the Implications for the World
11/07/21 : New Edition of a Key CRS Report for Our Time—“Renewed Great Power Competition”
07/07/21 : Soaring PLAN Ship Numbers Superiority through 2040—These USN Projections & Much More in Latest CRS Report—“China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities”
04/07/21 : The Conor Kennedy Bookshelf: Pathbreaking Chinese-Language Insights on Militia, Marine Corps, Military Transport, and the Belt & Road
03/07/21 : The Wendell Minnick Bookshelf: Documenting Dramatic Defense Developments with Humanity
03/07/21 : Honored to offer ideas on “Data Sharing & MDA in the Indo-Pacific” for NDU’s Near East South Asia (NESA) Center for Strategic Studies
03/07/21 : Presented via East-West Center—“China’s South China Sea Approach”—to Indonesian Journalists (Who Wrote Three Dozen Articles for 16 Million Readers)
02/07/21 : The Andrew Rhodes Bookshelf: Charting the Indo-Pacific with Maps, History & Geostrategy
01/07/21 : Today’s New Edition of “Modern Chinese Maritime Forces”—Tracks World’s Most Navy, Coast Guard & Maritime Militia Ships
23/06/21 : Jude Blanchette in Foreign Affairs—“Xi’s Gamble: The Race to Consolidate Power & Stave Off Disaster”—Plus My Diagnosis & Recs w/ Gabe Collins
23/06/21 : The 1988 Blues—Admirals, Activists, and the Development of the Chinese Maritime Identity
14/06/21 : The Ryan Martinson Bookshelf: Illuminating Xi/China’s Maritime Policies, Forces & Ops, including Latest re Whitsun Reef/Spratlys
14/06/21 : Quick Look—CMSI’s 4–6 May 2021 Conference: “Large-Scale Amphibious Warfare in Chinese Military Strategy” (Taiwan Strait campaign focus)
14/06/21 : Exceptionally Enlightening Hearing—“The United States’ Strategic Competition with China”! SASC Testimony from Matt Pottinger, Evan Medeiros, Sheena Chestnut Greitens & Bonnie Glaser
13/06/21 : CMSI China Maritime Report #14: “Chinese Views of the Military Balance in the Western Pacific”
09/06/21 : The Joel Wuthnow Bookshelf: PLA Organization, Development & Growing Global Activities
09/06/21 : Important New CRS Report by Caitlin Campbell: “China’s Military: The People’s Liberation Army (PLA)”
06/06/21 : The Elsa Kania Bookshelf: Sino-American Competition, Technological Futures & Approaching Battlefield Singularity
02/06/21 : PRC Researcher on President Biden’s China Experts (中国通)
30/05/21 : The Ian Chong Bookshelf: Academic Rigor, Sino-Asian Revelations, Real-World Relevance
29/05/21 : The Oriana Skylar Mastro Bookshelf: Stanford Scholar-Servicemember Insights into Key PRC & Indo-Pacific Security Challenges
28/05/21 : The Rush Doshi Bookshelf: Policy-Relevant Scholarship on America’s Indo-Pacific Interests, China’s Grand Strategy & Techno-Economic Competition
28/05/21 : The Cristina Garafola Bookshelf: A RAND Researcher-Practitioner’s Insights into China’s Air Force, Military Modernization & Deterrence Efforts
27/05/21 : Honored to be Cited by Jacqueline Deal on PLA Budgeting in Politico’s “China Watcher”
27/05/21 : On the Great Wall with Joe Biden: A Retrospective
27/05/21 : Illuminating China Brief Article by Joel Wuthnow: “What I Learned From the PLA’s Latest Strategy Textbook”
26/05/21 : Simplified Chinese-Language Edition of “The China Questions: Critical Insights into a Rising Power” Published by Harvard Fairbank Center
20/05/21 : The China Maritime Militia Bookshelf: Latest Developments, Statements, Numbers, Analysis, Wikipedia Entry & Music Video
19/05/21 : Official Music Video: 三沙海上民兵之歌 “The Song of the Sansha Maritime Militia”
18/05/21 : In-Depth Multimedia Exposé by Zachary Haver, Radio Free Asia: “Unmasking China’s Maritime Militia”
17/05/21 : No Ordinary Boats: Cracking the Code on China’s Spratly Maritime Militias
13/05/21 : CMSI China Maritime Study/‘Red Book’ 16—“Chinese Nationalism & the ‘Gray Zone’: Case Analyses of Public Opinion & PRC Maritime Policy”
12/05/21 : The Andrew Rhodes Bookshelf: Guiding Leaders across the Indo-Pacific through Geo-History, Strategy & Visual Communications
10/05/21 : The China Maritime Militia Bookshelf: Latest Developments, Statements, Analysis, Fleet Estimates & Trilingual Wikipedia Entry
09/05/21 : Honored to Offer Wednesday Evening Seminar—12 May 2021—University of Oxford Changing Character of War Centre: “PRC Gray Zone Operations in the South China Sea”
09/05/21 : The Ryan Martinson Bookshelf: Cogent Insights on Xi/China’s Maritime Policies, Forces & Ops, including at Whitsun Reef/Spratlys
08/05/21 : Office of the Director of National Intelligence “2021 Annual Threat Assessment” & Related Testimony: Key China Content
08/05/21 : China Is Building Entire Villages in Another Country’s Territory
01/05/21 : Honored to be Cited by Bill McKibben in The New Yorker on China Climate Cooperation & Competition
25/04/21 : Andrew S. Erickson on the ‘Decade of Greatest Danger’
24/04/21 : The China Maritime Militia Bookshelf: Latest News, Statements, Analysis, Fleet Estimates & Trilingual Wikipedia Entry
23/04/21 : Caught on Camera: Two Dozen Militia Boats at Whitsun Reef Identified
19/04/21 : Manila’s Images Are Revealing the Secrets of China’s Maritime Militia
17/04/21 : An Unparalleled Reference! “70 Years of the People’s Liberation Army Air Force”
17/04/21 : Critical Issues Confronting China Series Seminar Featuring M. Taylor Fravel – “China’s Military Strategy in the New Era”
13/04/21 : Competition with China Can Save the Planet: Pressure, Not Partnership, Will Spur Progress on Climate Change
12/04/21 : Beijing Has a Navy it Doesn’t Even Admit Exists, Experts Say. And it’s Swarming Parts of the South China Sea
12/04/21 : Key China Content from New NIC Report: “Global Trends 2040: A More Contested World”
01/04/21 : Follow World’s Most Maritime Militia, Coast Guard, & Navy Ships—with Today’s New Edition of “Modern Chinese Maritime Forces”
29/03/21 : Records Expose China’s Maritime Militia at Whitsun Reef
25/03/21 : The Ryan Martinson Bookshelf: Unique Insights on China’s Maritime Policies, Forces & Ops + Whitsun Reef/Spratlys
22/03/21 : China’s Secretive Maritime Militia May Be Gathering at Whitsun Reef
22/03/21 : Manila Protests Presence of Hundreds of Chinese Ships in Contested Waters
22/03/21 : What’s Next for U.S.-China Military Relations?
21/03/21 : The China Maritime Militia Bookshelf: Latest Data, Official Statements, Fleet Estimate & Trilingual Wikipedia Entry
20/03/21 : Latest on CCG + PAFMM & from Biden Administration—“U.S.-China Strategic Competition in South & East China Seas”—O’Rourke’s Newest CRS Report
15/03/21 : U.S. Navy Projections of PLAN Force Size through 2040—Documented Exclusively in Latest CRS Report—“China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities”
14/03/21 : Testimony by Admiral Philip S. Davidson, USN, Commander U.S. Indo-Pacific Command: “U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Posture”
13/03/21 : Japan Ministry of Defense: “Security Environment Surrounding Japan”
12/03/21 : Latest Edition of CRS Report Encapsulating Our Era—“Renewed Great Power Competition”
12/03/21 : Annual Freedom of Navigation Report, Fiscal Year 2020
12/03/21 : U.S. Territories: The Frontlines of Global Competition with China
05/03/21 : China Has Built the World’s Largest Navy. Now What’s Beijing Going to Do With It?
02/03/21 : Going Nowhere Slowly: U.S.-China Military Relations, 1994-2001
01/03/21 : Survey of English-Language Books on the PLA
24/02/21 : Xinjiang Production & Construction Corps: Key Policy Tool from Mao to Now, Under Xi
23/02/21 : The Ryan Martinson Bookshelf: Unique Insights on China’s Maritime Policies, Forces & Ops + New Coast Guard Law
21/02/21 : Glad to Speak with The Wire China for “Deep State, Inc.” Cover Story—On China Sam Enterprise Group’s Fishy Plans for Strategic Solomon Islands
19/02/21 : CMSI China Maritime Report #13: “The Origins of ‘Near Seas Defense and Far Seas Protection’”
18/02/21 : Honored to be Interviewed by Patricia Lourdes Viray in The Philippine Star: “By Number, China Now Has World’s Largest Navy—Report”
12/02/21 : The China Maritime Militia Bookshelf: Latest Data, Official Statements, Fleet Estimate & Trilingual Wikipedia Entry
12/02/21 : O’Rourke’s Newest CRS Report—“U.S.-China Strategic Competition in South & East China Seas”—Latest on CCG + PAFMM & from Biden Administration
12/02/21 : My recommendations on “Challenges from China” for “U.S.-Japan Relations: Policy Challenges for the Biden Administration”
12/02/21 : The Ryan Martinson Bookshelf: Unique Insights on China’s Maritime Policies, Forces & Operations + Coast Guard & New Law
11/02/21 : The Chinese Naval Shipbuilding Bookshelf
10/02/21 : PLAN Force Size through 2040 (U.S. Navy Projections)—Documented Exclusively in Latest CRS Report—“China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities”
08/02/21 : O’Rourke’s New CRS Report—“U.S.-China Strategic Competition in South & East China Seas”—Offers Latest CCG + PAFMM Info & Biden Administration Statements
02/02/21 : The Ryan Martinson Bookshelf: Unique Insights on China’s Maritime Policies, Forces & Operations + Coast Guard Reform
25/01/21 : Joseph G. Gavin, Jr. and MIT’s Contribution to Aerospace in the Apollo Era and Beyond
20/01/21 : How President Biden Should Support The U.S.-Japan Alliance
12/01/21 : Tune in Tonight—U.S.-Japan Relations: Policy Challenges for the Biden Administration
10/01/21 : Inspiration in This Time
07/01/21 : Washington, DC Metropolitan Police Department—Persons of Interest in Unrest-Related Offenses on January 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol Grounds
07/01/21 : FBI Seeking Information Related to Violent Activity at the U.S Capitol Building
05/01/21 : CMSI China Maritime Report #12: “Sansha City in China's South China Sea Strategy: Building a System of Administrative Control”
01/01/21 : Start 2021 Informed! With Latest & Greatest Details on World’s Largest Navy, Coast Guard & Maritime Militia—In Today’s Edition of “Modern Chinese Maritime Forces”
31/12/20 : A Tragedy of 2020—The Hong Kong Canary in the PRC Coal Mine
23/12/20 : Advantage At Sea: U.S. Maritime Strategy Focuses On China
19/12/20 : The China Maritime Militia Bookshelf: Latest Data, Official Statements, Wikipedia Entry... & Now—Force Size!
19/12/20 : O’Rourke’s New CRS Report—“U.S.-China Strategic Competition in South & East China Seas”—Offers Latest CCG + PAFMM Info
19/12/20 : CRS Report on “China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities”—Sole Publisher of PLAN Force Size through 2040 (U.S. Navy Projections)
19/12/20 : Regional Responses to U.S.-China Competition in the Indo-Pacific: Australia and New Zealand
18/12/20 : CMSI China Maritime Report #11: “Securing China’s Lifelines across the Indian Ocean”
17/12/20 : The Andrew Rhodes Bookshelf: Guiding Leaders through the Indo-Pacific with Geo-History, Strategy & Visual Communications
17/12/20 : The Challenges in Resetting U.S.–Southeast Asia Relations
17/12/20 : Advantage at Sea: Prevailing with Integrated All-Domain Naval Power
14/12/20 : “U.S.-China Strategic Competition in South & East China Seas”—Ron O’Rourke’s CRS Report Has Latest CCG + PAFMM Info
11/12/20 : China’s Global Navy—Today’s Challenge for the United States and the U.S. Navy
10/12/20 : China Navy Ship Numbers through 2040—Unique U.S. Navy Projections Published Only by CRS—“China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities”
10/12/20 : National Space Policy of the United States of America
09/12/20 : The Ryan Martinson Bookshelf: Must-Read Revelations re China’s Maritime Policies, Sea Forces & Oceanic Operations
08/12/20 : “Renewed Great Power Competition”—New Edition of Timely CRS Report
06/12/20 : Chinese Arms Industry Ranks Second Behind U.S., Report Says
05/12/20 : Beyond Energy Focus? China’s Middle Eastern Interests, Activities & Outlook
02/12/20 : New Rice University Baker Institute Podcast: “Holding the Line Against China”
01/12/20 : U.S.-China Economic & Security Review Commission (USCC) Issues 2020 Report
27/11/20 : Watch SOAS Seminar: “China as a Rising Military Power: Developments, Dynamics, Downsides & Dangers”
26/11/20 : The Ian Chong Bookshelf: Rigorous Scholarship, Sino-Asian Revelations, Real-World Relevance
23/11/20 : Historian, Strategist, Reservist, Think-Tanker: Interdisciplinary Revelations from The Charles Edel Bookshelf
21/11/20 : The Oriana Skylar Mastro Bookshelf: Scholar-Servicemember Insights into Leading Chinese & Indo-Pacific Security Issues
18/11/20 : The Elements of the China Challenge
17/11/20 : The China Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile (ASBM) Bookshelf
15/11/20 : China’s DF-21D And DF-26B ASBMs: Is The U.S. Military Ready?
15/11/20 : U.S.-China Military-to-Military Relations: Policy Considerations in a Changing Environment
12/11/20 : Hold The Line through 2035: A Strategy to Offset China’s Revisionist Actions and Sustain a Rules-Based Order in the Asia-Pacific
09/11/20 : The Michael Chase Bookshelf: Policy-Relevant Research on China’s Military Development, Deterrence & Cross-Strait Security
09/11/20 : The Ryan Martinson Bookshelf: Must-Read Revelations re China’s Maritime Policies, Sea Forces & Oceanic Operations
06/11/20 : New CRS Report with China Content: “Changes in the Arctic: Background and Issues for Congress”
03/11/20 : CMSI China Maritime Report #10: “PLAN Force Structure Projection Concept: A Methodology for Looking Down Range”
01/11/20 : The China Maritime Militia Bookshelf: Latest Data, Official Statements & Wikipedia Entry
01/11/20 : New CCG + PAFMM Info in 117th ed. of Ron O’Rourke’s CRS Report—“U.S.-China Strategic Competition in South & East China Seas”
29/10/20 : China Navy Ship Numbers through 2040!!—From U.S. Navy via CRS in “China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities”
23/10/20 : CMSI China Maritime Report #9: “Organizing to Fight in the Far Seas: The Chinese Navy in an Era of Military Reform”
09/10/20 : Honored to Contribute “China’s Maritime Militia: An Important Force Multiplier” in Admiral McDevitt’s book on China as a 21st-Century Naval Power
09/10/20 : Navy Force Structure & Shipbuilding Plans: Background & Issues for Congress
07/10/20 : Naval Intelligence Essay Contest Winner—First Prize: “Embrace Analog Tools in a Digital Intelligence Age”
02/10/20 : “Modern Chinese Maritime Forces”—New Edition—Unmatched Detail on World’s Largest Navy, Coast Guard & Maritime Militia!
28/09/20 : The China Military Power Report 2020 Bookshelf
20/09/20 : The Joseph Gavin Aerospace Engineering Bookshelf: Centennial Edition
18/09/20 : Assistant Secretary of State Stilwell’s Senate Foreign Relations Committee Testimony: “Advancing U.S. Engagement & Countering China in the Indo-Pacific & Beyond”
18/09/20 : SECDEF Esper’s China- & Navy-Focused Speech at RAND—Full Text as Delivered
17/09/20 : Full Text of 1st such PRC White Paper: “China’s Armed Forces: 30 Years of UN Peacekeeping Operations”
17/09/20 : Toxic Politics: China’s Environmental Health Crisis and its Challenge to the Chinese State
14/09/20 : The China Maritime Militia Bookshelf: New Data, Official Report Content & Wikipedia Entry
13/09/20 : People’s Armed Forces Maritime Militia (PAFMM)... Now Has a Wikipedia Entry!
13/09/20 : “U.S.-China Strategic Competition in South & East China Seas”—114th ed. of O’Rourke’s latest CRS Report offers CCG + PAFMM updates
13/09/20 : “U.S. Role in the World: Background & Issues for Congress”—Updated CRS Report Has Major China/Russia Coverage
13/09/20 : Latest Version of Timely CRS Report—“Renewed Great Power Competition”
13/09/20 : China’s Grand Strategy: Trends, Trajectories, and Long-Term Competition
10/09/20 : CMSI China Maritime Report #8: “Winning Friends and Influencing People: Naval Diplomacy with Chinese Characteristics”
09/09/20 : China is the World’s Biggest Shipbuilder, And its Ability to Rapidly Produce New Warships Would Be a “Huge Advantage” in a Long Fight with the US, Experts Say
08/09/20 : Coming Next Month! “China’s Maritime Militia: An Important Force Multiplier” in Admiral McDevitt’s book on China as a 21st-Century Naval Power
05/09/20 : Latest from CRS!—“China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities”—Ron O’Rourke Adds New Numbers + Info from 2020 Pentagon Report
04/09/20 : “China Pursues Own Nuclear Triad, Doubling of Nuclear Capability”—DoD News Summary of DASD Sbragia’s Remarks on Pentagon’s 2020 China Military Power Report at AEI
04/09/20 : Chad Sbragia, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense: “Press Briefing on the 2020 China Military Power Report”
03/09/20 : Pentagon Report Warns of PLA’s Meteoric Rise
02/09/20 : Breaking Down the Pentagon’s 2020 China Military Power Report: A Quest for PLA Parity?
01/09/20 : Beijing Blockbuster! Pentagon’s 2020 Report Underscores PLA Progress Toward Parity
01/09/20 : U.S. Department of Defense Annual Reports to Congress on China’s Military Power—2000-20—Download Complete Set + Read Highlights Here
31/08/20 : The Space Race Revisited: The Lunar Landing and its Larger Lessons
31/08/20 : Joseph G. Gavin, Jr. and His Contributions to American Aerospace Achievement
26/08/20 : The China Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile (ASBM) Bookshelf
26/08/20 : “Warning to the United States!” China Fires DF-26B & DF-21D Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile (ASBM) “Aircraft-Carrier Killer” into South China Sea
21/08/20 : Lessons from the Lunar Module Program: The Director’s Conclusions
20/08/20 : The Definitive History: International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) Symposia on the History of Rocketry & Astronautics
19/08/20 : Which Way the Dragon? Sharpening Allied Perceptions of China’s Strategic Trajectory
18/08/20 : “South China Sea Military Capabilities Series”—Unique, Penetrating Insights from J. Michael Dahm, former Assistant U.S. Naval Attaché in Beijing
17/08/20 : The China Maritime Militia Bookshelf: My Fact Sheet & Recommendations + Latest Data & Official Statements
16/08/20 : Lessons from ‘Tales of the South Pacific’ for Today
15/08/20 : The Hong Kong Watch Floor
15/08/20 : 111th ed. of O’Rourke’s latest CRS Report has CCG, PAFMM updates—“U.S.-China Strategic Competition in South & East China Seas: Background & Issues for Congress”
14/08/20 : Latest ed. of “Modern Chinese Maritime Forces”—Unmatched Detail on World’s Largest Navy, Coast Guard & Maritime Militia!
13/08/20 : China’s PAFMM Grey Zone Maritime Challenge to the Philippines
12/08/20 : Updated CRS Report Offers Major China/Russia Coverage—“U.S. Role in the World: Background & Issues for Congress”
12/08/20 : “Renewed Great Power Competition”—Latest Edition of Timely New Congressional Research Service Report
12/08/20 : Latest Edition—“China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities”—CRS Report with Projections to 2030 from ONI
12/08/20 : CMSI China Maritime Report #7: “Gwadar: China’s Potential Strategic Strongpoint in Pakistan”
02/08/20 : The China Maritime Militia Bookshelf: Latest Data & Official Statements + My Fact Sheet & Recommendations
15/07/20 : The President’s Executive Order on Hong Kong Normalization
15/07/20 : Stilwell Remarks Document Recent Maritime Militia Activity: “The South China Sea, Southeast Asia’s Patrimony, And Everybody’s Own Backyard”
13/07/20 : Secretary Pompeo: U.S. Position on Maritime Claims in the South China Sea
13/07/20 : Washington Post: Trump "administration plans to say the U.S. now regards virtually all Chinese maritime claims outside its internationally recognized waters to be illegitimate"
05/07/20 : The Hong Kong Watch Floor
05/07/20 : “U.S.-China Strategic Competition in South & East China Seas: Background & Issues for Congress” —Ron O’Rourke’s Latest CRS Report (*108th ed.) Has CCG, PAFMM Updates
05/07/20 : “U.S. Role in the World: Background & Issues for Congress”—New CRS Report Offers Major China/Russia Coverage!
05/07/20 : Latest Edition of Timely New CRS Report—“Renewed Great Power Competition”
01/07/20 : Countering Coercive Envelopment: How to Resist PRC Political-Maritime Control in Asia and Beyond
30/06/20 : Honored to Testify at House Committee on Foreign Affairs Hearing Today: “China’s Maritime Ambitions”
30/06/20 : China SignPost™ (洞察中国) #102—“Policy Options to Impose Costs on Beijing’s Coercive Envelopment of Hong Kong: Version 1.0”
29/06/20 : The Hong Kong Watch Floor
16/06/20 : Why the Compacts of Free Association Matter to Washington
09/06/20 : Tension High, Altitude Higher: Logistical and Physiological Constraints on the Indo-Chinese Border
01/06/20 : O’Rourke’s Latest CRS Report (*106th ed.) Offers CCG, PAFMM Updates—“U.S.-China Strategic Competition in South & East China Seas: Background & Issues for Congress”
01/06/20 : Latest CRS Report Edition—“China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities”—Projections to 2030 from Office of Naval Intelligence
01/06/20 : U.S. Limits the People’s Liberation Army’s Ability to Use Nonimmigrant Visa Programs to Illicitly Acquire U.S. Technologies and Intellectual Property
29/05/20 : Press Conference Transcript on China, Hong Kong, and the WHO—“Remarks by President Trump on Actions Against China”
25/05/20 : The Hong Kong Watch Floor
22/05/20 : China’s Official 2020 Defense Budget to Rise 6.6% to $178 Billion (1.27 Trillion Yuan): Lowest Growth Rate Since 1988 Exceeds All Other Major Nations’
21/05/20 : United States Strategic Approach to the People’s Republic of China
20/05/20 : Should the United States Reduce Its Dependence on China?
20/05/20 : Dragon Against the Sun: Chinese Views of Japanese Seapower
15/05/20 : “Renewed Great Power Competition”—Latest Edition of Important New CRS Report
15/05/20 : Ron O’Rourke’s New CRS Report (*105th ed.) Has Latest on CCG, PAFMM—“U.S.-China Strategic Competition in South & East China Seas: Background & Issues for Congress”
11/05/20 : Energy Dimensions of the Evolving U.S.-China Strategic Relationship
06/05/20 : It’s Official: Naval War College’s China Maritime Studies Institute (CMSI) Seeks New Director—Apply by 22 June!
24/04/20 : New CRS Report Out Today—“China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities”—Projections to 2030 from Office of Naval Intelligence!
24/04/20 : Published Today! O’Rourke’s CRS Report (*103rd ed.) Offers Latest on CCG, PAFMM—“U.S.-China Strategic Competition in South & East China Seas: Background & Issues for Congress”
24/04/20 : Latest Edition of Hot New CRS Report: “Renewed Great Power Competition”
23/04/20 : Economic Statecraft: Options for Reducing U.S. Overdependence on Chinese-supplied Materials and Medications
15/04/20 : Apollo 13’s Lifeboat Fifty Years On: Remembering Grumman’s Lunar Module and Program Director Joe Gavin
10/04/20 : The Complete Peter Dutton Bookshelf: China’s Law of the Sea Approaches, Maritime Sovereignty Claims and Operations & Geostrategy
07/04/20 : The China Maritime Militia Bookshelf: Latest Data & Official Statements + My Fact Sheet & Recommendations
03/04/20 : CMSI China Maritime Report #6: “Djibouti: China’s First Overseas Strategic Strongpoint”
02/04/20 : Japanese Translation of “China’s Maritime Gray Zone Operations”—中国の海洋強国戦略:グレーゾーン作戦と展開 (日本語)
01/04/20 : China Has World’s Largest Navy, Coast Guard & Maritime Militia—Latest ed. of “Modern Chinese Maritime Forces” Has Unmatched Detail!
29/03/20 : New ed. of CRS Report—“China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities”—Has Projections to 2030 from Office of Naval Intelligence!
29/03/20 : The Ryan Martinson Bookshelf: Must-Read Revelations re China’s Maritime Policies, Sea Forces & Oceanic Operations
29/03/20 : Counter-Intervention in Chinese Naval Strategy
28/03/20 : Dr. John W. Tai reviews “China’s Maritime Gray Zone Operations” in The Air Force Journal of Indo-Pacific Affairs
24/03/20 : China SignPost™ #101: “Time to Curb America’s Manufacturing Dependency on China”
23/03/20 : China SignPost™ 洞察中国 Presentation: “Pandemic & Price War: Early Energy Market Insights from the 2019-20 Wuhan Coronavirus Outbreak”
18/03/20 : Key CRS Report Offers Major China/Russia Coverage! “U.S. Role in the World: Background & Issues for Congress”
18/03/20 : Hot off the Press! New CRS Report Tackles Timely Topic: “Renewed Great Power Competition”
18/03/20 : New! O’Rourke’s CRS Report (102nd ed.) Offers Latest on CCG, PAFMM—“U.S.-China Strategic Competition in South & East China Seas: Background & Issues for Congress”
11/03/20 : Breaking News: WHO Finally Declares Coronavirus (COVID-19 via SARS-CoV-2) Pandemic
27/02/20 : New Edition of “Modern Chinese Maritime Forces” Covers World’s Largest Navy, Coast Guard & Maritime Militia in Unmatched Detail!
19/02/20 : Office of Naval Intelligence Just Published Latest China & Russia Maritime Ship Recognition Guides
16/02/20 : Important CRS Report with China Content: “U.S. Role in the World: Background & Issues for Congress”
16/02/20 : Latest Congressional Research Service Report on Hot Topic: “Renewed Great Power Competition”
16/02/20 : 101st Edition of O’Rourke’s CRS Report Has Latest on CCG, PAFMM—“U.S.-China Strategic Competition in South & East China Seas: Background & Issues for Congress”
15/02/20 : Mapping the Indo-Pacific & Beyond for Decision-Makers: Andrew Rhodes Educates with Geo-History, Strategy & Visual Communications
15/02/20 : SECDEF Esper at Munich Security Conference: “If the PRC will not change its ways, then defending [the global] system must be our collective priority”
07/02/20 : CMSI “Red Book” Monographs: Complete Set with Revamped Summaries
03/02/20 : CMSI China Maritime Report #5: “China’s Dreadnought? The PLA Navy’s Type 055 Cruiser and Its Implications for the Future Maritime Security Environment”
02/02/20 : Timely New Congressional Research Service Report: “Renewed Great Power Competition”
01/02/20 : 99th Edition of O’Rourke’s CRS Report Offers Latest Content on CCG, PAFMM—“U.S.-China Strategic Competition in South & East China Seas: Background & Issues for Congress”
01/02/20 : Latest Edition of Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report: “China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities—Background & Issues for Congress”
24/12/19 : CMSI China Maritime Report #4: “Civil Transport in PLA Power Projection”
23/12/19 : New O’Rourke CRS Report Offers Latest Content on CCG, PAFMM—“U.S.-China Strategic Competition in South & East China Seas: Background & Issues for Congress”
23/12/19 : New Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report: “China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities—Background & Issues for Congress”
21/12/19 : Traditional Chinese-Language Edition of “The China Questions: Critical Insights into a Rising Power” Published by City University of Hong Kong Press
01/12/19 : New O’Rourke CRS Report Has Latest Content on CCG, PAFMM—“U.S.-China Strategic Competition in South & East China Seas: Background & Issues for Congress”
28/11/19 : Chris Rahman, Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources & Security, Reviews “China’s Maritime Gray Zone Operations”
21/11/19 : O’Rourke’s Latest Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report: “China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities—Background & Issues for Congress”
16/11/19 : Xinjiang Production & Construction Corps: Key Policy Tool from Mao to Xi
14/11/19 : The Indo-Pacific Strategy Report & its Implementation to Date: Highlights from Twin Documents
14/11/19 : U.S.-China Economic & Security Review Commission Issues 2019 Report
11/11/19 : Honored to furnish quotes for major PLA Navy feature by Shephard Asia-Pacific Editor Gordon Arthur in Naval Warfare International
10/11/19 : Latest China Security Report from Japan’s National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS) Focuses on PRC Eurasian Activities. Access Complete Set of English/Japanese/Chinese Reports (from 2010 onward) Here.
30/10/19 : Make China Great Again: Xi’s Truly Grand Strategy
28/10/19 : The China Maritime Militia Bookshelf: Complete with Latest U.S. Official Statements & My Fact Sheet + Recommendations
26/10/19 : Commemorating 50th Anniversary of Moon Landing at International Astronautical Congress—Papers & Presentations on LM Program Director Joe Gavin
16/10/19 : Newest Edition of O’Rourke’s Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report: “China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities—Background & Issues for Congress”
11/10/19 : The Hudson Institute’s Charles Horner Reviews “China’s Maritime Gray Zone Operations”
01/10/19 : China’s Massive Military Parade Shows Beijing is a Missile Superpower
01/10/19 : China’s Massive 70th Anniversary Military (Missile) Parade: Here’s My Take
27/09/19 : Japan MoD Releases White Paper: Defense of Japan 2019—Mentions China Maritime Militia for 3rd Year Running
26/09/19 : The China Maritime Militia Bookshelf: Complete With Fact Sheet & Latest Recommendations
26/09/19 : “U.S.-China Strategic Competition in South and East China Seas: Background and Issues for Congress”—Latest Edition of O’Rourke’s CRS Report Has New Content on CCG, PAFMM
25/09/19 : Latest Edition of O’Rourke’s Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report: “China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities—Background & Issues for Congress”
18/09/19 : American Mandarin Society Issues Updated Syllabi on China’s Military, Foreign Policy, Politics & Party, Economy, and Environment & Energy
04/09/19 : Japanese-Language Version of Article on China & the INF Treaty Published in Foreign Affairs Report (フォーリン・アフェアーズ・リポート): “中国ミサイル戦力の脅威 ―― ＩＮＦ条約後の米アジア戦略”
03/09/19 : New Version of O’Rourke’s Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report: “China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities—Background & Issues for Congress”
02/09/19 : The China Maritime Militia Bookshelf: Includes Fact Sheet & Latest Recommendations
01/09/19 : Honored to have my research cited in 32 Wikipedia entries
31/08/19 : “China’s Actions in South & East China Seas: Implications for U.S. Interests—Background & Issues for Congress”—Latest Edition of O’Rourke’s CRS Report Has New Content on CCG, PAFMM
31/08/19 : Honored to Review Taylor Fravel’s “Active Defense: China’s Military Strategy since 1949” in Journal of Chinese Political Science
29/08/19 : Good Riddance to the INF Treaty: Washington Shouldn’t Tie Its Own Hands in Asia
01/08/19 : U.S. Ends Cold War Missile Treaty, With Aim of Countering China
30/07/19 : U.S.-China Military-to-Military Relations: Policy Considerations in a Changing Environment
29/07/19 : China’s Defense White Paper Means Only One Thing: Trouble Ahead
24/07/19 : China Promises Further Military Cooperation With Russia
24/07/19 : China Takes Aim at U.S., Taiwan in Military Blueprint
24/07/19 : Full Text of 2019 Defense White Paper: "China’s National Defense in the New Era" (English & Chinese Versions)
23/07/19 : China Defense White Papers—1995-2019—Download Complete Set + Read Highlights Here
19/07/19 : My Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Tribute: Lunar Module Program Director Joseph G. Gavin Jr. & His Contributions to American Aerospace Achievement
15/07/19 : LT Michael Vines, RAN, Reviews “China’s Maritime Gray Zone Operations” for Australian Naval Institute
11/06/19 : Chinese Naval Shipbuilding among “Naval Books of the Year” reviewed in Warship 2019
10/06/19 : Honored to Contribute “China” Chapter in New Oxford University Press Volume—“Comparative Grand Strategy”
07/06/19 : Department of Defense Arctic Strategy
06/06/19 : China’s Rare Earth Dominance: How Usable a Weapon?
01/06/19 : The Department of Defense Indo-Pacific Strategy Report: Preparedness, Partnerships, and Promoting a Networked Region
01/06/19 : France and Security in the Indo-Pacific
30/05/19 : Interviewed by Washington Post “Monkey Cage“ Editor Jessica Chen Weiss of Cornell on “What China’s Assertiveness in the South China Sea Means—And What Comes Next”
29/05/19 : With Beijing Considering a "稀土之战" (Battle of Rare Earths), It's Time to Revisit Chinese Mining & Mineral Activities Strategically
29/05/19 : China’s New Rare Earth Power Play Brings China SignPost™ 洞察中国 Analysis Back into the Headlines
21/05/19 : The China Maritime Militia Bookshelf: Complete with Latest Recommendations & Fact Sheet
15/05/19 : Andrew Erickson and Ryan Martinson on China and the Maritime Gray Zone
08/05/19 : The Pentagon Reports: China’s Military Power
02/05/19 : Pentagon’s 2019 China Military Power Report Offers Strong Content on Maritime Militia
02/05/19 : U.S. Department of Defense Annual Reports to Congress on China’s Military Power—2002-19—Download Complete Set + Read Highlights Here
02/05/19 : U.S. Department of Defense Annual Report to Congress—“Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China 2019”—Click here to read the full-text Report
30/04/19 : Just Published in The Maritime Executive: “Fact Sheet: The People’s Armed Forces Maritime Militia (PAFMM)”
29/04/19 : Fact Sheet: China’s Maritime Militia
29/04/19 : China’s South China Sea Strategy Takes a Hit as the US Navy Threatens to Get Tough on Beijing’s Sea Forces
29/04/19 : CNO Richardson: U.S. Won’t Treat China’s Coast Guard or Maritime Militia Differently from Navy
11/04/19 : The China Maritime Militia Bookshelf: Complete with Latest Recommendations & Fact Sheet
10/04/19 : Book Review: China’s Maritime Gray Zone Operations
04/04/19 : New BBC Program Interviews Many American & Chinese Specialists: “Analysis: Will China and America Go to War?”
02/04/19 : Surging Second Sea Force: China’s Maritime Law-Enforcement Forces, Capabilities, and Future in the Gray Zone and Beyond
01/04/19 : Selling a Maritime Air Force: The PLAAF’s Campaign for a Bigger Maritime Role
27/03/19 : Robbin Laird Reviews “China’s Maritime Gray Zone Operations” in Defense Info
26/03/19 : Honoring the Many Contributions of Andrew Marshall, An Early Supporter and Sponsor of CMSI
25/03/19 : CMSI Conference 6-7 May 2019: “Going Global? The People’s Navy in a Time of Strategic Transformation”
22/03/19 : Strategic Strong Points and Chinese Naval Strategy
19/03/19 : In Loving Memory: A Tribute to CMSI Founding Supporter Kyrill Korolenko
15/03/19 : Hot Off the (Naval Institute) Press: “China’s Maritime Gray Zone Operations”
11/03/19 : Andrew S. Erickson and Ryan D. Martinson Discuss China’s Maritime Gray Zone Operations
04/03/19 : China’s 2019 Defense Spending to Rise 7.5% to 1.19 Trillion Yuan (~177.61 Billion U.S. Dollars)
25/02/19 : Just Out in Time for the Geopolitical Issue of the Day: The Diego Garcia Bookshelf
24/02/19 : The Complete Peter Dutton Bookshelf: China’s Maritime Legal Approaches, Sovereignty Claims, Activities & Geostrategy
24/02/19 : Open Source Research on China’s Maritime Law Enforcement Force Structure Development: Methodology & References
20/02/19 : China’s Maritime Gray Zone Operations—CMSI Vol. 7 in Naval Institute Press “Studies in Chinese Maritime Development” series
18/02/19 : Honored to have my research cited in 27 Wikipedia entries
18/02/19 : The Ryan Martinson Bookshelf–Unique Insights into China’s Coast Guard, Maritime Policies, and Activities at Sea
18/02/19 : China’s Far Seas Naval Operations, From the Year of the Snake to the Year of the Pig
16/02/19 : Important article by Prof. Wu Zhengyu, Renmin University of China—“Towards Naval Normalcy: ‘Open Seas Protection’ & Sino-US Maritime Relations”
14/02/19 : The Impact of Xi-Era Reforms on the Chinese Navy
14/02/19 : New Book from National Defense University Press—“Chairman Xi Remakes the PLA: Assessing Chinese Military Reforms”
12/02/19 : Senate Armed Services Committee Testimony by Admiral Philip S. Davidson, Commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command on INDOPACOM Posture—Includes pithy China content
11/02/19 : The China Maritime Militia Bookshelf: Complete with Latest Recommendations & Fact Sheet
11/02/19 : New DIA Report—“Challenges to Security in Space”—Offers Copious China-Related Information
11/02/19 : Major New CRS Report with Substantial China Coverage: “Changes in the Arctic: Background and Issues for Congress”
11/02/19 : “China’s Actions in South & East China Seas: Implications for U.S. Interests—Background & Issues for Congress”—New Edition of O’Rourke’s CRS Report Highlights Coast Guard & Maritime Militia
07/02/19 : “Strategic Asia 2019: China’s Expanding Strategic Ambitions”—Rollout Event on China’s Rise & the International Order for New NBR Volume—Today from 10:00 AM-1:45 PM
30/01/19 : Competitive Coexistence: An American Concept for Managing U.S.-China Relations
28/01/19 : Maritime Numbers Game: Understanding and Responding to China’s Three Sea Forces
26/01/19 : China’s Rise & the International Order—Register Now for 7 February DC Rollout Event for New NBR Volume “Strategic Asia 2019: China’s Expanding Strategic Ambitions”
26/01/19 : The China Maritime Militia Bookshelf: Complete with Latest Recommendations & Fact Sheet
25/01/19 : My chapter on “Power vs. Distance: China’s Global Maritime Interests and Investments in the Far Seas” in NBR’s New Volume—Strategic Asia 2019: China’s Expanding Strategic Ambitions
25/01/19 : National Air & Space Intelligence Center Report—“Competing in Space”—Highlights China’s Major Achievements & Goals
24/01/19 : 2019 National Intelligence Strategy: Full-Text Report & Key Quotes
21/01/19 : New Pentagon-Sponsored White Paper: “AI, China, Russia, and the Global Order: Technological, Political, Global, and Creative Perspectives”
20/01/19 : Pentagon’s 2019 Missile Defense Review Confirms Important Information: “China Has the World’s Most Active Ballistic Missile Development Program & is Developing HGVs”
19/01/19 : The Coast Guard is a U.S. Armed Service. Here’s what it secures, why that matters & why it must be paid now for its vital work…
15/01/19 : Defense Intelligence Agency Report—“China Military Power: Modernizing a Force to Fight and Win”—Highlights People’s Armed Forces Maritime Militia
15/01/19 : Admiral John Richardson, Chief of Naval Operations: “It important for… the People’s Armed Forces Maritime Militia, to operate in a safe and professional manner, in accordance with international law”
15/01/19 : New Pentagon Report to Congress: U.S. Defense Implications of China’s Expanding Global Access
14/01/19 : Chinese Shipbuilding and Seapower: Full Steam Ahead, Destination Uncharted
14/01/19 : Capability Analysis: Chinese Evaluations of the U.S. Navy Submarine Force (Part 2 of 2)
14/01/19 : Capability Analysis: Chinese Evaluations of the U.S. Navy Submarine Force (Part 1 of 2)
11/01/19 : The Complete China Maritime Militia Bookshelf: Includes Latest Recommendations & Fact Sheet
11/01/19 : Forthcoming from NBR in January 2019—Strategic Asia 2019: China’s Expanding Strategic Ambitions
11/01/19 : Pathbreaking Article by Expert on the Security Implications of Infrastructure Finance: “Asia Rising: Ships of State?”
03/01/19 : CAPT Sean E. Thompson, USAF, Reviews “The China Questions” in Strategic Studies Quarterly
03/01/19 : Asia Rising: China’s Global Naval Strategy and Expanding Force Structure
02/01/19 : The China Anti-Piracy Bookshelf: Statistics & Implications from Ten Years’ Deployment... & Counting
27/12/18 : The China Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile (ASBM) Bookshelf
26/12/18 : The China Anti-Piracy Bookshelf: Reflections on a Decade of PLAN Deployments to the Gulf of Aden
22/12/18 : The PLA Navy’s Growing Prowess: A Conversation with Andrew Erickson
19/12/18 : The Complete China Maritime Militia Bookshelf: Latest & Greatest
14/12/18 : Worth Reading in Full—Randall Schriver’s Interview: “‘Not Much Distinction’ Between China’s Navy and Militia Fishing Boats”
06/12/18 : The Struggle for Blue Territory: Chinese Maritime Militia Grey-Zone Operations
26/11/18 : Shining a Spotlight: Revealing China’s Maritime Militia to Deter its Use
21/11/18 : Preorder forthcoming National Defense University Press book: “Chairman Xi Remakes the PLA: Assessing Chinese Military Reforms”
15/11/18 : U.S.-China Economic & Security Review Commission Issues 2018 Report—Highlights China’s Coast Guard & Maritime Militia
09/11/18 : SECDEF Mattis calls for “PRC Maritime Militia to operate in a safe and professional manner in accordance with international law…”
04/11/18 : “Modern Chinese Maritime Forces” Covers World’s Largest Fleets in Unprecedented Detail
01/11/18 : CMSI China Maritime Report #3: “China’s Distant-Ocean Survey Activities: Implications for U.S. National Security”
30/09/18 : Latest CMSI Volume—“China’s Maritime Gray Zone Operations”—Now Available for Preorder on Amazon
28/09/18 : Latest CRS Report by O’Rourke—“China’s Actions in South and East China Seas: Implications for U.S. Interests—Background and Issues for Congress”—Includes Maritime Militia Analysis
28/09/18 : Latest Version of O’Rourke’s Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report: “China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities—Background and Issues for Congress”
28/08/18 : Japan MoD Releases White Paper: Defense of Japan 2018—Mentions China Maritime Militia for 2nd Year in a Row
24/08/18 : The Complete China Maritime Militia Bookshelf: Latest & Greatest
24/08/18 : Interview with BBC News Mundo (Spanish) on China's Maritime Militia—La poco conocida Milicia Marítima de China, la unidad de Pekín que “actúa bajo los radars” para controlar las aguas de Asia Pacífico
20/08/18 : Exposed: Pentagon Report Spotlights China’s Maritime Militia
17/08/18 : Sunlight is the Best Disinfectant: Pentagon Report Spotlights Shadowy Maritime Militia—China’s Third Sea Force
16/08/18 : Pentagon Releases 2018 China Military Report—U.S. Government's Most Extensive Public Coverage Yet of China’s Maritime Militia
16/08/18 : U.S. Department of Defense Annual Reports to Congress on China’s Military Power—2002-18—Download Complete Set + Read Highlights Here
16/08/18 : U.S. Department of Defense Annual Report to Congress—“Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China 2018”—Click here to read the full-text Report & Fact Sheet
12/08/18 : China’s 30th Escort Task Force Sets Sail for Gulf of Aden as Navy’s Anti-Piracy Mission Approaches 10-Year Mark
30/07/18 : China’s Armed Forces: Strong and Growing Stronger
24/07/18 : New Version of O’Rourke’s Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report: “China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities—Background and Issues for Congress”
23/07/18 : New CRS Report by O’Rourke—“China’s Actions in South and East China Seas: Implications for U.S. Interests—Background and Issues for Congress”—Includes Maritime Militia Analysis
16/07/18 : ONI's New 2018 China Recognition & Identification Guide Shows 3 Different Types of Maritime Militia Vessels
13/07/18 : China Sends Spy Ship to RIMPAC: Current Situation & Previous Examples
22/06/18 : The Economist: “China has Militarised the South China Sea and Got Away with it”
20/06/18 : The Complete China Maritime Militia Bookshelf: Fully Updated Just Now
31/05/18 : Andrew M. McGreevy Reviews “Chinese Naval Shipbuilding” in Association of Asian Studies (AAS) Journal Education About Asia
26/05/18 : Newest CRS Report by O’Rourke—“China’s Maritime Territorial & Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Disputes”—Includes Maritime Militia Analysis
26/05/18 : Latest Edition of O’Rourke’s Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report: “China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities—Background and Issues for Congress”
25/05/18 : Military and Security Developments Involving the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 2017
24/05/18 : Revisiting the U.S.-Soviet Space Race: Comparing Two Systems in Their Competition to Land a Man on the Moon
24/05/18 : Scalene Perspectives, Isosceles Ideas and Equilateral Dependence: The U.S.-Europe-China “Strategic Triangle” and Transatlantic Policy
23/05/18 : Official Pentagon Statement on China’s Dis-invitation from Participating in 2018 RIMPAC Exercise
20/05/18 : House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Hearing on “China’s Worldwide Military Expansion”
10/05/18 : Making Mischief: China Has Put Missiles on Islands in the South China Sea
10/05/18 : Re-Orienting American Sea Power for the China Challenge
08/05/18 : The Complete China Maritime Militia Bookshelf: Just Updated
08/05/18 : The Ryan Martinson Bookshelf–Unique Insights into China’s Coast Guard, Maritime Policies, and Activities at Sea
03/05/18 : Revisiting the U.S.-Soviet Space Race: Comparing Two Systems in Their Competition to Land a Man on the Moon
03/05/18 : Naval War College Publishes Ryan Martinson’s CMSI ‘Red Book’ #15—“Echelon Defense: The Role of Sea Power in Chinese Maritime Dispute Strategy”
03/05/18 : Latest Version of O’Rourke’s CRS Report—“China’s Maritime Territorial & Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Disputes”—Includes Maritime Militia Analysis
03/05/18 : Brand-new Edition of Ronald O’Rourke’s Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report: “China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities—Background and Issues for Congress”
29/04/18 : China-Related Insights from Admiral Philip Davidson, USN; Incoming Commander, U.S. Pacific Command
20/04/18 : The Complete Peter Dutton Bookshelf: China’s Maritime Legal Approaches, Sovereignty Claims, Activities & Geostrategy
19/04/18 : Foreign Affairs just published my review of Anne-Marie Brady’s landmark Cambridge University Press book, China as a Polar Great Power
16/04/18 : Cornell Contemporary China Initiative Lecture—“The People’s Republic at Sea: Great Power with ‘Chinese Characteristics’”
07/04/18 : CMSI Director Peter Dutton’s Pioneering Scholarship: China’s Maritime Legal Approaches, Sovereignty Claims, Activities, and Geostrategy
10/03/18 : The Complete China Maritime Militia Bookshelf: Latest & Greatest
10/03/18 : New China Security Report from Japan's National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS) Mentions "Maritime Militia"! Access Complete Set of English/Japanese/Chinese Reports (Dating to 2010) Here.
05/03/18 : Xi's Strong Military Dream: China's Defense Budget to Grow 8.1% to ~$175 billion This Year, Rate Exceeds ~6.5% Economic Growth Target
26/02/18 : Numbers Matter: China's Three 'Navies' Each Have the World's Most Ships
15/02/18 : PACOM Commander Admiral Harris Testifies: “Across the South China Sea, China’s air force, navy, coast guard, and maritime militia all maintain a robust presence.”
14/02/18 : The Complete China Maritime Militia Bookshelf: Latest & Greatest
14/02/18 : Military Balance 2018 Addresses China’s Maritime Militia: “Reports to PLA command and trains to assist PLAN and CCG in a variety of military roles”
06/02/18 : Book Launch at Harvard Coop—The China Questions—Wednesday 7 February, 7:00-8:30 PM
03/02/18 : 2018 Nuclear Posture Review: Full Text PDF & Key China-Related Excerpts
22/01/18 : “The China Questions” Tops SupChina’s 2017 Winter Reading List
22/01/18 : Latest & Greatest: The Complete China Maritime Militia Bookshelf
22/01/18 : American Mandarin Society Issues Updated Syllabi Concerning China's Military, Foreign Policy, Politics & Party, Economy, and Environment & Energy
13/01/18 : Newest Edition of O’Rourke’s CRS Report—“China’s Maritime Territorial & Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Disputes”—Compiles Reporting on Maritime Militia
04/01/18 : Ronald O’Rourke’s Latest Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report: “China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities—Background and Issues for Congress”
26/12/17 : Republic of China (Taiwan) Ministry of National Defense (中華民國國防部) Issues “2017 National Defense Report” 106年國防報告書
20/12/17 : Prof. Arthur Ding Reviews “Chinese Naval Shipbuilding” in The China Journal
18/12/17 : The Trump Administration’s New National Security Strategy—Summary, Full Text & Complete China-Related Excerpts
18/12/17 : Updated CRS Report—“The North Korean Nuclear Challenge: Military Options and Issues for Congress”
17/12/17 : The Michael Chase Bookshelf: Leading-Edge Research on China’s Rocket Force and Strategic & Cross-Strait Security Issues
13/12/17 : Routledge Releases 2nd Edition of Handbook of Asian Security Studies; Offers Chapters on Key Regional Issues, Including “China’s Maritime Ambitions”
01/12/17 : How Strong Are China’s Armed Forces?
30/11/17 : “The China Questions: Critical Insights into a Rising Power”—Published by Harvard University Press to Commemorate Fairbank Center’s 60th Anniversary
28/11/17 : The Prof. William Murray Bookshelf: Keen Insights into China’s Military Buildup & Taiwan’s Defense Options
24/11/17 : CMSI Director Peter Dutton’s Pioneering Scholarship on China’s Maritime Legal Approaches, Sovereignty Claims, Activities, and Geostrategy
16/11/17 : U.S.-China Economic & Security Review Commission releases 2017 Annual Report
14/11/17 : Latest & Greatest: The Complete China Maritime Militia Bookshelf
06/11/17 : Ronald O’Rourke’s Latest Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report: “China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities—Background and Issues for Congress”
06/11/17 : China Aerospace Studies Institute (CASI) Launches Website—Great Research Resources!
01/11/17 : Japan MoD Releases White Paper: Defense of Japan 2017—Mentions China Maritime Militia, 2nd After U.S. DoD to Do So
31/10/17 : New CRS Report—“The North Korean Nuclear Challenge: Military Options and Issues for Congress”
29/10/17 : Full Text of Xi Jinping’s 19th National Party Congress Work Report & Related Documents
26/10/17 : New CSIS ChinaPower Podcast: “China’s Maritime Militia: A Conversation with Andrew Erickson”
23/10/17 : O’Rourke’s Latest CRS Report—“China’s Maritime Territorial & Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Disputes”—Compiles Reporting on Maritime Militia
09/10/17 : Register Now for Jamestown’s 7th Annual China Defense & Security Conference: Wednesday 11 October at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
09/10/17 : Christopher L. Mercado Reviews “Rebalancing U.S. Forces” in Strategy Bridge/RealClearDefense
09/10/17 : Dr. Gregory P. Gilbert Reviews “Chinese Naval Shipbuilding” for International Journal of Maritime History/Australian Naval Institute
26/09/17 : Here’s Ronald O’Rourke’s Latest Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report: “China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities—Background and Issues for Congress”
26/09/17 : Read Ronald O’Rourke’s Updated Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report—“China’s Maritime Territorial & Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Disputes”
15/09/17 : Complete Set of CMSI’s China Maritime Study “Red Book” Monographs: Titles and Links to Full Text PDFs
14/09/17 : China Navy Ships Depart for Joint Drills with Russia
08/09/17 : Understanding China’s Third Sea Force: The Maritime Militia
29/08/17 : Latest Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report by Ronald O’Rourke: “China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities—Background and Issues for Congress”
29/08/17 : Updated Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report—“China’s Maritime Territorial & Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Disputes”—by Ronald O’Rourke
28/08/17 : Jamestown China Defense & Security Conference—11 October 2017
27/08/17 : “China’s Evolving Military Strategy” Volume Just Published in Japanese: 中国の進化する軍事戦略
22/08/17 : China Maritime Studies Institute Faculty Brings China’s Maritime Militia Out of the Shadows
08/08/17 : The Ryan Martinson Bookshelf–A Treasure Trove of China Civil Maritime Insights
02/08/17 : Worth Reviewing: Harvard's Vast Resources for China Research
30/07/17 : China Parades New Missile in Warning to Rivals Abroad—and at Home
24/07/17 : Whither China’s Nuclear Submarine Production Capacity? Retired Naval Officer/Intelligence Analyst Offers Exquisite Assessment (Text, Photos, Open Source Lessons)
24/07/17 : Chinese Navy Article Suggests “Far Seas” Ambitions, Reasons for Rapid Construction of Large Warships (Like Type 055 Cruiser)
24/07/17 : Read Now If You Haven’t Already: “Three PLAN Officers May Have Just Revealed What China Wants in the South China Sea”
20/07/17 : Naval War College Seeks Two Assistant/Associate/Full Professors: Security Studies & Naval Warfare Analysis
18/07/17 : Featured in Latest Issue of Survival: “Chinese Naval Shipbuilding: An Ambitious and Uncertain Course”
11/07/17 : From Management Crisis to Crisis Management? Japan’s Post-2012 Institutional Reforms and Sino-Japanese Crisis (In)Stability
03/07/17 : In Loving Memory: The Wall Street Journal’s China Real Time Report
03/07/17 : Full Text of National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) 2017 “Ballistic and Cruise Missile Threat” Report
01/07/17 : CMSI ‘Red Book’ #14: “China’s Evolving Surface Fleet”
15/06/17 : “Chinese Naval Shipbuilding” Reviewed in Ausmarine Magazine
07/06/17 : New Pentagon China Report Highlights the Rise of Beijing’s Maritime Militia
07/06/17 : China Attacks Pentagon Report, Laments U.S. “Cold War Mentality”
06/06/17 : Pentagon Releases 2017 China Military Report—First Official U.S. Government Public Assessment to Cover China’s Maritime Militia
06/06/17 : U.S. Department of Defense Annual Reports to Congress on China’s Military Power—2002-17—Download Complete Set Here
06/06/17 : U.S. Department of Defense Annual Report to Congress—“Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China 2017”—Click here to read the full text report
05/06/17 : Coming Later in 2017: Harvard University Press to Publish Fairbank Center Volume on “The China Questions”
04/06/17 : China’s Resource Drive into the South China Sea
03/06/17 : Senate Statement by Daniel Coats, Director of National Intelligence: “Worldwide Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community”
03/06/17 : South Korea Just Released its “2016 Defense White Paper”—Worth Reading in Full
01/06/17 : CMSI China Maritime Report #2: “The Arming of China’s Maritime Frontier”
31/05/17 : China’s Strategic Objectives at Sea
31/05/17 : IISS Launches “Asia-Pacific Regional Security Assessment 2017” Strategic Dossier at Shangri-La Dialogue
30/05/17 : “China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities—Background and Issues for Congress”—Newest Edition of Ronald O’Rourke’s Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report
30/05/17 : China’s Maritime Territorial & Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Disputes—Latest Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report by Ronald O’Rourke
05/05/17 : Admiral Shen Jinlong, PLA Navy Commander, Ranks Among Foreign Policy’s U.S.-China Top 50 (中美关系50强)
28/04/17 : “Chinese Naval Shipbuilding” Reviewed by Gregory Copley in Defense and Foreign Affairs Strategic Policy
26/04/17 : China’s Naval Power Gets Big Boost with Launch of First Home-Grown Aircraft Carrier
26/04/17 : VIDEO: China Launches First Domestic Aircraft Carrier
26/04/17 : Conclusion to Our 9-Article CIMSEC Series: “Hainan’s Maritime Militia: All Hands on Deck for Sovereignty, Pt. 3”
26/04/17 : China Launches Its First Aircraft Carrier Built at Home
26/04/17 : China Launches First Home Built Aircraft Carrier, Boosting Naval Power
25/04/17 : Marking the Launch of Beijing’s First Homebuilt Hull: The China Aircraft Carrier Bookshelf
25/04/17 : Just Published in the Spring 2017 issue of International Security: “Correspondence: How Good Are China’s Antiaccess/Area-Denial Capabilities?”
25/04/17 : Chinese Naval Shipbuilding: Measuring the Waves—An interview with Andrew S. Erickson
24/04/17 : Ronald O’Rourke’s Latest Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report—on China’s Maritime Territorial and Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Disputes—documents China Maritime Militia Activity
24/04/17 : Newest Edition of Ron O’Rourke’s Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report: “China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities—Background and Issues for Congress”
22/04/17 : Top Vote-Getting Articles Announced from Annual CIMSEC Forum for Authors & Readers (CFAR) Competition
19/04/17 : Harvard Fairbank Center Welcomes New Executive Director
11/04/17 : Register Now for CMSI Conference: “China’s Maritime Gray Zone Operations”—May 2-3, 2017—Naval War College
10/04/17 : Hainan’s Maritime Militia: Development Challenges and Opportunities, Pt. 2
08/04/17 : CIMSEC Announces Nominees for CFAR 2017
31/03/17 : Water Wars: Cooperation “of the Right Time, in the Right Place and with the Support of the People”
29/03/17 : The China Aircraft Carrier Bookshelf
29/03/17 : CMSI Conference: “China’s Maritime Gray Zone Operations”—May 2-3, 2017—Naval War College
26/03/17 : Hainan’s Maritime Militia: China Builds a Standing Vanguard, Pt. 1
24/03/17 : CMSI China Maritime Report #1: “China’s Third Sea Force, The People’s Armed Forces Maritime Militia: Tethered to the PLA”
24/03/17 : China Open Source Example: Shipyard Details Sansha Maritime Militia Vessel with “Weapons and Equipment Room” (武备库) and “Ammunition Store” (弹药库)
21/03/17 : Peter Hore Reviews “Chinese Naval Shipbuilding” in Warships: International Fleet Review
15/03/17 : China’s Navy Gets a New Helmsman (Part 2): Remaining Uncertainties
14/03/17 : Rockets and People: Hot Days of the Cold War, Vol. 3
10/03/17 : From Management Crisis to Crisis Management? Japan’s Post-2012 Institutional Reforms and Sino-Japanese Crisis (In)Stability
09/03/17 : With Park’s Impeachment, Both South Korea & The Philippines Face “Ambivalent Alignment”: The Complex Politics of American Security Ties in Post-Authoritarian East Asia
04/03/17 : Beijing to Expand Defense Budget by About 7% This Year; Says it’s Enough to Protect ‘Rights and Interests’
02/03/17 : Harvard Asia Center Fellows Seminar: “The People’s Liberation Army: Perspectives from the United States and Japan”
02/03/17 : China’s Navy Gets a New Helmsman (Part 1): Spotlight on Vice Admiral Shen Jinlong
27/02/17 : Naval War College Professor Updates Congress on China’s Military Capabilities
26/02/17 : My Testimony before the U.S.-China Commission—“Chinese Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile Development and Counter-Intervention Efforts”—Hearing on China’s Advanced Weapons
25/02/17 : U.S. Wary of Its New Neighbor in Djibouti: A Chinese Naval Base
25/02/17 : Latest China Security Report from Japan’s National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS) Focuses on Cross-Strait Issues. Access Complete Set of English/Japanese/Chinese Reports (Dating to 2010) Here.
17/02/17 : U.S.-China Economic & Security Review Commission Holds Hearing on China’s Advanced Weapons, Thurs. 23 February 2017, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Rm. 419
09/02/17 : Australian Navy League’s The Navy Magazine Reviews “Chinese Naval Shipbuilding”
08/02/17 : China’s Naval Shipbuilding Sets Sail
08/02/17 : China Open Source Example: Proposal to Hainan Government Reveals Maritime Militia Activities
01/02/17 : The Next Generation of China’s Navy: Transformation and Transition for the PLAN
01/02/17 : Latest China Civil Maritime Insights & More--From The Updated Ryan Martinson Bookshelf
30/01/17 : The Next Generation of China’s Navy: Transformation and Transition for the PLAN
28/01/17 : Dean Thomas Culora Writes in Proceedings on Gray Zone Conflict and Ongoing Efforts at the Naval War College’s Center for Naval Warfare Studies to Research It
20/01/17 : Admiral Gary Roughead, 29th Chief of Naval Operations, Assesses “Chinese Naval Shipbuilding” in Forbes
19/01/17 : Showing off the Hardware: China’s First Aircraft-Carrier Bares its Teeth
14/01/17 : Chinese Naval Shipbuilding Reviewed by Michael DeBoer at Center for International Maritime Security (CIMSEC)
06/01/17 : Chinese Naval Shipbuilding Ships Immediately When Ordered Directly from Naval Institute Press
19/12/16 : Interviewed by CIMSEC President Sally DeBoer on New Book: “Chinese Naval Shipbuilding”
15/12/16 : Passing a Chinese Maritime “Trump Test”
28/11/16 : Is Trump Ready for China’s Inevitable Test of American Power?
22/11/16 : U.S. Pacific Fleet Commander Admiral Scott Swift on China’s Maritime Militia: “Let’s acknowledge that it’s there. Let’s acknowledge how it’s being command-and-controlled.”
17/11/16 : Welcome Progress! U.S.-China Commission Recommends Dedicated Section on Maritime Militia for Pentagon China Report
17/11/16 : Just Released: 2016 Report to Congress of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission
15/11/16 : China’s Naval Modernisation, Strategies, and Capabilities
08/11/16 : Ellis Joffe Prize for PLA Studies: Accepting Nominations
07/11/16 : Zhuhai 2016: Mysterious J-20 Sneaks In… And Out
07/11/16 : Aligning Forces in 2016: US 7th Fleet Asia-Pacific Symposium
21/10/16 : Pre-order at 25% off list price: “Chinese Naval Shipbuilding: An Ambitious and Uncertain Course”
21/10/16 : Alliance Damage Control Under Duterte Starts with Understanding the Philippine Component of “Ambivalent Alignment”: The Complex Politics of American Security Ties in Post-Authoritarian East Asia
19/10/16 : Countering Chinese Expansion through Mass Enlightenment
01/10/16 : Naval War College Professors Testify on State of South China Sea
26/09/16 : Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report by Ronald O’Rourke Documents China Maritime Militia Activity
25/09/16 : “How the US Should Respond to China’s ‘Secret’ Weapon”—The Daily Caller’s Ryan Pickrell Covers House Hearing on South China Sea
22/09/16 : Out-brief from House Armed Services Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee Hearing by Megan Eckstein, U.S. Naval Institute News
21/09/16 : My Testimony before the House Armed Services Committee Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee—Hearing on “Seapower and Projection Forces in the South China Sea”
21/09/16 : House Armed Services Committee Hearing: “Seapower and Projection Forces in the South China Sea”—Links to Archived Webcast, Statements & Bios
19/09/16 : China’s Maritime Militia—Time to Call them Out?
17/09/16 : House Armed Services Committee Hearing: “Seapower and Projection Forces in the South China Sea”—2 pm Wed. 21 September, RHOB 2212
13/09/16 : Chinese Naval Shipbuilding: An Ambitious and Uncertain Course—CMSI Vol. 6 in Naval Institute Press “Studies in Chinese Maritime Development” series
13/09/16 : Chinese Air Force Announces ‘Regular’ Exercises Flying through Key Entryway into Western Pacific
01/09/16 : Riding a New Wave of Professionalization and Militarization: Sansha City’s Maritime Militia
30/08/16 : China Open Source Example: Big Plans for Maritime Militia Base Buildup, as Seen from a Government Proposal Document
11/08/16 : Latest Edition—Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report by Ron O’Rourke—“Maritime Territorial and Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Disputes Involving China: Issues for Congress”
11/08/16 : A Guide to Catching Up on China’s Politics and Military
09/08/16 : David Axe in The Daily Beast—“Little Blue Men: China Launches a Stealth Invasion in the South China Sea”
08/08/16 : Capt. Takuya Shimodaira, JMSDF, Offers Japanese-Language Summary & Analysis of CMSI’s Research on China’s Maritime Militia—“中国第3の海上兵力: 海上民兵”
04/08/16 : The China Anti-Piracy Bookshelf
04/08/16 : “Six Years at Sea… and Counting: Gulf of Aden Anti-Piracy and China’s Maritime Commons Presence” featured in Amherst Magazine
02/08/16 : Just Published as a Kindle eBook—“Chinese Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile Development: Drivers, Trajectories, and Strategic Implications”
02/08/16 : China Opens Large Fishing Port to ‘Safeguard’ South China Sea Claims
01/08/16 : Now available as a Kindle eBook: “Six Years at Sea… and Counting: Gulf of Aden Anti-Piracy and China’s Maritime Commons Presence”
25/07/16 : The Scholar as Portent of Chinese Actions in the South China Sea
23/07/16 : Latest Edition of Ron O’Rourke’s Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report: “China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities—Background and Issues for Congress”
13/07/16 : “A Maritime or Continental Order for Southeast Asia and the South China Sea?”—Address at Chatham House by CMSI Director Peter Dutton
13/07/16 : Panning for Gold: Assessing Chinese Maritime Strategy from Primary Sources
12/07/16 : Preserving a Rules-Based Order in the South China Sea
12/07/16 : China’s Claims in the South China Sea Rejected
12/07/16 : Tribunal Rules: China’s South Sea Claims Don’t Hold Water
12/07/16 : UNCLOS Arbitral Tribunal Press Release & Complete Set of Full Text PDF Documents—PCA Case No. 2013-19 - The South China Sea Arbitration (The Republic of the Philippines v. The People's Republic of China)
11/07/16 : Interviewed by Anthony Kuhn on National Public Radio’s Morning Edition
08/07/16 : Live Sunday 10 July from 5:00-6:00 PM EST on Midrats Radio Program, Blog Talk Radio—“China’s Maritime Militia with Andrew Erickson”
08/07/16 : Interviewed on The John Batchelor Show Regarding “China’s Third Sea Force—the Maritime Militia”
06/07/16 : Countering China’s Third Sea Force: Unmask Maritime Militia before They’re Used Again
06/07/16 : China’s Blueprint for Sea Power
29/06/16 : “Tensions between China and U.S. Intensify over South China Sea,” Interviewed by Eleanor Hall on Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)’s The World Today Program
27/06/16 : “Chapter 5: China’s Maritime Militia”—Just Published in RADM Michael McDevitt’s CNA Report on “Becoming a Great ‘Maritime Power’: A Chinese Dream”
24/06/16 : China’s Maritime Militia: What It Is and How to Deal With It
22/06/16 : Interview by 美国之音 (Voice of America) on 海上民兵 (Maritime Militia) of 潭门镇 (Tanmen Township) & Beyond
20/06/16 : South China Sea: The Mystery of Missing Books and Maritime Claims
16/06/16 : Reported Chinese Efforts to Conceal Maritime Militia Reach Intelligence-Insulting Level
09/06/16 : Putting “Meat on the Bones” of the U.S.-Japan Alliance Coordination Mechanism
06/06/16 : “China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities—Background and Issues for Congress”: Latest Edition of Ron O’Rourke’s Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report
02/06/16 : Team Tsai Ing-wen: a Who’s Who of the New Cabinet
02/06/16 : The Courage to Fight and Win: The PLA Cultivates Xuexing for the Wars of the Future
24/05/16 : Chinese Navy Trains and Takes Risks
24/05/16 : Shepherds of the South Seas
20/05/16 : Doctrinal Sea Change, Making Real Waves: Examining the Naval Dimension of Strategy
19/05/16 : Steaming Ahead, Course Uncertain: China’s Military Shipbuilding Industry
18/05/16 : “China Security Report 2016” from Japan’s National Institute for Defense Studies
18/05/16 : How Good Are They? The Latest Insights Into China’s Military Tech
17/05/16 : From Frontier to Frontline: Tanmen Maritime Militia’s Leading Role—Part 2
15/05/16 : Pentagon Report Aims to Lay Out Chinese Military Goals
14/05/16 : The Pentagon’s 2016 China Military Report: What You Need to Know
14/05/16 : Obama Pentagon’s Last China Report: Covers Most Bases Commendably, But Misses Maritime Militia
13/05/16 : Key Quotes, Data & Themes from 2016 U.S. Department of Defense Report on China’s Military & Security Developments
13/05/16 : U.S. Department of Defense Annual Report to Congress—“Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China 2016”—Click here to read the full text report
13/05/16 : Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for East Asia Briefs the Media—Watch Abraham Denmark unveil 2016 DoD China report:
13/05/16 : U.S. Department of Defense Annual Reports to Congress on China’s Military Power—2002-16—Download Complete Set Here
11/05/16 : PLA Recruiting Ad: The Rap Video—Annotated Translations by Dr. Kevin Jensen & Prof. Mark Metcalf
11/05/16 : Tomorrow: “Sixth Annual China Defense and Security Conference,” Jamestown Foundation, Thurs. 12 May 2016
10/05/16 : China’s Expanding Ability to Conduct Conventional Missile Strikes on Guam
09/05/16 : Managing the U.S.-Philippine Alliance under President-elect Rodrigo Duterte Will Require Understanding “Ambivalent Alignment”: The Complex Politics of American Security Ties in Post-Authoritarian East Asia
08/05/16 : New Edition of Ron O’Rourke’s Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report—“Maritime Territorial and Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Disputes Involving China: Issues for Congress”
06/05/16 : Water Resource Competition in the Brahmaputra River Basin: China, India, and Bangladesh
03/05/16 : Want Cutting-Edge China Maritime Insights? Then Take a Read through The Complete Ryan Martinson Bookshelf!
29/04/16 : Shifting Waters: China’s New Passive Assertiveness in Asian Maritime Security
28/04/16 : Does China Have an Aging Problem? Yes, a China-sized One! Staggering Specifics from Dr. Huang Yanzhong & CSIS’s ChinaPower Project
25/04/16 : Register Now for “Sixth Annual China Defense and Security Conference,” Jamestown Foundation, Thurs. 12 May 2016
21/04/16 : How Does China’s First Aircraft Carrier Stack Up?
21/04/16 : “Security Challenges Facing a New Administration”—Center for International Security Studies Annual Conference 2016
21/04/16 : Model Maritime Militia: Tanmen’s Leading Role in the April 2012 Scarborough Shoal Incident
19/04/16 : CFAR 2016 Presentation Updating Award-Winning Article: “China’s Daring Vanguard, Introducing Sanya City’s Maritime Militia”
16/04/16 : How China’s Fishermen Are Fighting a Covert War in the South China Sea
16/04/16 : Latest in Series Available in Chinese from Ocean Press: “China, the United States, and 21st Century Sea Power” (CMSI Vol. 4) 中国, 美国与21世纪海权
16/04/16 : Now Published in Chinese by China’s Leading Maritime Press: “China Goes to Sea” (CMSI Vol. 3) 中国走向海洋
16/04/16 : Now Available in Chinese via Top PRC Maritime Press: “China’s Energy Strategy” (CMSI Vol. 2) 中国能源战略对海洋政策的影响
16/04/16 : First Volume in Series Available in Chinese from Ocean Press: “China’s Future Nuclear Submarine Force” (CMSI Vol. 1) 中国未来核潜艇力量
16/04/16 : Chinese Economic Statecraft: Commercial Actors, Grand Strategy, and State Control
07/04/16 : FMPRC Spokesperson Lu Kang Apparently Denies Maritime Militia’s Role in “Rights Protection”—But China Daily Has Already Confirmed It, and China Military Online Republished Confirmation
05/04/16 : “Maritime Territorial and Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Disputes Involving China: Issues for Congress”—Latest Edition of Ron O’Rourke’s Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report
05/04/16 : China’s Goldwater-Nichols? Assessing PLA Organizational Reforms
04/04/16 : “China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities—Background and Issues for Congress”: Latest Version of Ron O’Rourke’s Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report
31/03/16 : “Barriers, Springboards and Benchmarks: China Conceptualizes the Pacific ‘Island Chains’”—Published as Lead Article in The China Quarterly
30/03/16 : China Defends Deployment of Anti-Ship Missiles to South China Sea Island
29/03/16 : My Latest Assessment of Chinese and Foreign Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile (ASBM) Development—Now Available in Jane’s Navy International
29/03/16 : Latest Edition of Ian Rinehart’s CRS Report—“The Chinese Military: Overview and Issues for Congress”
29/03/16 : Sustained Support: the PLAN Evolves its Expeditionary Logistics Strategy
25/03/16 : The 1974 Paracels Sea Battle: A Campaign Appraisal
23/03/16 : Register Now for CIMSEC’s Thurs. 24 March CFAR 2016 Forum: Maritime Security, Technology, and Foreign Policy
07/03/16 : “China’s Maritime Militia”—Our Most Extensive, Detailed Analysis Yet
07/03/16 : China Expands Land Filling at North Island in the Paracels—Satellite Images Also Show Dredging of a New Harbor Basin
05/03/16 : The Limits of Growth: Economic Headwinds Inform China’s Latest Military Budget
04/03/16 : China Announces 7.6% Budget Increase to $146.67 Billion (954.35 Billion Yuan): Comprehensive Context & Analysis
04/03/16 : Xinhua reports China to raise 2016 defense budget by 7-8%: announced by spokesperson Fu Ying at 12th NPC
27/02/16 : Installing a Safety on the “Loaded Gun”? China’s Institutional Reforms, National Security Commission and Sino-Japanese Crisis (In)Stability
25/02/16 : Kenneth Allen, Dennis Blasko & John Corbett on “The PLA’s New Organizational Structure: What is Known, Unknown & Speculation” (Parts 1 & 2)
21/02/16 : Princeton-Harvard China and the World Program: Lectures & Workshop—3-4 March 2016
21/02/16 : The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers in the Twenty-first Century: China’s Rise and the Fate of America’s Global Position
17/02/16 : Tensions Ramp Up as China Deploys Missiles on Contested South China Sea Island
15/02/16 : Must Watch, Don’t Be Deterred! The Official PLA Rocket Force Music Video
13/02/16 : The People’s Liberation Army and Contingency Planning in China
12/02/16 : Satellite Images: China Manufactures Land at New Sites in the Paracel Islands
09/02/16 : Kenneth Allen, Dennis Blasko & John Corbett on “The PLA’s New Organizational Structure: What is Known, Unknown & Speculation (Part 1)”
05/02/16 : Why Islands Still Matter in Asia: The Enduring Significance of the Pacific “Island Chains”
01/02/16 : “Powers Jockey for Pacific Island Chain Influence”—Interview by Christopher P. Cavas in Defense News
01/02/16 : Trailblazers in Warfighting: The Maritime Militia of Danzhou
22/01/16 : Beijing Offers Most Comprehensive Statement to Date on New PLA Navy Logistical Facilities in Djibouti
21/01/16 : “Barriers, Springboards and Benchmarks: China Conceptualizes the Pacific ‘Island Chains’”—FirstView Version of Article Now Available on The China Quarterly Website
21/01/16 : Six Decades of Chinese Space History: A Comparative History of Rocket and Satellite Development
20/01/16 : History of Rocketry and Astronautics: Proceedings of the 47th History Symposium of the International Academy of Astronautics
20/01/16 : Asia-Pacific Rebalance 2025: Capabilities, Presence, and Partnerships
07/01/16 : Latest Version of Ron O’Rourke’s Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report: “China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities—Background and Issues for Congress”
05/01/16 : America’s Security Role in the South China Sea
05/01/16 : The Evolution of Interstate Security Crisis-Management Theory and Practice in China
02/01/16 : China Lands Test Flight in Disputed Island Chain
02/01/16 : Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying’s Remarks on Chinese Test Flight to Newly-Built Airport on Fiery Cross Reef/Yongshu Jiao in Spratly Islands
17/12/15 : Thriller with a Purpose: “Red Phoenix Burning” by New York Times bestselling authors Larry Bond & Chris Carlson
15/12/15 : A Classic Reference with Renewed Relevance: Download “The PLA as Organization v2.0”!
15/12/15 : Naval War College Seeks Greater Middle East-focused Naval Warfare Analyst
05/12/15 : Academy of Military Science Researchers: “Why We Had to Develop the Dongfeng-26 Ballistic Missile”—Bilingual Text, Analysis & Related Links
03/12/15 : Necessity, Reality: Maintaining Freedom and Peace at Sea
30/11/15 : Towards “Competitive Coexistence”: Building Operational Trust through Maritime Confidence Building Measures and Non-Traditional Security Cooperation
30/11/15 : Latest Version: “China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities—Background and Issues for Congress,” Ron O’Rourke’s Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report
29/11/15 : Asan Institute Book Launch: “Assessing China’s Power”—Thurs. 3 December 3:00-4:30PM, 1211 Connecticut Ave., Washington, DC
25/11/15 : Correspondence in International Security: “Looking for Asia’s Security Dilemma”
24/11/15 : U.S. AFRICOM Commander GEN David Rodriguez, USA Confirms: China Signed 10-Year Contract for Military Logistics Hub in Djibouti—Beijing’s 1st-Ever Overseas “Base”/Facility
22/11/15 : Managing U.S.-China Relations? Challenging. Picking a Good Guidebook? Easy: The China Challenge
18/11/15 : U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission Releases 2015 Report to Congress
17/11/15 : China’s Turn Toward Regional Restructuring, Counter-Intervention: A Review of Authoritative Sources
12/11/15 : “China’s Naval Shipbuilding: Progress and Challenges”— CMSI Conference—Event Write-up & Summary of Discussion
10/11/15 : U.S. Department of Defense Annual Reports to Congress on China’s Military Power—Download Complete Set Here
06/11/15 : Is China Pursuing Counter-Intervention?
05/11/15 : China’s Daring Vanguard: Introducing Sanya City’s Maritime Militia
02/11/15 : China’s “Little Blue Men” Take Navy’s Place in Disputes
02/11/15 : Irregular Forces at Sea: “Not Merely Fishermen—Shedding Light on China’s Maritime Militia”
01/11/15 : Insights on U.S. South China Sea FONOPS from Two Leading Maritime Law Experts
01/11/15 : Maritime Militia, Dead Ahead!—Looks Like China’s Irregular Maritime Forces Were Operating in Pre-Planned Roles Near USS Lassen During its Recent FONOP
30/10/15 : ChinaFile Conversation: “Making Waves in the South China Sea”
29/10/15 : Installing a Safety on the “Loaded Gun”? China’s Institutional Reforms, National Security Commission and Sino-Japanese Crisis (In)Stability
29/10/15 : China’s New YJ-18 Antiship Cruise Missile: Capabilities and Implications for U.S. Forces in the Western Pacific
29/10/15 : Are you a Scholar of China, Russia, Greater Middle East, Nuclear, or Cyber Security Issues? Then Consider Applying for One of These Open Rank Professorships at Navy’s Senior Academic, Research, and Gaming Institution
27/10/15 : China Scolds U.S. for South China Sea “Provocation”
27/10/15 : Wall Street Journal Article—USS Lassen’s Patrol Near Subi Reef—Detailed Data Points & Quotes
27/10/15 : Beijing Calls U.S. Warship’s Route in South China Sea a “Provocation”
27/10/15 : U.S. Warship Sails within 12 Miles of Chinese-Built Island in South China Sea
27/10/15 : Latest Edition: Ron O’Rourke’s Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report “China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities—Background and Issues for Congress”
27/10/15 : Latest Edition—Ron O’Rourke’s Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report—“Maritime Territorial and Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Disputes Involving China: Issues for Congress”
26/10/15 : Destroyer USS Lassen (DDG-82) Conducts Freedom of Navigation Operation within 12 Nautical Miles of Subi Reef (a Low-Tide Elevation)
26/10/15 : CCTV Dialogue at the 6th Xiangshan Forum: “New Thinking on World Order”
26/10/15 : Discussion of China’s A2/AD Approach and “Island” Construction on NHK World
26/10/15 : Dreaming Big, Acting Big: Xi’s Impact on China’s Military Development
07/10/15 : Evaluating China’s Conventional Military Power: The Naval and Air Dimensions
07/10/15 : China Scholar Prof. Jae Ho Chung, Seoul National University, Publishes Forward-Looking Edited Volume “Assessing China’s Power”
05/10/15 : China’s Main Mission: South China Sea, Not Syria
03/10/15 : China Maritime Studies Institute (CMSI) at Naval War College Seeks Top-Caliber Scholar for Highly-Desirable Professorship
02/10/15 : Important Article from Foreign Policy: “In South China Sea, a Tougher U.S. Stance”
01/10/15 : China’s First Domestic Aircraft Carrier Almost Certainly Under Construction
30/09/15 : “Observations on PLA Studies”—Great New Addition to Series on China Military Methodology by Peter Mattis
28/09/15 : New Congressional Research Service Report—“The Chinese Military: Overview and Issues for Congress”
26/09/15 : Xi Jinping’s Inner Circle Offers Cold Shoulder to Western Officials
25/09/15 : China Completes Runway on Fiery Cross Reef
25/09/15 : Sean O’Connor, IHS Jane’s: “China May Be Building First Indigenous Carrier”
24/09/15 : H.R. McMaster Reviews “Rebalancing U.S. Forces” in Survival
24/09/15 : “Peaches and Plums Do Not Talk, Yet a Path Is Formed Beneath Them”—Greg Kulacki Explains What Xi May Really Have Meant in Seattle Speech
24/09/15 : Science: “China’s Island Building Is Destroying Reefs”
24/09/15 : Full Text: President Xi’s Speech on China-US Ties
23/09/15 : Perception and Misperception in American and Chinese Views of the Other
23/09/15 : Camerashy: Closing the Aperture on China’s Unit 78020
20/09/15 : Xi Jinping’s U.S. Visit: What You Need to Know
20/09/15 : Does China’s New Missile Threaten US Power in the Pacific?
19/09/15 : The Chinese People’s Liberation Army in 2025
17/09/15 : China’s Island Building Campaign Could Hint toward Further Expansions in Indian Ocean
16/09/15 : South China Sea: Satellite Imagery Shows China’s Buildup on Fiery Cross Reef
14/09/15 : The U.S.-China Military Scorecard: Forces, Geography, and the Evolving Balance of Power, 1996-2017
12/09/15 : “Decoding China’s Maritime Decision-making”—CSIS Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative’s 10 September 2015 Issue
12/09/15 : Chinese Activity in South China Sea Poses Complications for Obama
12/09/15 : China’s Great Balancing Act Unfolds: Enforcing Maritime Rights vs. Stability
12/09/15 : CFTNI Job Posting: Senior Fellow, U.S.-China Relations
12/09/15 : PLA Influence on China’s National Security Policymaking
11/09/15 : Directing China’s “Little Blue Men”: Uncovering the Maritime Militia Command Structure
10/09/15 : South China Sea: Satellite Imagery Makes Clear China’s Runway Work at Subi Reef
10/09/15 : China’s DF-21D Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile (ASBM)—Officially Revealed at 3 September Parade—Complete Open Source Research Compendium
09/09/15 : U.S. Office of Naval Intelligence 2015 Report—“The PLA Navy: New Capabilities and Missions for the 21st Century”—Complete Links to Report, Videos & Graphics
09/09/15 : Foreign Investors and China’s Naval Buildup
07/09/15 : Runway Construction at Subi Reef—China Building 2nd ~3km Airstrip in Spratlys, 3rd in South China Sea (ex-Hainan)
04/09/15 : China’s Parade Puts US Navy on Notice
03/09/15 : Showtime: China Reveals Two “Carrier-Killer” Missiles
03/09/15 : 5 Takeaways from China’s Military Parade
03/09/15 : Is China’s “Carrier-Killer” Really a Threat to the U.S. Navy?
03/09/15 : Missile March: China Parade Projects Patriotism at Home, Aims for Awe Abroad
02/09/15 : China Military Parade—3 September 2015—Your Complete Hardware & Logistics Guide (Updated Version)
02/09/15 : Sweeping Change in China’s Military: Xi’s PLA Restructuring
31/08/15 : China Military Parade—3 September 2015—Your Complete Hardware Guide (Earlier Version)
31/08/15 : Inside the Design of China’s Yuan-class Submarine
31/08/15 : Prof. William Murray Reviews “Fire on the Water: China, America and the Future of the Pacific” by Robert Haddick
31/08/15 : Washington Post China Newsletter—A Re-evaluation of China
28/08/15 : Chinese Airlines Are in It for the Long Haul
27/08/15 : Tracking China’s “Little Blue Men”—A Comprehensive Maritime Militia Compendium
26/08/15 : Obama and Asia: Confronting the China Challenge
26/08/15 : Follow the Dragon Tracks: China’s Emerging Presence From the South China Sea to Facilities Access in the Indian Ocean
25/08/15 : Dredging Under the Radar: China Expands South Sea Foothold
24/08/15 : New U.S. Security Strategy Doesn’t Go Far Enough on South China Sea
21/08/15 : United States Issues Asia-Pacific Maritime Security Strategy
14/08/15 : Latest Edition—Ron O’Rourke’s Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report—“Maritime Territorial and Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Disputes Involving China: Issues for Congress”
12/08/15 : Dredging Fleet Shores up Beijing’s Position in South China Sea and Beyond
11/08/15 : “This the Chinese Navy!”—PLAN Ad Video Recruits Millennials with Patriotic Appeal
07/08/15 : Latest Version: Ron O’Rourke’s Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report “China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities—Background and Issues for Congress”
03/08/15 : Malaysia’s “Special Relationship” with China and the South China Sea: Not So Special Anymore
02/08/15 : China SignPost™ (洞察中国) #93: “The Type 054/054A Frigate Series: China’s Most Produced and Deployed Large Modern Surface Combatant”
29/07/15 : People’s Daily Online: China’s new generation 12000 ton coast guard ship can “destroy a 5000 ton ship and sink it to the sea floor”
27/07/15 : Right Over Might: Keeping the South China Sea a Peaceful Part of the Global Commons
27/07/15 : China SignPost™ (洞察中国) #92: “Peaking Prematurely? China Commodity Peaks May Emerge Sooner Than Expected”
27/07/15 : NWC Expert Warns U.S. House of South China Sea Challenges
25/07/15 : Chairman Salmon’s Opening Statement—Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific Hearing: “America’s Role in Ensuring Stability and Security in the South China Sea”
24/07/15 : 12:00 Noon, Capitol Hill Forum 24 July (Today): “Follow the Dragon Tracks: China’s Emerging Presence from the South China Sea to Facilities Access in the Indian Ocean”
23/07/15 : My Testimony before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, Hearing on “America’s Security Role in the South China Sea”
23/07/15 : House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia-Pacific Hearing: “America’s Security Role in the South ‪China‬ Sea”
19/07/15 : Trolling for History from China's New Purpose-Built Ship: Archaeology and the South China Sea
19/07/15 : Six Years at Sea… and Counting: Gulf of Aden Anti-Piracy and China’s Maritime Commons Presence
19/07/15 : Michael Raska Reviews “Rebalancing U.S. Forces” in Contemporary Southeast Asia
11/07/15 : China SignPost™ (洞察中国) #91: “Djibouti Likely to Become China’s First Indian Ocean Outpost”
09/07/15 : CMSI Conference—“China’s Naval Shipbuilding: Progress and Challenges”—My Personal Summary of Discussion
09/07/15 : Asahi Shimbun Op-Ed: “Japan-China Crisis Management--The Urgent Need for Air-Sea Contact Mechanism”
09/07/15 : Time to “Freak Out” About Chinese Stocks? Depends on Who You Ask
07/07/15 : Daniel Drezner in Washington Post’s PostEverything on “The Politics of China’s Stock Market Collapse”
07/07/15 : Pentagon Appoints Abraham Denmark, NBR Senior Vice President, as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for East Asia
06/07/15 : Stock Slump Casualty: The Myth of Chinese Exceptionalism
06/07/15 : China SignPost™ (洞察中国) #90: “Three SignPosts to Guide You as China’s Stock Market Crisis Unfolds”
05/07/15 : China SignPosts for PRC Economy and Broader Prospects: Short-Run Stock Market Volatility, Limited Reforms, Long-Run Overall S-Curve Trajectory
04/07/15 : 朝日新聞 (Asahi Shimbun) Op-Ed: “日中間の危機管理--海空連絡メカニズム急げ” (Japan-China Crisis Management—Expedite an Air-Sea Contact Mechanism)
03/07/15 : East Asian Security in the Age of the Chinese Mega-Cutter
01/07/15 : “Rebalancing U.S. Forces” Reviewed by Dr. Clark Capshaw, Military Sealift Command, in Air & Space Power Journal
01/07/15 : No Easy Task: The Right Way to Study China’s Military
29/06/15 : Deep Blue Diplomacy: Soft Power and China’s Antipiracy Operations
27/06/15 : China’s New Military Strategy: “Winning Informationized Local Wars”
24/06/15 : China’s New Kid on the (M&A) Block: The Chinese Insurance Sector Has the Potential to Become a Major Driver of Outbound Investment
23/06/15 : So You Want to Be an Indian Armed Forces Expert?
19/06/15 : Dragon Tracks: Emerging Chinese Access Points in the Indian Ocean Region
16/06/15 : Luconia Breakers: China’s New “Southernmost Territory” in the South China Sea?
14/06/15 : China SignPost™ (洞察中国) #89—“China’s Stock Market Boom: Buckle Up for a Wild Ride!”
12/06/15 : Latest Edition: Ron O’Rourke’s Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report “China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities—Background and Issues for Congress”
09/06/15 : Two-part Excerpt from Thomas Christensen’s New Book “The China Challenge: Shaping the Choices of a Rising Power”
05/06/15 : The Big Story Behind China’s New Military Strategy
04/06/15 : Top White House Asia Policy Adviser--NSC Senior Director for Asian Affairs Evan Medeiros--to Step Down; Daniel Kritenbrink Will Replace
04/06/15 : Elizabeth Economy Surveys China’s Multifarious Explanations for its Actions in the South China Sea
03/06/15 : A Salt Water Perspective on China’s New Military Strategy
02/06/15 : The China Challenge: Shaping the Choices of a Rising Power
02/06/15 : So You Want to Be a PLA Expert?
01/06/15 : William D. Bushnell Reviews “Rebalancing U.S. Forces” in Military Officer
01/06/15 : China’s Missed Opportunity at the Shangri-La Dialogue
31/05/15 : Speech by Admiral Sun Jianguo, Deputy Chief of PLA General Staff Department, at Shangri-La Dialogue--Full English & Chinese Texts Here
30/05/15 : The 2015 Chinese Defense White Paper on Strategy in Perspective: Maritime Missions Require a Change in the PLA Mindset
30/05/15 : Speech by U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter at IISS Shangri-La Dialogue:  “A Regional Security Architecture Where Everyone Rises” 
29/05/15 : ChinaFile Conversation: “Did the Game Just Change in the South China Sea? (And What Should the U.S. Do About It?)”
28/05/15 : Analyzing the Chinese Military: A Review Essay and Resource Guide on the People's Liberation Army
26/05/15 : State Council Information Office Issues “China’s Military Strategy”—Beijing’s 1st White Paper on Military Strategy
24/05/15 : Chris Cavas of Defense News Offers Key Takeaways from CMSI’s Conference on “China’s Naval Shipbuilding: Progress and Challenges”
20/05/15 : More Willing and Able: Charting China’s International Security Activism
11/05/15 : What Does the Pentagon Think about China’s Rising Military Might?
11/05/15 : Interviewed by Michael Forsythe in New York Times Sinosphere: Dispatches from China on “China’s Military Goals and Capabilities”
09/05/15 : China’s Emerging Competitive Edge: Pentagon Report Reveals Regionally-Potent Military with Growing Reach Beyond
09/05/15 : Clear Strengths, Fuzzy Weaknesses In China’s Massive Military Build-Up
08/05/15 : Department of Defense Releases 2015 Report on China Military and Security Developments
06/05/15 : Chinese Cooperation to Protect Sea-Lane Security: Antipiracy Operations in the Gulf of Aden
06/05/15 : CMSI ‘Red Book’ #13: “Beyond the Wall: Chinese Far Seas Operations”
06/05/15 : Tanmen Militia: China’s “Maritime Rights Protection” Vanguard
01/05/15 : Review of Alan M. Wachman’s Landmark Book “Why Taiwan? Geostrategic Rationales for China’s Territorial Integrity”
01/05/15 : China’s Global Maritime Presence: Hard and Soft Dimensions of PLAN Antipiracy Operations
27/04/15 : Lengthening Chinese Airstrips May Pave Way for South China Sea ADIZ
27/04/15 : South China Sea: China’s Unprecedented Spratlys Building Program
24/04/15 : Runway to the Danger Zone? Lengthening Chinese Airstrips May Pave Way for South China Sea ADIZ
24/04/15 : The 2015 US-Japan Guidelines for Defense Cooperation: toward “A More Balanced and Effective Alliance”
20/04/15 : Confirmed: China to Receive 4-6 Battalions of Russian S-400 Air Defense Missile System in ~2017
19/04/15 : Interviewed on CNN International (“Today Asia” Program) Regarding China’s Airstrip Construction in the South China Sea
19/04/15 : China’s Maodun: A Free Internet Caged by the Chinese Communist Party
16/04/15 : China Building Airstrip in Spratly Islands, Satellite Images Show
16/04/15 : Revelations on China’s Maritime Modernization: The U.S. Office of Naval Intelligence Offers a Wealth of New Information on the PLA Navy
13/04/15 : Office of Naval Intelligence Completes Posting of Reference Guides (Ships-Aircraft/Leadership/Equipment) Accompanying PLA Navy Report
11/04/15 : How Will China View the New Maritime Strategy
11/04/15 : Washington Free Beacon Becomes 1st Western Newspaper to Publish Likely Photo of China’s New YJ-18 Supersonic Anti-Ship Cruise Missile
10/04/15 : U.S. Exposes China’s Growing Maritime Power
10/04/15 : China Is Rapidly Adding Coast Guard Ships, U.S. Navy Says
10/04/15 : How U.S. Navy Intel Sees China’s Maritime Forces
10/04/15 : China’s Island Builders: The People’s War at Sea
09/04/15 : Navy Intel Charts Chinese Sea Change: Office of Naval Intelligence Releases First Unclassified PLAN Report in Six Years
06/04/15 : Cooperating in the South China Sea
06/04/15 : China Moves Out: Stepping Stones toward a New Maritime Strategy
05/04/15 : 19-20 May CMSI Conference on “China’s Naval Shipbuilding: Progress and Challenges”
01/04/15 : Chinese Nationals Evacuate Yemen on PLA Navy Frigate
01/04/15 : As China Expands Its Navy, the U.S. Grows Wary
01/04/15 : China’s Second Navy
01/04/15 : Rare Insights on One of the World’s Most Powerful Men: Evan Osnos Profiles Xi Jinping in The New Yorker
31/03/15 : Shades of Gray: Technology, Strategic Competition, and Stability in Maritime Asia
31/03/15 : Meet the Chinese Maritime Militia Waging a “People’s War at Sea”
28/03/15 : Registration Open for 19-20 May 2015 CMSI Conference—“China’s Naval Shipbuilding: Progress and Challenges”
28/03/15 : Minefields at Sea: From The Tsars to Putin
26/03/15 : When Eagle Meets Dragon: Managing Risk in Maritime East Asia
24/03/15 : Crowding the Waters: The Need for Crisis Management in the East China Sea
20/03/15 : New Areas in Asia-Pacific Security Cooperation: Space Security and Cyber Security
18/03/15 : China (Finally) Admits to Hacking
15/03/15 : China’s Military Modernization: Many Improvements, Three Challenges, and One Opportunity
13/03/15 : Highlights from New U.S. Maritime Strategy: “A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower: Forward, Engaged, Ready”
13/03/15 : U.S. Sea Services Release Revised Maritime Strategy
13/03/15 : U.S. Maritime Services to Roll Out New Maritime Strategy from 11:30-12:30 at CSIS Today
11/03/15 : Room for Debate: What Sort of Navy America Needs
10/03/15 : Touchdown! Scores are in for Debate on What Sort of Navy America Needs—McGrath: 7, Easterbrook: 0
07/03/15 : Must-Watch “Silent Spring” Chinese Air Pollution Documentary “Under the Dome” Sadly Silenced
05/03/15 : China’s Military Spending Swells Again Despite Domestic Headwinds
04/03/15 : Making Sense of 10.1% Increase to $144.2 Billion: One-Stop Shopping for China Military Budget Analysis
04/03/15 : China to Boost Military Budget by 10.1%: Economic Slowdown Has Little Impact on Beijing’s Military Modernization Plans
02/03/15 : China’s “Facts of Ground”: Putting Neighbors Between a Rock and a Hard Place
02/03/15 : Harvard Weatherhead Seminar on “Sino-Japanese Crisis (In)Stability in the East China Sea,” Tues. 3 March 12:30-2:00 pm
26/02/15 : Congressional Research Service Report on “China’s Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ)”
26/02/15 : Puppies Who Climbed Out of the River: The Roles and Influence of Chief Commanders and Designers
26/02/15 : “Sino-Japanese Crisis (In)Stability in the East China Sea” Seminar at Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University, Tues. 3 March 12:30-2:00 pm
22/02/15 : Sand Fight: China’s Island-Building Spree is About More Than Just Military Might
20/02/15 : Trouble Ahead? Chinese-Korean Disputes May Intensify
20/02/15 : Ten Reasons Why China Will Have Trouble Fighting a Modern War
20/02/15 : The New Strategic Realities of U.S. Carrier Operations
16/02/15 : Dennis Blasko Offers Long-Sought Insights on PLA Corruption
16/02/15 : Efforts to Improve China’s Love-Hate Relationship With U.S. Yet to Meet Great Expectations
13/02/15 : China’s Incomplete Military Transformation: Assessing the Weaknesses of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA)
12/02/15 : Ashton Carter Wins Senate Approval as Defense Secretary
09/02/15 : Chinese Communist Party Vows to Fulfill Dreams of 1.3 Billion in Promotional Video
09/02/15 : Major China UAV Development & Export Survey by Shephard Media Asia-Pacific Editor Gordon Arthur in Unmanned Vehicles
07/02/15 : CMSI Director Peter Dutton’s Pioneering Testimony on China’s Maritime Sovereignty Claims, Development, and Regional/Global Efforts
07/02/15 : China’s Diplomatic School Ranks “Top 20” American China Experts Using Complex Quantitative Metrics
03/02/15 : MOUs: The Secret Sauce to Avoiding a U.S.-China Disaster?
28/01/15 : The Challenge of Maintaining American Security Ties in Post-Authoritarian East Asia
28/01/15 : Under Secretary of Defense Frank Kendall, Senior Pentagon Weapons Developer, Describes Rapid Chinese Ballistic & Cruise Missile Advances--Even “Going Beyond What [the U.S. Has] Done”
27/01/15 : “Rebalancing U.S. Forces” Rated “Very Good Book, Yet a Very Easy Read” on Amazon.com
27/01/15 : NDU Publishes China Strategic Perspectives Monograph by Jonathan Ray: “Red China’s ‘Capitalist Bomb’: Inside the Chinese Neutron Bomb Program”
27/01/15 : Fmr. Japanese Ambassador to the U.S. Ichiro Fujisaki Responds to Claims Concerning “the Abe Government’s Expansionist View” and “Territorial Revisionism” by Prof. Alexis Dudden
26/01/15 : China’s New “Bling Dynasty” Portrayed in 1 Article & 2 Videos (Warning: Major Conspicuous Consumption)
26/01/15 : Jinglue Haiyang: The Naval Implications of Xi Jinping’s New Strategic Concept
26/01/15 : China SignPost™ (洞察中国) #88: “China’s Public Hospital Governance Reforms are Setting the Stage for Corporatization”
17/01/15 : New Edition of Ron O’Rourke’s Congressional Research Service Report China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities—Background and Issues for Congress
11/01/15 : Directory of Foreign Aviation Companies in China: Commercial and Defense
10/01/15 : “Rebalancing U.S. Forces: Basing and Forward Presence in the Asia-Pacific” Assessed in Warships: International Fleet Review
09/01/15 : Work Boat World Reviews “Rebalancing U.S. Forces”
18/12/14 : Beijing Projects Power through Cooperation, Intimidation
18/12/14 : China SignPost™ (洞察中国) #87: “Volkswagen’s China Dealership Expansions Suggest Substantial Upside for Continued Growth in Car Sales—and Gasoline Consumption”
18/12/14 : CMSI’s Ryan Martinson & Lowy Institute’s Linda Jakobson Debate the Agency of China’s Civil Maritime (Coast Guard) Agencies
17/12/14 : The World Hot Spots You’ve Never Heard of That Could Ruin 2015
13/12/14 : China SignPost™ (洞察中国) #86: “Gasoline, Natural Gas, and Aluminum are Bright Spots for China Commodity Demand in 2014 as Steel and Coal Weaken”
06/12/14 : Have We Just Glimpsed China’s Vision of Future Aircraft Carrier Designs?
05/12/14 : The Militarization of China’s Coast Guard
04/12/14 : CNAS Releases Amy Chang’s Report on China’s Cyber Strategy
01/12/14 : China’s New CX-1 Supersonic Anti-Ship Cruise Missile—Wendell Minnick’s After-Action Report from Zhuhai Airshow
27/11/14 : China SignPost™ (洞察中国) #85: “Mapping China’s Gas Pipeline Buildout: Follow Lights and Railroads”
24/11/14 : China SignPost™ (洞察中国) #84: “Tank Watch: What Do China’s November 2014 SPR Data Tell Us?”
24/11/14 : Racing toward Tragedy?: China's Rise, Military Competition in the Asia Pacific, and the Security Dilemma
21/11/14 : UPENN China Scholars Jacques deLisle & Avery Goldstein Publish Interdisciplinary Edited Volume on “China’s Challenges”
21/11/14 : China’s Growing Naval Capability: A View from the United States
21/11/14 : 2014 Annual Report to Congress Released by U.S.-China Economic & Security Review Commission
17/11/14 : China’s Blue Soft Power: Antipiracy, Engagement, and Image Enhancement
17/11/14 : Writing to Think: The Intellectual Journey of a Naval Career
17/11/14 : Dennis Gormley: What 10th Zhuhai Airshow Reveals About China’s Military Capabilities
17/11/14 : China Shows Off New Stealth Fighter
09/11/14 : China SignPost™ (洞察中国) #83: “China’s First Cold Snap Will Once Again Expose Serious Natural Gas Shortages and Drive Historically High LNG Import Demand”
09/11/14 : Obama, Xi to Meet in Beijing Amid Political and Economic Strains
05/11/14 : Col. Steve Hagel, USAF (Ret.), Air Force Research Institute, Reviews “Rebalancing U.S. Forces” in Strategic Studies Quarterly
05/11/14 : Time to Make Lemonade: Dan Twining Explains How President Obama Can Work With Congress to Secure Asia-Pacific Rebalance Legacy
05/11/14 : Lead-Up to Beijing APEC Summit: The National Interest Hosts Great Debate on U.S.-China Strategic Relations
05/11/14 : China’s Recent Submarine Development & Deployment: Two Great Articles
05/11/14 : “China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities—Background and Issues for Congress”: Latest Version of Ronald O’Rourke’s Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report
03/11/14 : China SignPost™ (洞察中国) #82: “Gasoline Alley: How Much Gasoline Demand Are Each Million Cars Sold in China Worth?”
23/10/14 : China SignPost™ (洞察中国) # 81: “Physician, Heal Thyself: Modest Expectations in Order for China’s Reforms as Third Plenum Anniversary Approaches”
18/10/14 : “Not an Idea We Have to Shun”: Chinese Overseas Basing Requirements in the 21st Century
18/10/14 : Here Comes China’s Great White Fleet
17/10/14 : Naval War College Seeking Sharp Analyst for Highly-Desirable Position in Newport
16/10/14 : “Energy Nationalism Goes to Sea in Asia,” in NBR’s Energy Security and the Asia-Pacific: Course Reader
10/10/14 : Not-So-Empty Talk: The Danger of China’s “New Type of Great-Power Relations” Slogan
06/10/14 : Highlights of Dr. Jonathan Pollack’s China/Asia-Watching Career
06/10/14 : James Bosbotinis Evaluates “Rebalancing U.S. Forces” in The Naval Review
01/10/14 : A Potent Vector: Assessing Chinese Cruise Missile Developments
30/09/14 : Hong Kong Protests: Live Blogging & Latest Reports via Wall Street Journal’s China Real Time Report (中国实时报)
30/09/14 : Hong Kong Protests: Who’s Who
30/09/14 : A Drone’s-Eye View of Teeming Hong Kong Protests
29/09/14 : Hong Kong Protests: Latest News, Images & Maps
29/09/14 : Asahi Shimbun Profiles CMSI and its Four Core Scholars
28/09/14 : Hong Kong—Now What?
28/09/14 : Does Global Times/环球时报 Provide Reliable Coverage of Hong Kong Protest Issues?
28/09/14 : Hong Kong’s Unprecedented Protests and Police Crackdown, Explained
23/09/14 : China’s Naval Modernization: The Implications of Seapower
23/09/14 : Now Published in Chinese by China’s Top Maritime Press: “China, the United States, and 21st Century Sea Power” (CMSI Vol. 4) 中国, 美国与21世纪海权
22/09/14 : Admiral Harry B. Harris, Jr. to become Commander, U.S. Pacific Command
22/09/14 : Military Basing Scholar Dr. Robert Harkavy Reviews “Rebalancing U.S. Forces: Basing and Forward Presence in the Asia-Pacific”
22/09/14 : Should America Fear China’s “Carrier-Killer” Missile?
22/09/14 : Naval War College Museum Book Lecture: “Rebalancing U.S. Forces: Basing and Forward Presence in the Asia-Pacific”
17/09/14 : Making History in Newport: Head of China’s Navy Admiral Wu Shengli Leads First-Ever Delegation to Naval War College’s International Seapower Symposium
11/09/14 : Summary Report from Latest Carlisle PLA Conference: The Chinese People’s Liberation Army in 2025
11/09/14 : Power to the Provinces: The Devolution of China’s Maritime Rights Protection
11/09/14 : The Challenge of Responding to Maritime Coercion
09/09/14 : Fascinating Photos & Videos of Chinese Island Building in South China Sea from BBC
05/09/14 : “Rebalancing U.S. Forces” Reviewed by Nathan Albright, Naval Historical Foundation
04/09/14 : Review of “Rebalancing U.S. Forces” in Proceedings by Dr. Patrick Cullen, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs
01/09/14 : China’s Space Development History: A Comparison of the Rocket and Satellite Sectors
01/09/14 : Harry Kazianis Reviews “Fire on the Water: China, America and the Future of the Pacific”
25/08/14 : Going Maverick: Lessons from China’s Buzzing of a U.S. Navy Aircraft
22/08/14 : Pentagon Says Chinese Air Force J-11B Fighter Jet Confronted American Navy Plane in Dangerously Close Proximity
18/08/14 : Can America “Just Say No” to China?
07/08/14 : CMSI ‘Red Book’ #12: “The Recruitment, Education, and Training of PLA Navy Personnel”
01/08/14 : PRC National Defense Ministry Spokesman Sr. Col. Geng Yansheng Offers China’s Most-Detailed Position to Date on Dongdiao-class Ship’s Intelligence Collection in U.S. EEZ during RIMPAC Exercise
01/08/14 : A “New Situation”: China’s Evolving Assessment of its Security Environment
01/08/14 : China’s RIMPAC Spying: Having Your Cake and Eating It Too
28/07/14 : China’s RIMPAC Maritime-Surveillance Gambit
23/07/14 : China’s Space Development History: A Comparison of the Rocket and Satellite Sectors
19/07/14 : Crashing Its Own Party: China’s Unusual Decision to Spy on Joint Naval Exercises
18/07/14 : China Sends Uninvited Spy Ship to RIMPAC
17/07/14 : In China’s Sights: A New Missile Threatens the U.S. Navy’s Biggest Warships—And Stability in the Pacific
17/07/14 : China’s Strategic Rocket Force: Upgrading Hardware and Software (Part 2 of 2)
16/07/14 : Outcomes of Strategic Track of 6th Round of U.S.-China Strategic & Economic Dialogue
14/07/14 : Pandora’s Sandbox: China’s Island-Building Strategy in the South China Sea
13/07/14 : Chinese Fleet Participating in RIMPAC Drill Leaves for Exercise Area
13/07/14 : China Issues 2nd Foreign Aid White Paper
08/07/14 : China Thinks It Can Defeat America in Battle, But It Overlooks One Decisive Factor
05/07/14 : Chinese Engagement in Africa: Drivers, Reactions, and Implications for U.S. Policy
04/07/14 : Chinese Military Modernization and Force Development: Chinese and Outside Perspectives
04/07/14 : Dr. Shi Yinhong: Territorial Dispute-Related “Tension Between China and the US and U.S. Allies Will Deteriorate Rather Than Improve”
03/07/14 : China’s Strategic Rocket Force: Sharpening the Sword (Part 1 of 2)
02/07/14 : China’s RIMPAC Debut: What’s in It for America?
02/07/14 : After China: The Proliferation of Cruise Missiles
02/07/14 : China’s Space Development History: A Comparison of the Rocket and Satellite Sectors
02/07/14 : What Explains China’s Comprehensive but Uneven Aerospace Development?
01/07/14 : Beyond RIMPAC: 3 Ways to Engage China on Security
01/07/14 : Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel Welcomes Japan’s New Collective Self-defense Policy
01/07/14 : Japan’s Article 9 Challenge
27/06/14 : National Committee on U.S.-China Relations Public Intellectuals Program Now Accepting 4th Round Applications
26/06/14 : Congressman J. Randy Forbes Praises CMSI’s Open Source Research & Publication
24/06/14 : Could Iraq Be Another Libya for China?
23/06/14 : Latest Version of Ronald O’Rourke’s Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report: “China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities—Background and Issues for Congress”
23/06/14 : Bradley Perrett Reviews “A Low-Visibility Force Multiplier” in Aviation Week
23/06/14 : NYT Editorial Board Expresses Concern, Describes China as “The Lion Now Roaring over the Waters of the South China Sea”
23/06/14 : Is This a Model of China’s Next [3rd Total, 2nd Domestically-Constructed] Aircraft Carrier?
20/06/14 : Chinese Navy’s First Participation in RIMPAC Exercise Draws International Attention
20/06/14 : China Must See Past Its Own Hype of An America in Decline
19/06/14 : A Work in Progress: China’s Development of Carrier Strike
15/06/14 : 5-Star Rating for “Rebalancing U.S. Forces” on Amazon.com
15/06/14 : Worth Revisiting on Eve of RIMPAC 2014: General Karl Eikenberry on “The Possibilities and Limits of Sino-American Military Relations”
15/06/14 : Latest Congressional Research Service Report on “U.S.-China Military Contacts: Issues for Congress”
14/06/14 : Chinese Fleet Joins Others for RIMPAC Exercise
14/06/14 : Beijing Continues S. China Sea Expansion
05/06/14 : J. Scott Shipman Evaluates NDU China Cruise Missile Study
05/06/14 : Authors Say U.S. Military Not Giving Enough Attention to China’s A2AD Capabilities
05/06/14 : Pentagon Releases "Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China 2014"
02/06/14 : Report: Chinese Cruise Missiles Could Pose Biggest Threat to U.S. Carriers
01/06/14 : PLA LtGen Wang Guanzhong’s Remarks—Scripted & “Unscripted”—at Shangri-La Dialogue
31/05/14 : Shangri-La Dialogue 2014: Links, Full Text of Speeches, and Q&A
30/05/14 : Rising Tide, Dispersing Waves: Opportunities and Challenges for Chinese Seapower Development
30/05/14 : On-Record Book Launch—“China’s Cruise Missile Ambitions”—Center for a New American Security (CNAS), Washington, DC, Thurs. 5 June 12:00-1:30
29/05/14 : China Strongly Pushing Cruise Missile Capability
29/05/14 : Contested Primacy in the Western Pacific: China’s Rise and the Future of U.S. Power Projection
28/05/14 : The Hindu Surveys “The Fearful Asymmetries of Modi’s World”
27/05/14 : Tea Leaf Nation & Foreign Policy Examine China’s Military Enthusiast Websites
23/05/14 : IHS Jane’s Highlights CMSI “Chinese Mine Warfare” Study
19/05/14 : Dr. Carl Rehberg, Headquarters, US Air Force, reviews “A Low-Visibility Force Multiplier: Assessing China’s Cruise Missile Ambitions” for Air Force Research Institute
19/05/14 : Bases, Places and Boots on the Ground: A Review of “Rebalancing US Forces”
19/05/14 : U.S. Charges Five Chinese Military Hackers for Cyber Espionage against U.S. Corporations and a Labor Organization for Commercial Advantage
18/05/14 : America’s Military Bases in the Asia-Pacific: Strategic Asset or Vulnerability?
16/05/14 : Vietnam’s Largest Newspaper Offers Details & Photos: “China Uses Vessels, Fighter Jet to Bully Vietnam in Oil Rig Tension”
15/05/14 : FMPRC Spokesperson: the Paracel/Xisha and Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands claims issues “are so different that nothing can link these two together. That no dispute exists over the Xisha islands is a fact.”
15/05/14 : Philippines Says Photos Show China Airstrip Work--Major Chinese Reclamation of Disputed Johnson South Reef Creates Not Just Facts on the Ground, But Facts of Ground
14/05/14 : Rebalancing U.S. Forces: Basing and Forward Presence in the Asia-Pacific
14/05/14 : PLA’s ‘Long Sword’ Missiles Deadly to US, Japan, Taiwan: Report
13/05/14 : China’s Anti-Piracy Mission in the Gulf of Aden: Implications for Anti-Piracy in the South China Sea
12/05/14 : A Low-Visibility Force Multiplier: Assessing China’s Cruise Missile Ambitions
11/05/14 : China’s Cruise Missiles: Flying Fast Under the Public’s Radar
10/05/14 : The Budget This Time: Taking the Measure of China’s Defense Spending
06/05/14 : Bases for America’s Asia-Pacific Rebalance (Part 2 of 2)
06/05/14 : China’s Maritime Disputes in the East and South China Seas
02/05/14 : Bases for America’s Asia-Pacific Rebalance (Part 1 of 2)
29/04/14 : Assessing the People’s Liberation Army in the Hu Jintao Era
25/04/14 : Statement of Admiral Samuel J. Locklear, U.S. Navy Commander, U.S. Pacific Command before the Senate Committee on Armed Services on U.S. Pacific Command Posture
24/04/14 : China Army Targets Students for Officers to Match Weapons
23/04/14 : New Edition of Ronald O’Rourke’s Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report: “China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities—Background and Issues for Congress”
22/04/14 : Watching China’s Carrier Dream Materialize--Via Music Video!
22/04/14 : Parallel Progress, Positive Potential: Sino-American Cooperation to Further Sea Lane Security in the Gulf of Aden
21/04/14 : China Goes Ballistic
20/04/14 : Far Eastern Promises: Why Washington Should Focus on Asia
17/04/14 : Mearsheimer’s Big Question: Can China Rise Peacefully?
12/04/14 : Bryan McGrath Highlights Must-Read Goldstein-Knight Proceedings Article on Chinese ASW Development
12/04/14 : Session Videos Now Available: Asan China Conference 2014, “Assessing China’s Power”
10/04/14 : The US Navy and the Pivot: Less Means Less
29/03/14 : Keeping the Near Seas Peaceful: American and Allied Mission, Asia-Pacific Interest
18/03/14 : Eight Bells Book Lecture on Chinese Antipiracy Operations Reviewed by John Kennedy in Newport Navalog
14/03/14 : China Insights from DIA Director LtGen Flynn’s SASC Testimony
13/03/14 : China’s Military Spending: At the Double
13/03/14 : Washington Post Editorial: “Beijing’s Breakneck Defense Spending Poses a Challenge to the U.S.”
12/03/14 : Eight Bells Book Lecture: “No Substitute for Experience: Chinese Anti-Piracy Operations in the Gulf of Aden”
12/03/14 : Latest Edition of “China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities—Background and Issues for Congress” by Ronald O’Rourke, Congressional Research Service (CRS)
08/03/14 : China’s Defense Budget: A Mixed Bag
05/03/14 : China Announces 12.2% Increase in Military Budget
05/03/14 : Full Steam Ahead: China’s Ever-Increasing Military Budget
04/03/14 : It’s Official: China’s Official Defense Budget to Increase 12.2% in 2014 to ~$132 Billion (808.2 Billion Yuan)
04/03/14 : Chinese Air- and Space-Based ISR: Integrating Aerospace Combat Capabilities over the Near Seas
04/03/14 : CMSI ‘Red Book’ #11: “China’s Near Seas Combat Capabilities”
25/02/14 : Forthcoming Naval Institute Press Volume “Rebalancing U.S. Forces: Basing and Forward Presence in the Asia-Pacific” Reviewed in Defense & Foreign Affairs
20/02/14 : China SignPost™ (洞察中国) #80—“King Coal Reigns: North America’s Shale Gas Boom Will Force China to Continue Relying on Coal”
17/02/14 : China SignPost™ (洞察中国) #79—“China Car Sales: New Pockets of Opportunity”
13/02/14 : Scholars Highlight Sino-Japanese Security Dynamics, Defense Infrastructure in Stanford China Program
10/02/14 : It Changed My (Professional) Life: The National Committee on U.S.-China Relations’ Public Intellectuals Program
10/02/14 : Registration Open for Summer Training Workshop on the Relationship Between National Security and Technology in China, 4-10 August 2014
10/02/14 : NSC Senior Director for Asian Affairs Evan Medeiros Quoted Extensively on East China Sea ADIZ & Related Issues
10/02/14 : Full Text of Assistant Secretary Daniel Russel’s Testimony on “Maritime Disputes in East Asia”
10/02/14 : Jeffrey Bader: “The U.S. and China’s Nine-Dash Line: Ending the Ambiguity”
09/02/14 : Non-Traditional Maritime Security and U.S.-China Confidence Building Measures: An Opportunity amidst Challenges
06/02/14 : Research, Development, and Acquisition in China’s Aviation Industry: J-10 and Pterodactyl UAV
06/02/14 : China’s Nuclear Weapons Program and the Chinese Research, Development, and Acquisition System
04/02/14 : Chinese Views and Commentary on the East China Sea Air Defense Identification Zone (ECS ADIZ)
01/02/14 : The Chinese Military’s Toughest Opponent: Corruption
31/01/14 : Take Heed of China’s Security Commission
29/01/14 : Remarks as Delivered by Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper on the 2014 Worldwide Threat Assessment & Full Text of Report
29/01/14 : USCC Hearing: “China’s Military Modernization and its Implications for the United States”—Thurs. 30 January 2014, 9 AM-3 PM, Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2118 (updated location & agenda)
27/01/14 : U.S. Navy Sees Chinese HGV as Part of Wider Threat
25/01/14 : USCC Hearing: “China’s Military Modernization and its Implications for the United States”—Thurs. 30 January 2014, 9 AM-3 PM, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 608
24/01/14 : It’s Official: Xi Jinping to Lead National Security Commission
21/01/14 : Ripples of Change in Chinese Foreign Policy? Evidence from Recent Approaches to Nontraditional Waterborne Security
19/01/14 : Transcript of Admiral Locklear’s Speech at the Surface Navy Association Conference
18/01/14 : Wishlist for a New Naval Cooperative Strategy
16/01/14 : PACOM Chief: Uncontested U.S. Control of Pacific is Ending
16/01/14 : China Daily: “China Seeks to Calm US fears over Missile”
14/01/14 : (Re)Defining the “New Type of Major Country Relationship” between the United States and China
10/01/14 : China and the Far Seas: China’s Far Seas Presence Enables it to Escort Syria’s Chemical Weapons Marked for Destruction
08/01/14 : U.S. State Department Asia-Pacific Rebalance Fact Sheet
07/01/14 : Why China’s Gulf Piracy Fight Matters
05/01/14 : Xinhua: PLA to Establish Joint Operational Command System; Experts Expect Naval Prioritization
04/01/14 : Capability Surprise for U.S. Naval Forces: Initial Observations and Insights: Interim Report
02/01/14 : No Substitute for Experience
01/01/14 : China’s Near-Seas Challenges
23/12/13 : China SignPost™ “Greatest Hits” #6: Mining & Minerals
23/12/13 : China SignPost™ “Greatest Hits” #5: Industrial & Technical Development
23/12/13 : China SignPost™ “Greatest Hits” #4: Macro and Strategic Assessments
23/12/13 : China SignPost™ “Greatest Hits” #3: Agricultural & Consumer Markets
23/12/13 : China SignPost™ “Greatest Hits” #2: Military and Security Developments
23/12/13 : China SignPost™ “Greatest Hits” #1: Energy & Transportation
21/12/13 : Towards the Same End, With Considerable Potential: Considering Future Sino-American Cooperation Regarding Sea Lane Security in the Gulf of Aden
19/12/13 : “China’s Naval Modernization: Implications and Recommendations”--Full HASC Oral & Written Testimony
17/12/13 : 97th Iteration of CRS Report by Ronald O’Rourke, “China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities—Background and Issues for Congress”
16/12/13 : Deterrence by Denial: How to Prevent China From Using Force
15/12/13 : Just Out in December 2013 China Quarterly: “Demystifying China’s Defence Spending: Less Mysterious in the Aggregate”
15/12/13 : Chinese President, Premier Arrive in Aerospace Control Center
15/12/13 : Contradictions in China’s Foreign Policy
15/12/13 : Chinese Warship Nearly Collided With USS Cowpens
14/12/13 : U.S.-China Security Perceptions Survey: Findings and Implications
14/12/13 : Chang’e-3 (姮娥) Lander and Yutu “Jade Rabbit” (玉兔) Moon Rover Reach Lunar Surface—China’s 1st Soft-Landing on Extraterrestrial Body
12/12/13 : China’s Naval Modernization: Implications and Recommendations
12/12/13 : Rep. Forbes: Make China Bleed $$$; Budget Deal Stops “Hemorrhaging”
12/12/13 : 2013 Annual Report to Congress Released by U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission
12/12/13 : No Clear Strategy on China, Experts Say
11/12/13 : Witness Statements, Bios & Archived Webcast Now Available—HASC Subcommittee on Seapower & Projection Forces Hearing: “U.S. Asia-Pacific Strategic Considerations Related to PLA Naval Forces Modernization”
11/12/13 : Today from 3:30-5:30 PM in 2118 RHOB & Webcast Live—House Armed Services Committee Hearing: “U.S. Asia-Pacific Strategic Considerations Related to P.L.A. Naval Forces Modernization”
09/12/13 : Piracy’s Next Frontier: A Role for China in Gulf of Guinea Security?
09/12/13 : House Armed Services Committee Hearing Wed. 11 December 3:30-5:30 PM, 2118 RHOB: “U.S. Asia-Pacific Strategic Considerations Related to P.L.A. Naval Forces Modernization”
08/12/13 : China SignPost™ (洞察中国) #72—“China Natural Gas Shortage Poised to Drive Record LNG Imports”
30/11/13 : China Bolstering Civil, Defense Space Spending
29/11/13 : China’s Space Program Is Taking Off
29/11/13 : China Sends Warplanes to New Air Defense Zone After U.S., Japan, S. Korea Incursions
28/11/13 : Decoding China’s New “National Security Commission”
27/11/13 : What’s Wrong With China’s Air Defence Identification Zone (And What’s Not)
27/11/13 : How to Think About the Chinese Air-Defense News
25/11/13 : Watch This Space: China’s New Air Defense Zone
24/11/13 : PLA Air Force Conducts 1st Patrol in ECS ADIZ, Chinese Experts Discuss Zone’s Significance
23/11/13 : Extensive Chinese-Language Articles & Graphics Regarding Beijing-Designated East China Sea ADIZ
23/11/13 : Statements by Secretary of State John Kerry and Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel on the East China Sea Air Defense Identification Zone
23/11/13 : Defense Spokesman Yang Yujun’s Response to Questions on the Establishment of The East China Sea Air Defense Identification Zone
23/11/13 : China’s Government Announces Aircraft Identification Rules for PRC East China Sea Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ)
22/11/13 : Chinese UCAV Takes Maiden Flight
15/11/13 : Taipei Conference Examines Evolving Chinese Strategic Doctrine
15/11/13 : China’s Far Seas “Five-Year Plan”
13/11/13 : US Report: 1st Sub-launched Nuke Missile among China’s Recent Strides
13/11/13 : China’s Search for Renewable Energy: Pragmatic Techno-nationalism
05/11/13 : CMSI ‘Red Book’ #10: “No Substitute for Experience: Chinese Anti-Piracy Operations in the Gulf of Aden”
01/11/13 : China and the International Antipiracy Effort
24/10/13 : Learning by Doing: PLAN Operational Innovations in the Gulf of Aden
24/10/13 : Pragmatic Partners, the Unsung Story of U.S.-China Anti-Piracy Coordination
23/10/13 : Lifting the Veil on China’s “Carrier-Killer”
23/10/13 : China’s Naval Modernization and Implications for the United States
23/10/13 : Ronald O’Rourke, Congressional Research Service (CRS), “China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities—Background and Issues for Congress” -- Latest Edition
21/10/13 : Diego Garcia: Anchoring America’s Future Presence in the Indo-Pacific
17/10/13 : China’s Air Force Comes of Age
10/10/13 : The Relevant Organs: Institutional Factors behind China’s Gulf of Aden Deployment
01/10/13 : Risks for U.S. in Asia with Shutdown Soap Opera
01/10/13 : Lee Kuan Yew’s Wisdom for Washington: Asian Geopolitics Won’t Shut Down with U.S. Government
01/10/13 : Sunk Costs: China and the Pirates
09/09/13 : Spring Training for the Big Leagues
09/09/13 : China’s ‘Carrier-Killer’ Was Born in the Balkans: The DF-21D is China’s Answer to America’s Carriers, With an Unusual Origin in the Kosovo War
23/08/13 : Updated Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report—Ronald O’Rourke, “Maritime Territorial and Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Disputes Involving China: Issues for Congress”
22/08/13 : Latest Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report—Ronald O’Rourke, “China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities—Background and Issues for Congress”
06/08/13 : China Carrier Demo Module Highlights Surging Navy
01/08/13 : The Influence of Airpower Upon Asian History
19/07/13 : China Issues its Own “Report on U.S. Military Power 2012” & “Report on Japanese Military Power 2012”
19/07/13 : More Signs that China May Be Facing an S-Curved Trajectory
12/07/13 : Simplified Chinese Translation Now Available: “Chinese Mine Warfare: A PLA Navy ‘Assassin’s Mace’ Capability”
12/07/13 : Latest Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report—Ronald O’Rourke, “China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities—Background and Issues for Congress”
11/07/13 : Chinese Translation Now Available: “Chinese Mine Warfare: A PLA Navy ‘Assassin’s Mace’ Capability”
11/07/13 : National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) Issues 2013 “Ballistic and Cruise Missile Threat” Report
07/07/13 : The Dragon Extends its Reach: Chinese Military Power Goes Global
23/06/13 : China SignPost™ (洞察中国) #71—“Counting Cars: Rising Private Automobile Ownership in Chinese Cities Paves Road for Gasoline Demand”
20/06/13 : Latest Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report—Ronald O’Rourke, “China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities—Background and Issues for Congress”
10/06/13 : A Statement before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, Panel III: “China’s Political and Security Challenges in the Middle East,” “China and the Middle East” hearing, Washington, DC, 6 June 2013
07/06/13 : How China Got There First: Beijing’s Unique Path to ASBM Development and Deployment
07/06/13 : How Obama and Xi Can Avoid California Dreaming
06/06/13 : Hearing: “China and the Middle East”—Live Webcast, Statements, and Bios Now Available
03/06/13 : U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission to Hold “China and the Middle East” Hearing, Thursday 6 June 2013
30/05/13 : Chinese Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile Development: Drivers, Trajectories, and Strategic Implications
24/05/13 : China Has Drones. Now What? When Beijing Will—and Won’t—Use Its UAVs
22/05/13 : China’s Military and the U.S.-Japan Alliance in 2030: A Strategic Net Assessment
16/05/13 : Lifting the Shroud on China’s Defense Spending: Trends, Drivers, and Implications—An Interview with Andrew S. Erickson and Adam P. Liff
16/05/13 : India’s Steady Progress in Rockets and Satellites
13/05/13 : Xi’s War Drums
13/05/13 : Overseas Basing of U.S. Military Forces: An Assessment of Relative Costs and Strategic Benefits
13/05/13 : Toward “Land” or Toward “Sea”? The High-Speed Railway and China’s Grand Strategy
13/05/13 : Authoritarian Signaling, Mass Audiences, and Nationalist Protest in China
07/05/13 : Pentagon Report Reveals Chinese Military Developments
07/05/13 : Unpacking the Riches of the Pentagon’s China Report
06/05/13 : DoD "Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China 2013" Report Just Released
15/04/13 : China’s 2013 Defense White Paper (“The Diversified Employment of China’s Armed Forces”/“中国武装力量的多样化运用”) Just Released
14/04/13 : China SignPost™ (洞察中国) #70--Playing with Fire, Round 2: North Korea’s Potential Missile Threat to Asian Oil Refining Infrastructure
12/04/13 : March: China’s Month of Mistakes
08/04/13 : Inaugural Presentation in CSIS “China Reality Check” Speaker Series: “China’s Defense Budget: A Richer Nation Builds a Stronger Army”
02/04/13 : Aviation Week & Space Technology Award-Winner Marc Szepan Reviews “Chinese Aerospace Power” in Royal Aeronautical Society Journal
01/04/13 : Learning the Ropes in Blue Water: The Chinese Navy’s Gulf of Aden Deployments Have Borne Worthwhile Lessons in Far-Seas Operations—Lessons that Go Beyond the Antipiracy Mission
25/03/13 : “Demystifying China’s Defence Spending: Less Mysterious in the Aggregate”--FirstView Version of Article Now Available on The China Quarterly Website
25/03/13 : Latest Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report—Ronald O’Rourke, “China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities—Background and Issues for Congress”
11/03/13 : China’s Military Development, Beyond the Numbers
11/03/13 : New Fleet on the Block: China’s Coast Guard Comes Together
07/03/13 : A Player, but No Superpower
04/03/13 : China’s Military Budget Bump: What it Means
04/03/13 : China’s 2013 Military Budget to Rise 10.7% to US $114.3 Billion--What it Means, and Why it Matters
04/03/13 : China’s Xi Courts Military
04/03/13 : China Channels Billy Mitchell: Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile Alters Region’s Military Geography
01/03/13 : Demystifying China’s Defense Spending: Less Mysterious in the Aggregate
01/03/13 : Killer Apps: Is China Working on a Nuclear Reactor For Aircraft Carriers?
04/02/13 : Registration Open for Fourth Summer Training Workshop on the Relationship Between National Security and Technology in China, 21 July-2 August 2013
04/02/13 : “China and Its Military” Library Guide--A Contribution from Naval War College Librarian Alice K. Juda
03/02/13 : Missile Defense’s Real Enemy: Math
31/01/13 : Of Growing Naval Concern
31/01/13 : The “Malacca Dilemma”: Leading to Conflict with China or Dialogue and Cooperation?
28/01/13 : The Y-20: China Aviation Milestone Means New Power Projection
24/01/13 : Robert L. Worden Reviews “Chinese Aerospace Power” in Washington Journal of Modern China
24/01/13 : “China Goes to Sea” Reviewed by Diana Sweet in Washington Journal of Modern China
22/01/13 : Gray Matter for Gray Hulls: The Intellectual Software Powering the U.S. Navy’s Asia-Pacific Rebalance
17/01/13 : This Simple Ship Could Let the Chinese Navy Circle the Globe
12/01/13 : Chinese Statesmen and the Use of Air Power
07/01/13 : Limited Liftoff Looming: Y-20 Transport Prepares for 1st Test Flight
04/01/13 : Eye on China: 10 Key Trends to Watch in the Year of the Snake
31/12/12 : Latest Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report—Ronald O’Rourke, “China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities—Background and Issues for Congress”
29/12/12 : Transatlantic Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific
25/12/12 : China SignPost™ (洞察中国) #69--Elephant in the Room? Are mining companies on target as they look to India to help compensate for China’s lost commodity demand growth?
19/12/12 : China SignPost™ (洞察中国) #68--China Military Jet Engine Development Overview: An eReader
19/12/12 : Learning by Doing: The PLA Trains at Home and Abroad
19/12/12 : The Chinese Air Force: Evolving Concepts, Roles, and Capabilities
19/12/12 : What Does J-31 Tell Us About China
06/12/12 : “The Long Pole in the Tent”: China’s Military Jet Engines
27/11/12 : China Aircraft Carrier Style! Assessing the First Takeoff and Landing
21/11/12 : “Death by Blue Water Navy” Distracts from China’s Real Military Focus
07/11/12 : The Future of Chinese Nuclear Policy and Strategy
04/11/12 : Taking Off: Implications of China’s Second Stealth Fighter Test Flight
31/10/12 : U.S. Navy Take Notice: China is Becoming a World-Class Military Shipbuilder
30/10/12 : Chinese Aircraft Carrier Update
27/10/12 : The Meaning of the Nuclear Evolution: China’s Strategic Modernization and US-China Security Relations
26/10/12 : Examining the New Aircraft Carrier through the PLA’s Revolution in “Organizational” Affairs
25/10/12 : The Chinese Army Today: Tradition and Transformation for the 21st Century, 2nd ed.
23/10/12 : Latest Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report—Ronald O’Rourke, “China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities—Background and Issues for Congress”
17/10/12 : Delicate Touch: Flight Operations Begin on China’s First Aircraft Carrier
08/10/12 : New Destroyer a Significant Development for Chinese Sea Power
06/10/12 : Flightglobal’s Greg Waldron Reviews “Chinese Aerospace Power”
04/10/12 : Book Launch for “Strategic Asia 2012–13: China’s Military Challenge”—Watch Live C-SPAN Coverage & Full Webcast!
01/10/12 : National Bureau of Asian Research to Launch “Strategic Asia 2012-13: China’s Military Challenge” on Wednesday 3 October
28/09/12 : China SignPost™ (洞察中国) #67--“Central and Southwest China: The Key Battleground for Shale Gas and New Low-Cost Coal Supplies from Xinjiang, Mongolia, and Wyoming”
28/09/12 : Feng, Information Dissemination: “Liaoning and Future Carriers”
27/09/12 : China’s Navy and Air Force: Advancing Capabilities and Missions—An Interview with Andrew S. Erickson
26/09/12 : The Calm Before the Storm: China’s About to Find Out How Hard it is to Run an Aircraft Carrier
26/09/12 : An Aircraft Carrier of One’s Own—After Much Struggle, China Finally Has the Massive Naval Vessel it Always Wanted
26/09/12 : Who Left Skidmarks on the Flight Deck of China’s New Aircraft Carrier?
26/09/12 : China: First Aircraft Carrier Entering Service
25/09/12 : Introducing the “Liaoning”: China’s New Aircraft Carrier and What it Means
25/09/12 : China’s Ministry of National Defense: 1st Aircraft Carrier “Liaoning” Handed Over to PLA Navy
24/09/12 : Global Times: PLA National Defense University Professor States China’s 1st Aircraft Carrier Not Yet Delivered to Navy; Flag-Raising Ceremony Only a Rehearsal
23/09/12 : China’s Navy Receives 1st Aircraft Carrier
22/09/12 : China SignPost™ (洞察中国) #66--“Kings of Coal to Barons of Bling? Xinjiang’s Coal Boom will Drive Sales of Bentleys, BMWs, and other ‘Bling’”
21/09/12 : China SignPost™ (洞察中国) #65--Xinjiang Poised to Become China’s Largest Coal Producer: Will Move Global Coal, Natural Gas, and Crude Oil Markets
18/09/12 : Engine Woes Could Ground China’s Stealth Armada
18/09/12 : Double Vision: Making Sense of China’s Second “Stealth” Fighter Prototype
15/09/12 : China’s Modernization of Its Naval and Air Power Capabilities
15/09/12 : Ashley Tellis: “Uphill Challenges: China’s Military Modernization and Asian Security”
15/09/12 : “Strategic Asia 2012-13: China’s Military Challenge” Available for Pre-Order: e-version out 25 Sept., paperback release 3 Oct.
15/09/12 : The Revenge of Geography: What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate
15/09/12 : Abraham Denmark Interviews Robert Kaplan on His New Book “The Revenge of Geography”
15/09/12 : New Ships Give China’s Navy a Stronger Punch
10/09/12 : Building an Active, Layered Defense: Chinese Naval and Air Force Advancement—An Interview with Andrew S. Erickson
10/09/12 : China Will Name its First Aircraft Carrier ex-Varyag “Liaoning”: PRC State Media Portal
08/09/12 : Coasting: Was the U.S. Navy Really Better in 1917?
07/09/12 : Christopher Hughes reviews “China, the United States, and 21st Century Sea Power” in China Review International
06/09/12 : Geography Rules: Why Mongolia’s China Mining Strategy is a Mistake
05/09/12 : Deep-Water Oil Rigs as Strategic Weapons
04/09/12 : China SignPost™ (洞察中国) #64: “Wyoming and Montana Could Become Major New Coal Suppliers to China and the Asian Market—If They Can Obtain Port Access”
04/09/12 : Strategic Studies Quarterly Reviews “Chinese Aerospace Power: Evolving Maritime Roles”
31/08/12 : Latest Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report—Ronald O’Rourke, “China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities—Background and Issues for Congress”
31/08/12 : Strategic Asia 2012-13: China’s Military Challenge Book Launch Event
31/08/12 : Cultivating Tomorrow’s Asia Hands
29/08/12 : China’s Real Blue Water Navy
29/08/12 : China and the Emerging Strategic Competition in Aerospace Power
29/08/12 : Thomas Mahnken’s Conclusion to “Competitive Strategies for the 21st Century: Theory, History, and Practice”
29/08/12 : China’s Strategic Forces in the 21st Century: The People’s Liberation Army’s Changing Nuclear Doctrine and Force Posture
29/08/12 : The State of the U.S.-China Competition
29/08/12 : Changing the Rules of the Game: The Commercial Aircraft Industry in China
28/08/12 : Asia’s New Arms Race: Missiles, Missile Defenses
24/08/12 : China’s Ballistic Missiles: A Force to be Reckoned With
24/08/12 : China’s Maritime Salient: Competitive Strategies on the Oceanic Front for the 21st Century
23/08/12 : Japan’s Competitive Strategies at Sea: A Preliminary Assessment
22/08/12 : Asia in the Balance: Transforming U.S. Military Strategy in Asia
22/08/12 : Developing a Strategy for Long-term Sino-American Competition
21/08/12 : Cultural Barriers to Implementing a Competitive Strategy
21/08/12 : Steady as She Goes: Aircraft Appear Aboard China’s Varyag
21/08/12 : China SignPost™ (洞察中国) #63: “North-Central China Offers Massive Market Opportunity for Mongolian Coal Miners”
20/08/12 : Assessing the Undersea Balance between the United States and China
17/08/12 : A Competitive Strategy with Chinese Characteristics? The Second Artillery’s Growing Conventional Forces and Missions
17/08/12 : China SignPost™ (洞察中国) #62: “Spaceplane Development Becomes a New Dimension of Emerging U.S.-China Space Competition”
13/08/12 : China SignPost™ (洞察中国) #61: “Can Inland Consumption Soften Coastal Industrial Slump? China’s Weak Earthmover Sales and Poor Coal Demand Point to More Economic Turbulence, But Second and Third Tier Property Markets Show Flashes of Life”
13/08/12 : Leading Expert Scott Truver Endorses Conclusions of CMSI’s China Maritime Study #3 on Chinese Mine Warfare
06/08/12 : External Intervention and the Politics of State Formation - China, Indonesia, and Thailand, 1893–1952
02/08/12 : China SignPost™ (洞察中国) #60: “Downturn to ‘New Normal’? China’s Consumer Economy is Rolling Over and Sales of Chicken, Cars, and Shoes Are Taking a Hit”
27/07/12 : “Selfish Superpower” No Longer? China’s Anti-Piracy Activities and 21st-Century Global Maritime Governance
26/07/12 : Twenty-First Century Seapower: Cooperation and Conflict at Sea
26/07/12 : China Defense Blog’s Recommended Read: Asian Security Article on 2nd Arty Conventional Capabilities
23/07/12 : The Conventional Missile Capabilities of China’s Second Artillery Force: Cornerstone of Deterrence and Warfighting
23/07/12 : Richard Halloran Reviews CMSI Vol. 4--“China, the United States & 21st Century Sea Power”--in Parameters
23/07/12 : CMSI ‘Red Book’ #9: “Not Congruent but Quite Complementary: U.S. and Chinese Approaches to Nontraditional Security”
16/07/12 : Mutually Assured Destruction or Dependence? U.S. and Chinese Perspectives on China’s Military Development
15/07/12 : Regional Implications for China’s Newest Oil Rig
12/07/12 : Latest Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report—Ronald O’Rourke, “China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities—Background and Issues for Congress”
12/07/12 : China Awaits Fighter Export Breakthrough
28/06/12 : “Chinese Aerospace Power” & “China, The United States and 21st-Century Sea Power” Reviewed in Warship 2012’s “Naval Books of the Year”
28/06/12 : Recommended Reading: A Plain Sailorman in China
27/06/12 : Kindle Editions of 4 CMSI Volumes Now Available; 5th to Follow
19/06/12 : Chinese Crew Works in Tiangong after 1st Manned Shenzhou Docking
18/06/12 : China’s Rendezvous in Space
16/06/12 : Making History in the Heavens: Liu Yang Becomes 1st Female Chinese Astronaut in Orbit as 3-Person Shenzhou-9 Mission Heads for Docking with Tiangong-1 Space Laboratory Module
16/06/12 : David Axe, Wired.com Danger Room--“Video: Secret Space Plane Shatters Orbital Record as Chinese Rival Looms”
15/06/12 : Galrahn Discusses Recent Posts from Information Dissemination’s 5th Anniversary “Virtual Conference: Celebrating Seapower Online”
14/06/12 : Are China’s Near Seas “Anti-Navy” Capabilities Aimed Directly at the United States?
13/06/12 : James Fallows Quotes China SignPost™ (洞察中国) #47 Aeroengine Study in His New Book “China Airborne”
13/06/12 : The Shi Lang, A Vehicle for Regional Change?
13/06/12 : PRC Area-Denial Capabilities and American Power Projection, Part 2
13/06/12 : PRC Area-Denial Capabilities and American Power Projection, Part 1
11/06/12 : Microsatellites: A Bellwether of Chinese Aerospace Progress?
07/06/12 : Like it or Not: State Oil Company Becomes ‘Flag’ in South China Sea
04/06/12 : Joan Johnson-Freese: Space Code Key to Protecting U.S. Space Interests
04/06/12 : How Will New Submarine Sensors and Payloads Influence Naval Warfare in the 21st Century?
04/06/12 : Information Dissemination Marks 5th Anniversary with “Virtual Conference: Celebrating Seapower Online”
04/06/12 : Gabe Collins: 12 Things Missing from China Report
25/05/12 : More Signs of an S-Curved Trajectory?
24/05/12 : 5 Things the Pentagon Isn’t Telling Us About the Chinese Military
23/05/12 : How Denmark Sees Asia
23/05/12 : Military Deliveries Continue: Minesweepers
18/05/12 : Press Briefing on 2012 DOD Report to Congress on “Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China”
18/05/12 : Department of Defense 2012 China Report Just Released
15/05/12 : The Aegis BMD Global Enterprise: A ‘High End’ Maritime Partnership
15/05/12 : China’s Aerospace Power Trajectory in the Near Seas
15/05/12 : Chinese and Indian Strategic Behavior: Growing Power and Alarm
14/05/12 : Closing the Tech Gap: China’s Spaceplane
14/05/12 : Is China About to Get Its Military Jet Engine Program Off the Ground?
13/05/12 : Kindle Editions of 3 CMSI Volumes Now Available; Others to Follow
12/05/12 : China SignPost™ (洞察中国) #59--“China’s Rising Seaborne Food and Fuel Imports: Propelling Naval Expansion?”
12/05/12 : China and the Politics of Oil – Analysis
12/05/12 : China’s Divine Space Plane?
06/05/12 : China: Icebreaking in the Arctic
04/05/12 : China SignPost™ (洞察中国) #58--“Shenlong ‘Divine Dragon’ Takes Flight: Is China developing its first spaceplane?”
01/05/12 : Dr. Phillip C. Saunders, Testimony before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, “Hearing: Developments in China’s Cyber and Nuclear Capabilities”
27/04/12 : China’s Evolving Space Capabilities: Implications for U.S. Interests
27/04/12 : CMSI’s Development of “Chinese Aerospace Power: Evolving Maritime Roles” Explained in The Diplomat’s Author Spotlight
26/04/12 : More Signs of an S-Curved Trajectory for China’s Economy?
25/04/12 : How Effective Will China’s Carrier-Based Fighters Be?
24/04/12 : The Future is Now
24/04/12 : American Perceptions of China’s Anti-Access and Area-Denial Capabilities: Implications for U.S. Military Operations in the Western Pacific
20/04/12 : Benefits of Joining the Law of the Sea Convention
20/04/12 : Photo Essay: The U.S. Pivot and China Relations
19/04/12 : “Addressing U.S.-China Strategic Distrust”--A Must-Read!
19/04/12 : China’s 10 Killer Weapons: Comprehensive Strategy Targets U.S. Presence in Asia-Pacific
19/04/12 : Chinese Naval Strategy in the South China Sea: An Abundance of Noise and Smoke, but Little Fire
19/04/12 : The Maritime Strategy of the United States: Implications for Indo-Pacific Sea Lanes
18/04/12 : China, Seeking a Voice in Arctic Affairs, Says it Has Swedish Support for Arctic Council Role
18/04/12 : Monocle Magazine Quotes China SignPost™ (洞察中国) #52 on GDP Growth Indicators
16/04/12 : World’s 1st Single-Ship Circumnavigation by Chinese Navy Training Vessel Commences
12/04/12 : “U.S. ‘Pivot’ to the Pacific: U.S./China Relations” panel sponsored by Harvard Extension International Relations Club and The Diplomat, Harvard University, Friday 13 April 2012, 7-9 PM.
12/04/12 : Alexandre Sheldon-Duplaix Reviews Chinese Aerospace Power in Marine Technology
05/04/12 : Indigenous Weapons Development in China’s Military Modernization
02/04/12 : China’s Navy on the Horizon
01/04/12 : China’s Navigation in Space: What New Approaches will China’s Space Tracking Take?
29/03/12 : Latest Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report Just Released—Ronald O’Rourke, “China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities—Background and Issues for Congress”
28/03/12 : China SignPost™ (洞察中国) #57--“Tilling Foreign Soil: New Farmland Ownership Laws Force Chinese Agriculture Investors to Shift Strategies in Argentina and Brazil”
28/03/12 : Troubled Waters: the Implications of China’s First Aircraft Carrier
28/03/12 : China’s Anti Access Future is Here
23/03/12 : The People’s Liberation Army’s Selective Learning: Lessons of the Iran-Iraq ‘War of the Cities’ Missile Duels and Uses of Missiles in Other Conflicts
23/03/12 : Sinica Rules the Waves? The People’s Liberation Army Navy’s Power Projection and Anti-Access/Area Denial Lessons from the Falklands/Malvinas Conflict
23/03/12 : Asia Connect Reprints China SignPost™ (洞察中国) #45 “Tango for Trade, Samba for Sales: Strategic Implications of China’s Growing Investment and Commercial Ties in Latin America”
21/03/12 : Robert Farley and Andrew Erickson Discuss “Chinese Aerospace Power” on bloggingheads.tv
21/03/12 : China Quarterly Reviews “China, the United States, and 21st Century Sea Power: Defining a Maritime Security Partnership” (CMSI Vol. 4)
14/03/12 : China SignPost™ (洞察中国) #56--China’s Economic Environment: Implications for Military Development
14/03/12 : Sunday Book Review: Chinese Aerospace Power
13/03/12 : The European Union and the Modernisation of the People’s Liberation Army Navy: The Limits of Europe’s Strategic Irrelevance
13/03/12 : Big Sticks: China’s and America’s Global Strike Weapons
06/03/12 : China SignPost™ (洞察中国) #55--Near Seas “Anti-Navy” Capabilities, not Nascent Blue Water Fleet, Constitute China’s Core Challenge to U.S. and Regional Militaries
04/03/12 : China’s Defense Spending Dilemma
04/03/12 : China's Defense Spending to Rise 11.2% to 670.2 billion RMB (US$106.4 billion) in 2012
03/03/12 : 5th Annual Tufts China-US Symposium (塔夫兹大学中美关系年会), 9-10 March
02/03/12 : Benefits for China in New East African Resource Rush
28/02/12 : China’s Military Modernizes, Declares Regional Strength—Robust Investments in Hardware, Technology, and Modern Operational Concepts Yield Benefits
21/02/12 : Enter China’s Security Firms
10/02/12 : China’s New Challenge: Protecting Its Citizens Abroad
09/02/12 : China SignPost™ (洞察中国) #54--Supersize Me: Rising Fast Food Sales Suggest China Will Keep Driving a Global Farm Commodity Boom
08/02/12 : Taking Mines Seriously: Mine Warfare in China’s Near Seas
07/02/12 : China SignPost™ (洞察中国) #53--Cornering Commodities Markets: For China, Xstrata/Glencore deal would have larger impact than Facebook IPO
07/02/12 : Captain Gordon A. Andrew, RAN, Reviews “Chinese Aerospace Power” in Australian Defence Force Journal
02/02/12 : Chinese Aerospace Power Listed in Survival
30/01/12 : Chinese Aerospace Power Highlighted in GlobalSecurity.org Special Selections
30/01/12 : Hu Jintao: A Man With A PLAN?
29/01/12 : Steve LeVine Highlights China Real Time Report Post on Iran Oil Embargo on His Foreign Policy Blog
29/01/12 : China: Digger Sales in the Ditch
26/01/12 : Chinese Traders Poised to Profit From Iran Oil Embargo
26/01/12 : Domestic Politics will Buffet US-China Relations in 2012
23/01/12 : Year of The Water Dragon: 12 Chinese Maritime Developments to Look for in 2012
18/01/12 : China’s New Strategic Target: Arctic Minerals
17/01/12 : The U.S. Security Outlook in the Asia-Pacific Region
17/01/12 : China SignPost #52--Digging In: Earthmover Sales Reflect Risks to China’s Economic Growth
13/01/12 : Important Article Posted on PRC Ministry of National Defense Website: “PLA should foster offensive defense thinking in developing long-range strike weapons”
12/01/12 : Dr. M. Taylor Fravel, MIT, Establishes New China Research Blog
11/01/12 : DF-21D ASBM Deployed, but China Daily Probably Incorrect in Claiming “2,700km Range”; Gen. Chen Bingde Never Said That
09/01/12 : China’s 2012 Challenges
05/01/12 : Paradox of Power: Sino-American Strategic Restraint in an Age of Vulnerability
04/01/12 : Buy, Build, or Steal: China’s Quest for Advanced Military Aviation Technologies
04/01/12 : Third Summer Training Workshop on the Relationship Between National Security and Technology in China, 9-20 July 2012--Now Accepting Applications
04/01/12 : China’s Century? Why America’s Edge Will Endure
02/01/12 : Ronald O’Rourke, Congressional Research Service: “China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities—Background and Issues for Congress”
02/01/12 : Tom Barnett Showcases “China’s S-Curve Trajectory”
02/01/12 : China SignPost™ (洞察中国) #51: China’s Growing Meat Consumption is Driving Corn Imports and Creating a New Strategic Dependency
29/12/11 : Space Plan From China Broadens Challenge to U.S.
27/12/11 : “Chinese Aerospace Power: Evolving Maritime Roles” Featured in Amherst Magazine
27/12/11 : Your Move, Beijing: Big Year Ahead for Chinese Navy
21/12/11 : Through the Lens of Distance: Understanding and Responding to China’s ‘Ripples of Capability’
15/12/11 : No Oil for the Lamps of China?
15/12/11 : Time to Revisit “Revisiting Taiwan’s Defense Strategy” by Prof. William Murray, U.S. Naval War College
15/12/11 : Photos Show China’s Carrier Steaming Under Own Power
14/12/11 : Presented on “China’s Place in the World--Increasingly Assertive?” panel, “The ‘Chinese Century’: Promises. Pitfalls. Presumption?” China Summit conference, sponsored by The Economist, 18 November 2011, Sofitel Wanda Beijing.
14/12/11 : Informatization and the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy
13/12/11 : PLA Navy Looks at Offer from Seychelles
13/12/11 : Asia Rising and the Maritime Decline of the West: A Review of the Issues
08/12/11 : China Maritime Studies Institute (CMSI) Profiled in Naval War College President’s Forum
08/12/11 : PLAN Aircraft Carrier Article Highlighted by Congressman J. Randy Forbes
06/12/11 : Defense Tech Evaluates Naval War College Review Article on Chinese Carrier Development
06/12/11 : “Chinese Aerospace Power: Evolving Maritime Roles” Evaluated Highly in Ausmarine
06/12/11 : China Defense Blog Praises “Beijing’s ‘Starter Carrier’ and Future Steps: Alternatives and Implications”
05/12/11 : “Beijing’s ‘Starter Carrier’ and Future Steps: Alternatives and Implications”--Lead Article in Winter 2012 Naval War College Review
28/11/11 : Space, China’s Tactical Frontier
27/11/11 : 3 CMSI Volumes Featured on Navy Professional Reading Program Core List
22/11/11 : Chinese Lessons from Other Peoples’ Wars
21/11/11 : China SignPost™ (洞察中国) #50--New Access for U.S. Forces in Australia: Is it driven by China?
07/11/11 : China SignPost™ (洞察中国) #49: “Electric Bikes are China’s Real Electric Vehicle Story”
01/11/11 : Interview with Andrew Erickson by David Axe in The Diplomat “A New Space Race?”
28/10/11 : China’s Energy Security: The Perspective of Energy Users
28/10/11 : China’s Sea-Based Nuclear Deterrent in 2020: Four Alternative Futures for China’s SSBN Fleet
28/10/11 : Somali Piracy: Political Lessons for the Navy
28/10/11 : Survivability of China’s Sea-Based Nuclear Forces
28/10/11 : The Gathering Storm: China’s Challenge to US Power in Asia
28/10/11 : Are Sri Lanka’s Relations with China Deepening? An Analysis of Economic, Military, and Diplomatic Data
28/10/11 : The Driving Forces behind China’s Naval Modernization
28/10/11 : Tanker Ownership in Non-OECD Countries and the Rise of Government-Owned Fleets
28/10/11 : Beijing’s South China Sea Debate
28/10/11 : Perils of the Deep: The Dangers of Submarine Proliferation in the Seas of East Asia
28/10/11 : China’s Energy Security: Perception and Reality
28/10/11 : Crisis and Confidence: Major Powers and Maritime Security in Indo-Pacific Asia
28/10/11 : Mapping Chinese Oil and Gas Pipelines and Sea Routes
28/10/11 : China’s New Energy-Security Debate
28/10/11 : China’s Naval Modernization: Reflections on a Symposium
27/10/11 : China in the Indian Ocean: Impacts, Prospects, Opportunities
27/10/11 : Can China Defend a ‘Core Interest’ in the South China Sea?
27/10/11 : Crisis Instability and US-China Relations: The Present (If Not Clear) Danger
27/10/11 : China’s Petroleum Predicament: Challenges and Opportunities in Beijing’s Search for Energy Security
22/10/11 : Chinese Navy Hospital Ship Visits Cuba, Caribbean
19/10/11 : Profiled with Other “Current Geopolitical Scholars” in Geopolitics: A Guide to the Issues
19/10/11 : Advantage: How American Innovation Can Overcome the Asian Challenge
19/10/11 : China’s Rise in Historical Perspective
19/10/11 : The Politics of Nuclear Weapons in South Asia
19/10/11 : A Skeptic’s Case for Nuclear Disarmament
19/10/11 : The International Politics of the Asia Pacific: Third and Revised Edition (Politics in Asia)
19/10/11 : Somalia: The New Barbary?: Piracy and Islam in the Horn of Africa
19/10/11 : The “People” in the PLA: Recruitment, Training, and Education in China’s Military
19/10/11 : Nuclear Proliferation in Northeast Asia: The Quest for Security
15/10/11 : China Expands its Military Reach
14/10/11 : China SignPost™ (洞察中国) #48: “Transparency is Not Just for the Military: Improved commodity data reporting from China good for Chinese and global consumers alike”
13/10/11 : One Ocean, Two Shades: Perceptions about the Indian Ocean
13/10/11 : MIT Security Studies Program Launches Nuclear Security Fellows Program
13/10/11 : Princeton-Harvard China and the World Program (CWP) Now Accepting Applications
03/10/11 : Chinese Aerospace Power: Evolving Maritime Roles Reviewed by Book News Inc.
02/10/11 : Translation of 10+ CMSI Publications into Japanese (日本語) by JANAFA (日米ネービー友好協会)
02/10/11 : CMSI ‘Red Book’ #8: “The Dragon Eyes the Top of the World: Arctic Policy Debate and Discussion in China”
01/10/11 : Japanese (日本語) Translation of “When Land Powers Look Seaward” Released
30/09/11 : Japanese (日本語) Summary of Chinese Aerospace Power Now Available
29/09/11 : John Reed, DoD Buzz: “China’s Ability to Make Quality Jet Engines”
29/09/11 : Opposed Systems Design: “Constraints on Chinese Growth”
27/09/11 : Adam Cobb, MIL INT: “Wake Up DC - The Asian Century Is Here, Part 1”
27/09/11 : China SignPost™ 洞察中国 #47 “Deep Dive” Report on Civilian Jet Engines Praised on China Defense Blog
25/09/11 : Uncertain Waters: Thinking About China’s Emergence as a Maritime Power
24/09/11 : Red Crosses, Blue Water: Hospital Ships and China’s Expanding Naval Presence
21/09/11 : Discussed “Chinese Aerospace Power: Evolving Maritime Roles” on the John Batchelor Show, 77 WABC Radio New York
20/09/11 : National Bureau of Asian Research to Launch 2011 Energy Security Report “Asia’s Rising Energy and Resource Nationalism” in Washington, DC Thurs. 22 September
20/09/11 : Energy Nationalism Goes to Sea in Asia
19/09/11 : David Axe, Wired Danger Room: “Secret Sats, Giant Rockets: U.S. Unveils Space War Arsenal”
19/09/11 : China SignPost™ (洞察中国) #47--A Chinese “Heart” for Large Civilian and Military Aircraft: Strategic and commercial implications of China’s campaign to develop high-bypass turbofan jet engines
17/09/11 : PLA Daily Offers Latest Details on “Peace Ark” Hospital Ship’s 1st Medical Mission to Caribbean
16/09/11 : Eight Bells Lecture Examines Growth of China Air Power
16/09/11 : PLAN Hospital Ship “Peace Ark” (“和平方舟”号医院船) Embarks on 3-Month Navy Medical Service Mission in Caribbean
14/09/11 : Council on Foreign Relations Rates “China’s S-Shaped Threat” a “Must Read”
09/09/11 : Video Just Posted of Eight Bells Book Lecture on Chinese Aerospace Power: Evolving Maritime Roles
06/09/11 : “Chinese Aerospace Power: Evolving Maritime Roles,” Eight Bells Book Lecture, Naval War College Museum Second Deck, Newport, RI, Thursday 8 September 2011, 12:00 p.m.
06/09/11 : Asian Alliances in the 21st Century
06/09/11 : Air Power Trends in Northeast Asia: Implications for Japan and the U.S.-Japan Alliance
06/09/11 : Feng, PLA Blogspot: “China and Vietnam”
06/09/11 : From Shanghai to Somalia: China’s Contributions to the Security of Seaborne Commerce in Asia and Beyond
06/09/11 : China’s S-Shaped Threat
06/09/11 : 5 Star Review of Chinese Aerospace Power by Harry Kazianis, Deputy Editor, e-International Relations
05/09/11 : Feng, Information Dissemination: “Evolution of PLAAF Doctrine/Training”
05/09/11 : Feng, Information Dissemination: “China/Russia Military Cooperation”
05/09/11 : Feng, Information Dissemination: “The Legacy of Liu Huaqing”
04/09/11 : Assessing China’s Response to U.S. Reconnaissance Flights
01/09/11 : Chinese Aerospace Power Highlighted by Bradley Perrett in Aviation Week ASBM Analysis
01/09/11 : Barry Watts, CSBA: The Maturing Revolution in Military Affairs
31/08/11 : The U.S. Must Continue to Use Space and Can “Win without Fighting” There—It’s Just Not a Panacea, a Sanctuary, or a Desirable Battlefield
30/08/11 : English-Language Version of 2011 ROC National Defense Report Confirms: “a small quantity of” DF-21D ASBMs “were produced and deployed in 2010, increasing the difficulty of military maneuvers in the region for the U.S. Army.”
29/08/11 : Defense Tech Quotes China SignPost™ (洞察中国) #43 on China’s “Starter Carrier”
29/08/11 : David Axe, AOL Breaking Defense: “China’s ‘Ripples of Capability’: An Interview with Andrew Erickson”
29/08/11 : David Axe, The Diplomat: “US ‘Misled Over Stealth Bomber’”
29/08/11 : China SignPost™ (洞察中国) #44 Cited by Walter Russell Mead in Via Media Blog, The American Interest
26/08/11 : Edward Wong, New York Times: “China State TV Deletes Video Implying Hacking of Western Sites”
26/08/11 : James Fallows, The Atlantic: “Update on Backups, Passwords, and Chinese Hacking”
26/08/11 : Chinese Aerospace Power Recommended by Eleni Ekmektsioglou in The Diplomat
26/08/11 : Tony Capaccio, Bloomberg: “China Has ‘Workable’ Anti-Ship Missile Design, Pentagon Says”
25/08/11 : Adam Segal, Asia Unbound Blog, Council on Foreign Relations: “Sometimes It’s Not China (Though This Is Probably Not the Week To Be Saying It)”
25/08/11 : Erickson and Goldstein Publish Book on Chinese Aerospace Power
25/08/11 : Trent Nouveau, TG Daily: “China Teases Military CyOps”
25/08/11 : Tania Branigan, The Guardian: “Chinese TV Programme Shows Apparent Cyber-Attack on US Website”
25/08/11 : Melanie Lee, Reuters: “Chinese State TV Shows Military Cyber Hacking Clip”
25/08/11 : Did China Tip Cyber War Hand?
24/08/11 : Jeremy Page, Wall Street Journal: “China State TV Alludes to U.S. Website Attacks”
24/08/11 : Key Quotes from 2011 DoD Report on China’s Military
24/08/11 : Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China 2011 Full Text Just Released
24/08/11 : Report on Military and Security Developments in China Released
24/08/11 : China SignPost™ (洞察中国) #46: “A Smoking Cursor? New Window Opens on China’s Potential Cyberwarfare Development--CCTV 7 program raises new questions about Beijing’s support for hacking”
22/08/11 : William Choong, Straits Times: “Reasons to Fear China’s Aircraft Carrier”
22/08/11 : David Axe, The Diplomat: “China, the US and Transparency”
19/08/11 : China SignPost™ (洞察中国) #45--“Tango for Trade, Samba for Sales: Strategic Implications of China’s Growing Investment and Commercial Ties in Latin America”
17/08/11 : Chinese Aerospace Power: Evolving Maritime Roles Praised by Feng on Information Dissemination
15/08/11 : China SignPost™ (洞察中国) #44: “China’s S-Curve Trajectory: Structural factors will likely slow the growth of China’s economy and comprehensive national power”
15/08/11 : China Goes to Sea Commended by Dave Mugridge in Canadian Naval Review
15/08/11 : Michael Wines, New York Times: “China Begins Sea Trials of Its First Aircraft Carrier”
15/08/11 : Bradley Perrett, Aviation Week: “What Carrier Means In China Military Plans”
14/08/11 : China, the United States, and 21st Century Sea Power Praised by Andrew Forbes in International Journal of Maritime History
14/08/11 : Aaron L. Friedberg, A Contest for Supremacy: China, America, and the Struggle for Mastery in Asia
14/08/11 : Trefor Moss, The Diplomat: “Decoding China’s Aircraft Carrier”
11/08/11 : Chris Buckley, Reuters: “China Launches First Aircraft Carrier on Maiden Sea Trial”
11/08/11 : Tania Branigan & Jason Burke, The Guardian: “China’s First Aircraft Carrier Launches with Pride Amid Regional Tensions”
11/08/11 : Kathrin Hille, Financial Times: “China’s First Aircraft Carrier Takes to Sea”
11/08/11 : Galrahn, Information Dissemination: “Ex-Varyag Begins Sea Trials”
11/08/11 : Xinhua/Global Times: “China’s Carrier Sails into New Era”
11/08/11 : Bradley Perrett and Chris Buckley in Aviation Week: “China Begins Carrier Sea Trials, But Has Far To Go”
11/08/11 : Austin Ramzy, Time--“Troubled Waters: Why China’s Navy Makes Asia Nervous”
11/08/11 : Jeremy Page, Wall Street Journal: “China Flexes Naval Muscle”
10/08/11 : China Realizes Carrier Dream
09/08/11 : China SignPost™ (洞察中国) #43: “China’s ‘Starter Carrier’ Goes to Sea”
09/08/11 : Official Confirmation from Xinhua: Ex-Varyag Will Sail Today
08/08/11 : 2 CMSI Volumes Praised by Gregory R. Copley in Defense & Foreign Affairs Strategic Policy
07/08/11 : Ronald O’Rourke, Congressional Research Service: “China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities—Background and Issues for Congress”
07/08/11 : Watching the Weather in Dalian: Awaiting the Right Conditions to Launch China’s First Aircraft Carrier
06/08/11 : Hong Kong Commercial Daily: China’s Aircraft Carrier ex-Varyag to Begin Two Week Sea Trials Today
02/08/11 : China SignPost™ (洞察中国) #42--What if the China Housing Bulls Are Right? Assessing Potential Commodity Demand from Urbanization in China’s Top 10 Residential Markets, 2011-2019
01/08/11 : Letter to Proceedings Editor on “Chinese Missiles and the Walmart Factor”
01/08/11 : China Defense Blog Praises Chinese Aerospace Power: Evolving Maritime Roles
29/07/11 : China SignPost™ (洞察中国) #41: How Do the Economic Outputs of China’s 8 Most Productive Cities Compare to Those of U.S. Cities?
28/07/11 : Detailed China Daily Article Indicates Ex-Varyag Approaching Maiden Voyage, Poised to Fulfill Eight-Decade Chinese Dream
27/07/11 : Owen R. Coté Jr., “Assessing the Undersea Balance Between the U.S. and China”--A Must Read!
27/07/11 : China SignPost™ (洞察中国) #14 Cited in Craig Guthrie, Asia Times, “US in ‘Denial’ over China’s Pacific Strategy”
27/07/11 : Chinese Aerospace Power: Evolving Maritime Roles Reviewed by David Axe in Danger Room, Wired.com
26/07/11 : David Axe on J-20 in The Diplomat: “Stealth Fighter or Bomber?”
25/07/11 : Defending the Fleet from China’s Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile: Naval Deception’s Roles in Sea-Based Missile Defense
25/07/11 : China, the United States, and 21st Century Sea Power Featured in Seapower Magazine Ship’s Library
21/07/11 : Taiwan 2011 National Defense Report: DF-21D ASBMs “have been produced and deployed in small numbers in 2010”
20/07/11 : China Defense Industry Faces Homemade Engine Troubles
17/07/11 : J. Michael Cole, Taipei Times: “Official Confirms ‘Carrier Killer’ is Being Developed”
17/07/11 : Greg Torode, South China Morning Post: “‘Carrier Killer’ Missile May Give China Powerful Edge”
17/07/11 : Bradley Perrett, Aviation Week & Space Technology: “China Details Anti-ship Missile Plans”
13/07/11 : China’s Jet Engine Future
12/07/11 : General Chen Bingde, PLA Chief of General Staff, Becomes First Chinese Official to Confirm Publicly that “2,700 km-Range” DF-21D Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile (ASBM) is in Development; “Not Operational Yet” by PLA Definition
12/07/11 : China’s Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile (ASBM) Reaches Equivalent of “Initial Operational Capability” (IOC)—Where It’s Going and What it Means
11/07/11 : China SignPost™ (洞察中国) #40--12 in ’12: Strategic Challenges Facing the U.S. and China as the 2012 Political Season Approaches
10/07/11 : More Firepower for the Navy? Convert!
07/07/11 : Chinese Missiles and the Walmart Factor
06/07/11 : Foreign Policy Article “Should We Be Afraid of China’s New Aircraft Carrier? Not yet.” Now Available in French as “Faut-il avoir peur du nouveau porte-avions chinois?”
03/07/11 : Michael D. Swaine, America’s Challenge: Engaging a Rising China in the Twenty-First Century (CEIP, 2011)
30/06/11 : China SignPost™ (洞察中国) #39 Featured in Dave Majumdar, Defense News: “China Nears Jet Engine Breakthrough: Report”
30/06/11 : China Flexes Maritime Muscle to ‘Win war Without Fighting’
29/06/11 : China’s Worst-Kept Secret Naval Weapon
27/06/11 : Should We Be Afraid of China’s New Aircraft Carrier? Not yet.
27/06/11 : Blue Water Dreams: Why China Wants an Aircraft Carrier
27/06/11 : China Watch: Sina’s Big Weibo Dream, High Speed Ride
26/06/11 : China SignPost™ (洞察中国) #39: Jet Engine Development in China: Indigenous high-performance turbofans are a final step toward fully independent fighter production
25/06/11 : Feng, Information Dissemination: “Is J-15 a Game Changer?”
23/06/11 : Chinese Aerospace Power: Evolving Maritime Roles (CMSI Vol. 5)
23/06/11 : China’s J-15 No Game Changer
21/06/11 : June 2011 Special Issue of Journal of Strategic Studies “China’s Emergence as a Defense Technological Power” a Must Read
21/06/11 : Dennis J. Blasko, “‘Technology Determines Tactics’: The Relationship between Technology and Doctrine in Chinese Military Thinking,” Journal of Strategic Studies (June 2011)
21/06/11 : Tai Ming Cheung, “The Chinese Defense Economy’s Long March from Imitation to Innovation,” Journal of Strategic Studies (June 2011)
21/06/11 : Diabetes May Thwart China’s Grand Plan
21/06/11 : Thomas G. Mahnken, “China’s Anti-Access Strategy in Historical and Theoretical Perspective,” Journal of Strategic Studies (June 2011)
19/06/11 : Michael C. Horowitz, The Diffusion of Military Power: Causes and Consequences for International Politics (Princeton, 2010).
17/06/11 : Near-Term Missions for China’s Maiden Aircraft Carrier
17/06/11 : China Goes to Sea Reviewed by Andrew Forbes in The Northern Mariner
17/06/11 : BBC: Jonathan Marcus, “China Extending Military Reach”
10/06/11 : China Goes to Sea Reviewed in “Naval Books of the Year,” Warship 2011
08/06/11 : Full Text of Original Article Citing Gen. Chen Bingde’s Unprecedented Acknowledgement of Chinese Aircraft Carrier Development
08/06/11 : China SignPost™ (洞察中国) #38: “Flying Shark” Gaining Altitude: How might new J-15 strike fighter improve China’s maritime air warfare ability?
08/06/11 : 1st Official PLA Confirmation of Chinese Carrier: Gen. Chen Bingde Says “Aircraft Carrier is Under Construction Now”
04/06/11 : The Maturing Revolution in Military Affairs
02/06/11 : Proceedings article by CDR Scott Tait, USN, on how to defeat anti-ship missiles: “Make Smoke!”
01/06/11 : China SignPost™ (洞察中国) #37: The 10 Biggest Cities in China That You’ve Probably Never Heard of
31/05/11 : China, the United States, and 21st Century Sea Power Praised by Dr. Gregory Gilbert in Headmark: Journal of the Australian Naval Institute
31/05/11 : China SignPost™ (洞察中国) #36--Internal Challenge: China’s diabetes epidemic highlights how rising healthcare costs could constrain economic growth and military spending
27/05/11 : Chinese Suspicion and U.S. Intentions
19/05/11 : China SignPost™ (洞察中国) #35: The ‘Flying Shark’ Prepares to Roam the Seas: Strategic pros and cons of China’s aircraft carrier program
18/05/11 : The Implications of China’s Military and Civil Space Programs - Testimony of Barry Watts before the U.S. - China Economic and Security Review Commission
17/05/11 : CMSI Hosts Conference on China’s Future Plans
17/05/11 : Dutton Becomes Director of NWC’s China Maritime Studies Institute
07/05/11 : Workshop on “Economic and Fiscal Factors in the Making of China’s Foreign and Security Policy,” Harvard University Fairbank Center, 13 May
05/05/11 : Ronald O’Rourke, Congressional Research Service: “China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities—Background and Issues for Congress”
03/05/11 : China Expert Richard Desjardins on “Acquiring Expertise on the Chinese Military”
03/05/11 : China, the United States and 21st-Century Sea Power Selected for Proceedings’ “Notable Naval Books of 2010”
03/05/11 : From the Sea: PLA Doctrine and the Employment of Sea-Based Airpower
02/05/11 : China SignPost™ (洞察中国) #34: A Foreign Corrupt Practices Act with Chinese Characteristics: Step 1”
26/04/11 : Chinese State Media Publish Photos of J-15 Flying Shark Carrier Fighter Aircraft
19/04/11 : Signaling and Military Provocation in Chinese National Security Strategy: A Closer Look at the Impeccable Incident
19/04/11 : Mark Stokes on Possible Qingyuan ASBM Brigade, DF-16: “Expansion of China’s Ballistic Missile Infrastructure Opposite Taiwan”
17/04/11 : Wendell Minnick, Defense News: “Sea Trials Expected for China’s 1st Carrier”
14/04/11 : Naval War College China Maritime Studies Institute (CMSI) Conference 10-11 May: “China’s Strategy for the Near Seas”
13/04/11 : China SignPost™ (洞察中国) #33--Southeast Trade Winds: East Coast and South experienced fastest value-adjusted growth of all U.S. regions in exports to China over past decade
07/04/11 : Paul Giarra’s Recommended Naval War College Review Reading List
06/04/11 : China SignPost™ (洞察中国) #32--China Defense White Paper 2010: Better Transparency, But What Key Developments Were Left Out of the Discussion?
04/04/11 : Wendell Minnick, Defense News: “China’s New White Paper Hints at Joint Ops”
04/04/11 : China SignPost™ (洞察中国) #31--China Aims to More Than Triple Its Oil & Gas Production in the South China Sea over the Next 10 years
01/04/11 : Adam Segal, Council on Foreign Relations, “China’s National Defense: ‘Intricate and Volatile’”
01/04/11 : Ed Wong & Jonathan Ansfield, New York Times: “China Lays Out Vision for Its Military”
31/03/11 : Beijing Issues Latest Defense White Paper “China’s National Defense in 2010”: English/Chinese Full Text, Key Excerpts & Analysis
31/03/11 : When Land Powers Look Seaward
31/03/11 : Two Vectors, One Navy
31/03/11 : A Bogus Asian Pearl
31/03/11 : Mao’s ‘Active Defense’ Is Turning Offensive
28/03/11 : China SignPost™ (洞察中国) #30--The Saudi Arabia of Corn: Reduce U.S. ethanol production and boost corn exports to China to trim the trade deficit and ensure China’s food security
26/03/11 : Defense and Deterrence in China’s Military Space Strategy
26/03/11 : National Committee on U.S.-China Relations Public Intellectuals Program (PIP), 2011-2013--Now Soliciting Applications; 23 April 2011 Deadline
24/03/11 : NWC Professors Publish Book on U.S.-China Maritime Relations
23/03/11 : “Chinese Sources Discuss the ASBM Threat to the U.S. Navy”--Naval War College Presentation--Full-Length Video Available
20/03/11 : George F. Will, Washington Post Op-Ed: “The Blue National Soil of China’s Navy”
20/03/11 : China SignPost™ (洞察中国) #25 Cited by George F. Will in Washington Post Op-Ed: “America’s Navy and the Rise of China”
15/03/11 : The Year of the Tiger: China’s Spy Satellite Surge in 2010
14/03/11 : China SignPost™ (洞察中国) #29: India Plays Catch-up with China: Asia’s titans boost 2011 defense budgets
11/03/11 : Uddipan Mukherjee, Centre for Land Warfare Studies, New Delhi: “The Chinese J-20 and its Ramifications”
11/03/11 : An Air Force Strategic Vision for 2020-2030
11/03/11 : “Diego Garcia and the United States’ Emerging Indian Ocean Strategy” (Asian Security) Cited in Wikipedia
11/03/11 : Understanding China’s Defense Budget: What it Means, and Why it Matters
11/03/11 : Implications of China’s Military Evacuation of Citizens from Libya
09/03/11 : China SignPost™ (洞察中国) #28: China’s Economic & Strategic Interests in CENTCOM’s Area of Responsibility: Assessment and policy recommendations
08/03/11 : Craig Covault, Aerospace America: “China’s Military Space Surge”
07/03/11 : NPR: “Obama to Name Commerce Secretary Locke Ambassador to China”
04/03/11 : Wall Street Journal: China Defense Budget to Increase by 12.7% to 601.1 Billion Yuan (US$91.4 billion) for 2011
01/03/11 : Cited in The Economist, Asia View Blog: “Setting Sail for Libya”
01/03/11 : PLA Air Force IL-76 Transport Aircraft Land in Khartoum, Sudan En Route to Libya
01/03/11 : Xinhua: “Chinese Navy Frigate Arrives Waters off Libya for Escort Mission”
01/03/11 : China SignPost™ (洞察中国) #27: “The PLA Air Force’s First Overseas Operational Deployment: Analysis of China’s decision to deploy IL-76 transport aircraft to Libya”
01/03/11 : China’s Increasing Air Power: Implications for the Republic of Korea Air Force
28/02/11 : Jason Miks, The Diplomat: “‘Osama Bin Laden Did It’”
28/02/11 : Zhongping News Agency: China’s Air Force Sends 4 IL-76 Military Transport Aircraft to Evacuate Chinese Nationals from Libya
28/02/11 : Evan Osnos, The New Yorker: “The Chinese Navy, Zambian Copper, and Libya”
28/02/11 : China SignPost™ (洞察中国) #26--Missile Frigate Xuzhou Transits Suez Canal, to Arrive off Libya ~Wednesday 2 March: China’s first operational deployment to Mediterranean addresses Libya’s evolving security situation
27/02/11 : China SignPost™ (洞察中国) #18: “China’s New Project 718/J-20 Fighter: Development outlook and strategic implications” Cited in Wikipedia
27/02/11 : South China Morning Post: “PLA Navy Sends Warship to Safeguard Libya Evacuees--Frigate Diverted from Anti-Piracy Patrols to Protect Chinese”
25/02/11 : Adam Rawnsley, Wired.com Danger Room: “Chinese Missile Ship Races to Libya for Rescue Duty”
25/02/11 : Galrahn, Information Dissemination: “Asia Sending Ships to Libya”
25/02/11 : Elliott Abrams, Council on Foreign Relations, Pressure Points Blog: “Who’s the Superpower? Lessons from Libya”
25/02/11 : Christopher Bodeen, Associated Press/Yahoo News: “In Unprecedented Move, China Sends Navy Ship to Protect Libya Evacuees”
25/02/11 : Geoff Dyer, Financial Times: “China’s Overseas Workers in Peril”
25/02/11 : Jeremy Page, Wall Street Journal: “Libyan Turmoil Prompts Chinese Naval Firsts”
24/02/11 : China SignPost™ (洞察中国) #25--China Dispatches Warship to Protect Libya Evacuation Mission: Marks the PRC’s first use of frontline military assets to protect an evacuation mission
23/02/11 : China’s Electronic Intelligence Satellite Developments: Implications for U.S. Air and Naval Operations
22/02/11 : China SignPost™ (洞察中国) #23 Cited in Wall Street Journal China Real Time Report Blog
22/02/11 : From Bottle Rockets to Lightning Bolts: China’s Missile-centric Strategy and PLA Strategy against Military Intervention
22/02/11 : RAND Report Just Released--“Shaking the Heavens and Splitting the Earth: Chinese Air Force Employment Concepts in the 21st Century”
22/02/11 : National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) Report Released: “People’s Liberation Army Air Force 2010”
22/02/11 : China SignPost™ (洞察中国) #24: “Libya Looming: Key strategic implications for China of unrest in the Arab World and Iran”
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