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Christopher D. Yung and Ross Rustici with Isaac Kardon and Joshua Wiseman, China’s Out of Area Naval Operations: Case Studies, Trajectories, Obstacles, and Potential Solutions, National Defense University Institute for National Strategic Studies China Strategic Perspective 3, December 2010.
Executive Summary
This study seeks to understand the future direction of the People’s Liberation Army Navy […]

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Robert Farley, “Over the Horizon: The Pitfalls of the Emerging Anti-China Axis,” World Politics Review, 15 December 2010.
Concern about China’s emerging economic and military capabilities now drives the U.S. strategic debate. The development of anti-ship ballistic missiles (ASBMs) by the PRC has even led some to argue that the balance of power in the Western Pacific […]

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Michael Chase, “China’s Growing Naval Power,” The Progressive Fix, 14 December 2010. (Part 3 of 3).
It’s clear that China’s Navy is growing in size and quality. Not only does China have the largest navy in East Asia, it has an increasingly modern and capable force of imported and indigenously produced destroyers, frigates, missile patrol craft, […]

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Ronald O’Rourke, “China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities—Background and Issues for Congress,” Congressional Research Service, 1 December 2010.
Summary
The question of how the United States should respond to China’s military modernization effort, including its naval modernization effort, has emerged as a key issue in U.S. defense planning. Admiral Michael Mullen, the Chairman of the Joints […]

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Daniel J. Kostecka, “Places and Bases: The Chinese Navy’s Emerging Support Network in the Indian Ocean,” Naval War College Review, Vol. 64, No. 1 (Winter 2011), pp. 59-78.
Due to self-imposed policy, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) does not base military forces in foreign countries, and PRC officials have used this as evidence of China’s […]

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Galrahn, “Report: North Korea Developing Nuclear Sea Mines,” Information Dissemination, 9 December 2010.

The English language version comes courtesy of Bill Gertz in Inside the Ring. It is worth reading in full, but this is how it begins.
U.S. intelligence agencies are working to track down an alarming report from inside North Korea revealing that the […]

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CDR Salamander, “A Very Barney Christmas: 2010,” 4 December 2010.
“Yes my friends, it is that time of year – Christmas. As I have been saying for over half a decade, there is no finer gift you can give than that of books. Especially for the military professional, knowledge is essential. Knowledge and perspective can make […]

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James R. Holmes and Toshi Yoshihara, “China’s Navy: A Turn to Corbett?” U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, Vol. 136, No. 12 (December 2010).
Chinese navalists have been mixing some Sir Julian Corbett into their Mahanian cocktails lately. That is wise on their part, and something that bears American scrutiny.

Some years ago, as China cast about for […]

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Bernard D. Cole, The Great Wall at Sea, Second Edition: China’s Navy in the Twenty-First Century (Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2010).
Book Jacket Summary:
In this new edition, Bernard Cole revises his acclaimed study of China’s Navy as it continues to grow in the unfolding twenty-first century while the U.S. Navy is shrinking. The Great Wall […]

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Y. J. Sithara N. Fernando, China’s Maritime Relations with South Asia: From Confrontation to Co-operation (Part One), Future Analysis Paper, Strategic Directions International, 24 November 2010.
This two-part Strategic Analysis Paper will examine China’s maritime relations with South Asia since it adopted its policy of “opening up to the outside world” in 1978. It identifies the […]

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Daniel Kostecka, “Hambantota, Chittagong, and the Maldives—Unlikely Pearls for the Chinese Navy,” Jamestown China Brief, Vol. 10, No. 23 (19 November 2010).
Much of the discussion regarding China’s maritime ambitions in the Indian Ocean has revolved around the so-called “String of Pearls” strategy that Beijing is alleged to be pursuing. As part of this strategic construct […]

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Ian Easton, “China’s Secret Co-orbital Satellites: The Quiet Surge in Space,” AsiaEye, 9 November 2010.
The emergence of space as a strategic frontier in the Asia-Pacific has raised concerns that China’s nascent space capabilities could be employed in future military operations. Beijing’s rapid progress in space has been marked by milestones such as manned space flights, […]

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Robert D. Kaplan, Monsoon: The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power (New York: Random House, 2010).
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On the world maps common in America, the Indian Ocean all but disappears. The Western Hemisphere lies front and center, while the Indian Ocean region is relegated to the edges, split up along the maps’ […]

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John Bradford, “U.S. Strategic Interests and Cooperative Activities in Maritime Southeast Asia,” in John Bradford, James Manicom, Sheldon W. Simon, and Neil A. Quartaro, Maritime Security in Southeast Asia: U.S., Japanese, Regional, and Industry Strategies, National Bureau of Asian Research Special Report #24 (Seattle, WA: NBR, November 2010), pp. 17-29.
Executive Summary

U.S. maritime strategy’s focus […]

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James Holmes and Toshi Yoshihara, “Understanding Asia-Pacific Sea Power,” The Diplomat, 21 October 2010.
It’s a sobering thought that even analysts steeped in naval affairs disagree about how to tally up who exactly has the strongest fleet. Writing in the Washington Post last month, Robert Kaplan declared in passing that China had constructed ‘the world’s second-largest […]

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Bo Kong, “The Geopolitics of the Myanmar-China Oil and Gas Pipelines,” Chapter 5 in Edward Chow, Leigh E. Hendrix, Mikkal E. Herberg, Shoichi Itoh, Bo Kong, Marie Lall and Paul Stevens, eds., Pipeline Politics in Asia: The Intersection of Demand, Energy Markets, and Supply Routes, NBR Special Report 23 (Seattle, WA: National Bureau of Asian […]

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Michael Chase, “Not in Our Backyard: China’s Emerging Anti-Access Strategy,” The Progressive Fix, 7 October 2010. (Part 2 of 3).
Since the end of the Cold War, the United States has enjoyed an unparalleled ability to project military power around the globe, as the world’s leading superpower.

But in recent years, potential U.S. rivals have invested […]

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M. Taylor Fravel and Evan S. Medeiros, “China’s Search for Assured Retaliation: The Evolution of Chinese Nuclear Strategy and Force Structure,” International Security, Vol. 35, No. 2 (Fall 2010), pp. 48-87.
M. Taylor Fravel
M. Taylor Fravel is the Cecil and Ida Green Career Development Associate Professor of Political Science and a member of the Security […]

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Michael A. Glosny and Phillip C. Saunders, Robert S. Ross, “Correspondence: Debating China’s Naval Nationalism,” International Security, Vol. 35, No. 2 (Fall 2010), pp. 161-75.
Michael A. Glosny
Michael A. Glosny is an instructor in the Department of National Security Affairs at the Naval Postgraduate School and was China Security Fellow at the Center for Strategic […]

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