Eric A. Mcvadon

Rear Admiral Eric A. McVadon retired after serving at the U.S. embassy in Beijing and has been a consultant on East Asian security affairs for various DoD and intelligence organizations for the past 15 years. He is also the director of Asia-Pacific Studies for the Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis. His writings on China’s relations with the Koreas include “China’s Military Strategy for the Korean Peninsula” in China’s Military Faces the Future, China’s Foreign Military Relations, and “China’s Goals and Strategies for the Korean Peninsula” in Planning for a Peaceful Korea.

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Northeast Asian Security: A New Paradigm?

08.01.2008 Eric A. Mcvadon

For a decade or more there has been active discussion of a security framework, structure, or mechanism for Northeast Asia. The discussions, which intensified over...

Publication China Brief

Foreign Policy

U.S.-PRC Maritime Cooperation: An Idea Whose Time Has Come?

06.13.2007 Eric A. Mcvadon

The Pacific Forum-2007, held in Shanghai from May 18-19, was an effort by China to promote maritime cooperation. The international oceanic conference, which the author...

Publication China Brief

U.S.-PRC Maritime Cooperation: An Idea Whose Time Has Come?

06.13.2007 Eric A. Mcvadon

The Pacific Forum-2007, held in Shanghai from May 18-19, was an effort by China to promote maritime cooperation. The international oceanic conference, which the author...

Publication China Brief

Military & Security

Beijing’s Frustrations on the Korean Peninsula

05.09.2007 Eric A. Mcvadon

Relations between Beijing and Pyongyang have fluctuated dynamically over the past two decades, beginning in the 1980s when frays first appeared in China’s ties with...

Publication China Brief