Jake Rinaldi
Dr. Jake Rinaldi is a defense analyst in the China Landpower Studies Center within the Strategic Studies Institute at the U.S. Army War College. Dr. Rinaldi holds a Ph.D. and M.Phil. from the University of Cambridge, where his doctoral dissertation examined China-North Korea military relations, and his M.Phil. focused on China’s nuclear forces. His work on China-North Korea bilateral arms trade was recently published in Asia Policy.
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Articles by Jake Rinaldi
Understanding the PRC’s Selective Use of Military Hotlines
Executive Summary: The PRC’s strategic use of and reluctance to establish military hotlines reflect a calculated approach to escalation risk, which can be seen in crises ranging from the accidental
Secrecy and Solidarity: PRC Internal Security Partnerships with Socialist States
Executive Summary: The People’s Republic of China (PRC) engages in extensive security cooperation with other single-party socialist states. This includes deploying the People’s Armed Police (PAP) to train paramilitary and