Volume 15 Issue 12

Articles from Volume 15 Issue 12

As Editors, we have the distinct pleasure of introducing a special issue of China Brief, focused on the Chinese government’s 2015 Defense White Paper (DWP)...

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The “Holistic Security Concept”: The Securitization of Policy and Increasing Risk of Militarized Crisis

06.19.2015 Timothy Heath

Reflecting critical developments under the Xi administration, the recent “Military Strategy” white paper signals a turn toward a potentially more coercive phase of China’s rise...

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Network Warfare in China’s 2015 Defense White Paper

06.19.2015 Joe McReynolds

The recent release of China’s biannual defense white paper (DWP) has sparked a flurry of commentary by Western People’s Liberation Army (PLA) analysts. One common...

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White Paper Expounds Civil-Military Relations in Xi Era

06.19.2015 Willy Wo-Lap Lam

As the world observed the 26th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, the focus has remained on how this cataclysmic event has rolled back reforms...

Publication China Brief China Volume 15 Issue 12

Volume 15 Issue 12

Articles from Volume 15 Issue 12

Special Issue on 2015 Defense White Paper on Military Strategy

The “Holistic Security Concept”: The Securitization of Policy and Increasing Risk of Militarized Crisis

Network Warfare in China’s 2015 Defense White Paper

White Paper Expounds Civil-Military Relations in Xi Era