CWP Fellow Wuthnow writes that China may be playing a double game in its policy toward North Korea.  Full article here.

A recent attempt by the Philippines to detain Chinese fishing boats in contested waters could provide an opportunity for the US to strengthen alliances with countries around China's periphery and enforce its pivot to Asia.  Full article here.
 

Former CWP Andrew Erickson writes about China's efforts to establish a foothold in the Artic and gain an advantage in the procurement of certain rare earth minerals.  Full article here.

China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities—Background and Issues for Congress

Former CWP Fellow Taylor Fravel testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee at a hearing entitled, ”Investigating the Chinese Threat, Part One: Military and Economic Aggression.”  Topics addressed included the military modernization, cyber espionage, and trade policies, among others.


 

Andrew Erickson and Amy Chang, “China’s Navigation in Space: What New Approaches will China’s Space Tracking Take?” U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, 138.4 (April 2012): 42-47.

The People’s Republic of China’s “Long View” space-tracking and telemetry system enhances space situational awareness and operations while offering military potential. Yet this sea-based approach suffers from inherent dependencies and liabilities. The program appears at a

On Foreign Entanglements, Rob Farley (Lawyers, Guns and Money, University of Kentucky) speaks with Andrew Erickson, editor of Chinese Aerospace Power.  Andrew and Rob discuss the long road to development of China's new aircraft carrier, including the choices that the carrier represents and what it might portend for China's military future.  They then work through the implications of China's development of anti-ship ballistic missiles and what it tells us about China's m

The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission has released a staff research report entitled The Chinese Communist Party and Its Emerging Next-Generation Leaders. The 18th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), expected to convene sometime in autumn 2012, will inaugurate a major leadership transition in China. This report provides an overview of the institutions of the CCP and its procedures for leadership succession, as well as profiles of the leading candidates expecte

In Asian Security, Professor M. Taylor Fravel examines the sources of the PLA’s new emphasis on nonwar military operations (not to be confused with “military operations than war” or MOOTW in U.S. doctrine).  He explores why China’s armed forces have sought to strengthen their ability to conduct noncombat operations, especially domestic ones, even though China’s military modernization for traditional combat operations is far from complete. Full article here.

Former Fellow Andrew Erickson, in his article "China’s Defense Spending Dilemma," China’s always-controversial defense budget announcement will attract particular notice this year.  He states that

While the U.S. implements potentially dramatic cuts to its defense spending growth, China is robustly increasing its military spending, which is officially set to grow at a clip of 11.2% to 670.2 billion RMB ($106.4 billion) in 2012. (This figure does not cover all of Chi