Beyond the Strait: PLA Missions Other Than Taiwan
Roy Kamphausen, David Lai and Andrew Scobell
As the PLA’s capabilities increase in tandem with China’s rising power and expanding national interests, the PLA is involved in an increasing number and variety of missions in addition to its traditional focus on contingencies in the Taiwan Strait. Beyond the Strait explores these other missions and objectives, which include disaster and humanitarian relief, United Nations peacekeeping operations (UNPKO), counterterrorism and border defense, and outer space and cyberspace security. Chapter authors consider the interplay between China's armed forces and its increasingly complex foreign policy and international security environment. They shed light on how these interactions affect China’s policy toward the wider Asia-Pacific region and the implications for U.S. strategic interests.
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BOOK LAUNCH EVENT AUDIO
Welcome, Introduction, and Keynote
Welcome and introduction
Richard Bush, The Brookings Institution
Army War College greetings
Steven Metz, Strategic Studies Institute, US Army War College
Bush School greetings
Andrew Scobell, Texas A&M
Panel Presentations
Chair and Overview
Roy Kamphausen, The National Bureau of Asian Research
How China Manages Internal Security Challenges and its Impact on PLA Missions
Murray Scot Tanner, CNA
PLA Missions in Frontier Security and Counterterrorism
Robert Modarelli, National Center for APEC
Prospects for China’s Military Space Efforts
Dean Cheng, CNA
China’s Regional Power Projection: Prospects for Future Missions in the South and East China Seas
Mark Cozad, U.S. Government
PLA 'Joint' Operational Contingencies in South Asia, Central Asia, and Korea
Larry Wortzel, Colonel, US Army, Retired
Commentators
David Lai, Strategic Studies Institute, US Army War College
Dennis Wilder, John L. Thornton China Center of the Brookings Institution
Q&A
Closing Remarks
Richard Bush, The Brookings Institution
Table of Contents
Beyond the Strait: PLA Missions Other Than Taiwan
Roy Kamphausen, David Lai and Andrew Scobell