Securing the China Dream:
The PLA's Role in a Time of Reform and Change
The chapters in this volume were originally presented as papers at the 2017 People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Conference convened by the National Bureau of Asian Research, the Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, and the Department of the Army. Organized around the theme “Securing the China Dream: The PLA’s Role in a Time of Reform and Change,” the conference focused on the impact of China’s changing political landscape, military restructuring, and modernization on the PLA’s ability to fulfill its strategic objective of fighting and winning informationized local wars.
Table of Contents
Foreword
Roy Kamphausen, David Lai, and Tiffany Ma
Chapter 1
Introduction: The PLA at an Inflection Point
Tiffany Ma
Chapter 2
World Class: The Logic of China’s Strategy and Global Military Ambitions
Daniel Tobin
Chapter 3
A More Cohesive Force: Enabling Joint Operations in the PLA
Joel Wuthnow and Phillip C. Saunders
Chapter 4
Economic Integration Is Not Enough: Policy and Planning for Taiwan in the Xi Jinping Era
Daniel Taylor and Benjamin Frohman
Chapter 5
The China Dream and the Near Seas
Kristen Gunness
Chapter 6
Securing the “China Dream” Along the Belt and Road
Nadège Rolland
Chapter 7
U.S.-China Military-to-Military Relations: Policy Considerations in a Changing Environment
Andrew S. Erickson
