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Ian Burns McCaslin retweeted
New paper presents a primer for U.S. policymakers on China’s national security decisionmaking: bit.ly/4kZlOd5
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Fortunately, with following & understanding #PRC #defense issues arguably more important & challenging than ever before, US Professional #Military #Education (#PME) institutions are helping to fill the academic gap Prof. #Shambaugh identifies—particularly through their #China Centers!
Joint: inss.ndu.edu/About/Center-fo…
@INSSatNDU
Navy: usnwc.edu/Research-and-Warga…
@ChinaMaritime/@NavalWarCollege
Air Force: airuniversity.af.edu/CASI/
@CASI_Research/@usairforce
Army: ssi.armywarcollege.edu/
(Watch this space—more to follow soon!)
For further reading on this vitally important field, my #PLA Studies Bibliography with @IBMcCaslin offers extensive source/subfield summaries + links:
andrewerickson.com/wp-conten…
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20 PLA aircraft (SU-30*10, J-16*4, J-11*4, Y-8 ASW and Y-20 Aerial Refueling) and 14 vessels conducted an air-sea operation on the surrounding area of R.O.C on August 6, 2022. Please check our official website for more information: bit.ly/3vLciSu
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PLA Urban Warfare Series:
The People’s Liberation Army has been increasing its study, training, and preparation for urban warfare. Among the drivers for this interest is that a “(re)unification” campaign could involve intense fighting in Taiwanese cities.
isw.pub/PLAUrbanWarfareRepor…
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ISW is proud to announce the latest report in its Military Learning and the Future of War series. Elsa Kania and Ian Burns McCaslin analyze the #PLA’s advances in urban warfare and the implications for #China’s policy goals.
Read the full report:
isw.pub/PLAUrbanWarfareRepor…
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#New! Honored to publish @OUPAcademic’s #Oxford #Bibliography on “The People’s Liberation Army (#PLA)” with @IBMcCaslin!
oxfordbibliographies.com/vie…
Dozens of pages with entries covering leading works in the field.
Each with a convenient #summary!
@UniofOxford
@OxBibSoc
@OxIHEAS
Ian Burns McCaslin retweeted
In #PLA wargaming, "blue forces" are enemy forces and "red forces" are friendlies. Learn more about the peculiarities of #China's wargaming efforts in ISW's latest major report: bit.ly/ChinaWargamingISWRepo…
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Interested in #PLA wargaming? Read ISW's latest report from Elsa Kania and Ian Burns McCaslin: bit.ly/ChinaWargamingISWRepo…
Interested in #wargame design? Read ISW Technology Fellow Stephen Gordon's latest piece in @MC_UPress's JAMS publication (pg 182): usmcu.edu/Portals/218/JAMS_F…
Ian Burns McCaslin retweeted
For my latest @ChinaBriefJT article, I coded all 151 Politburo group study sessions (集体学习) and found that, under Xi, the Politburo has dramatically shifted the focus of its studies toward party affairs, foreign affairs, and security & military affairs. jamestown.org/program/the-cc…
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New ISW Report: Learning Warfare from the Laboratory - #China's Progression in #Wargaming and Opposing Force Training bit.ly/ChinaWargamingISWRepo…
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#China’s military operates mostly within Asia today, but what can we predict about its global reach by the middle of the next decade? Phillip Saunders, @IBMcCaslin, and I address in a new @NDU_EDU Strategic Forum
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ndupress.ndu.edu/Media/News/…
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25 PLA aircraft (Y-8 ASW*2, KJ-500 AEW&C, J-10*4, J-16*14 and H-6K*4) entered #Taiwan’s southwest ADIZ on Apr. 12, 2021. Please check our official website for more information: reurl.cc/5oNk8M
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20 PLA aircraft (Y-8 ASW*2, KJ-500 AEW&C, H-6K*4, J-16*10, J-10*2 and Y-8 RECCE) entered #Taiwan’s southwest ADIZ on Mar. 26, 2021. Please check our official website for more information: reurl.cc/R68oan
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Thirteen PLA aircraft (Y-8 ASW*1、H-6K*8、J-16*4) entered #Taiwan’s southwest ADIZ on Jan. 23, 2021. Please check our official website for more information: bit.ly/2KE1BwK
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Fifteen PLA aircraft (Y-8 ASW*2、SU-30*2、J-16*4、J-10*6、Y-8 RECCE*1) entered #Taiwan’s southwest ADIZ on Jan. 24, 2021. Please check our official website for more information: reurl.cc/e9EoL7
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Nine PLA aircraft (J-16*4, JH-7*4 and Y-9 EW) entered #Taiwan’s southwest ADIZ on Feb. 19, 2021. Please check our official website for more information: reurl.cc/bz96q6
Ian Burns McCaslin retweeted
#SundayReading: ISW's new #China report: People's Warfare against #COVID19: Testing Military Medical and Defense Mobilization Capabilities" by @EBKania and @IBMcCaslin
bit.ly/ISWPeoplesWarfareagai…
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This new report "People's Warfare against #COVID19: Testing #China's Military Medical & Defense Mobilization Capabilities" by @EBKania and @IBMcCaslin is the third in ISW's new series on military learning and the future of war: bit.ly/33B2kEp
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The portable report version of our evidence section is ready: shahit.biz/primrep.php
Eyewitness accounts, official documents, and other evidence all in one place. The report is real-time adaptive: it is built and structured w/ the latest data when you click, and updated daily.
Ian Burns McCaslin retweeted
A Uyghur woman had been sterilized in Xinjiang. But she didn't find out about the nature of her birth control surgery until she arrived in Belgium, where her doctor told her what had been done to her. lalibre.be/international/asi…
