China's evolving approach to "Integrated Strategic Deterrence" / / Michael S. Chase, Arthur Chan.

• VerfasserIn: Chase, Michael,; Chan, Arthur,
• TeilnehmendeR: Chan, Arthur,; Rand Corporation.
• Place / Publishing House: Santa Monica, California : : RAND,, 2016.; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (79 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

"Drawing on a wide range of sources, including Chinese-language publications, this report finds that China's strategic-deterrence concepts are evolving in response to a changing assessment of its external security environment and a growing emphasis on protecting its emerging interests in space and cyberspace. At the same time, China is rapidly closing what was once a substantial gap between the People's Liberation Army's strategic weapons capabilities and its strategic-deterrence concepts. Chinese military publications indicate that China has a broad concept of strategic deterrence, one in which a multidimensional set of military and nonmilitary capabilities combine to constitute the "integrated strategic deterrence" posture required to protect Chinese interests. For China, powerful military capabilities of several types - including nuclear capabilities, conventional capabilities, space capabilities, and cyberwarfare forces - are all essential components of a credible strategic deterrent. Chinese military publications indicate that nonmilitary aspects of national power - most notably diplomatic, economic, and scientific and technological strength - also contribute to strategic deterrence alongside military capabilities"--Back cover.

Table of Contents

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; CHAPTER ONE: Introduction; CHAPTER TWO: China's Strategic-Deterrence Concepts; Nuclear Deterrence; Conventional Deterrence; Space and Cyberspace Deterrence; CHAPTER THREE: China's Strategic-Deterrence Capabilities; China's Nuclear Forces; PLA Conventional Forces; Information-Warfare Capabilities; Chinese Space and Counter-Space Capabilities; "People's War" and Deterrence; CHAPTER FOUR: Strategic-Deterrence Activities in Peacetime, Crisis, and War; CHAPTER FIVE: Implications and Conclusions

Implications for China's Approach to Deterrence Policy and StrategyEscalation Management Challenges; Implications for Extended Deterrence and Assurance of U.S. Allies; Conclusion; References