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Economic Statecraft China

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The People’s Republic of China (PRC) pursues its national security objectives through a wide variety of cross-domain activities. The PRC’s legal economic statecraft activities are connected directly to China’s growing military power. China’s legal means of obtaining technology damages the technological superiority of the United States and its partners and allies. This report illustrates the pathways by which China legally acquires foreign technology and builds capabilities to support its national security objectives. These pathways include: (1) trade, (2) market access requirements, (3) overseas investment, and (4) the transfer of human capital. This report also identifies key challenges for the United States in countering China’s efforts. First, the PRC is ambitious and adapts it economic techniques to deal with changing regulatory environments. Second, the United States has multiple “leakage points” that provide avenues for the PRC to access emerging technology. Third, China offers appealing incentives that put the US and other countries as risk of technology loss. Thus, a comprehensive strategy for technology protection is needed to address China’s foreign technology acquisition.

Economic Statecraft China Economic Statecraft: How China Legally Accesses Foreign Technologies to Build Military Capabilities The People’s Republic of China (PRC) pursues its national security objectives through a wide variety of cross-domain activities. The PRC’s legal economic statecraft activities are connected directly to China’s growing military power. China’s legal means of obtaining ... foreign weapons or technology in order to build China’s own indigenous capability. Integrating civilian and military sectors, allowing China to repurpose civilian technologies into military

Chinas Space Narrative

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Both China and the United States, have created separate parts of their military dedicated to space. Commercial, scientific, and military endeavors in space are all intimately linked, and one must understand how they are viewed to better understand how a nation might proceed in one or all of those fields. In accordance with our charter to support the Secretary of the Air Force, the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, the Chief of Space Operations, and other DoD and U.S. government leaders, the China Aerospace Studies Institute designed it’s 2020 CASI Conference around China’s space activities. This report serves as the baseline and the core of that effort. This report was a collaboration between CASI and CNA’s China and Indo-Pacific Security Affairs Division. We would like to thank the team at CNA for their work on this project. The authors would like to thank Second Lieutenant Owen Ou (USA) for contributing his research for this project, and Dr. Brian Weeden for his review of the study

States, have created separate parts of their military dedicated to space. Commercial, scientific, and military endeavors in space are all intimately linked, and one must understand how they are viewed ... in 2019. China’s rising economic and military power have led to an increased presence not only in Asia, but also globally. China’s Belt and Road Initiative, a global trade and investment effort ... committed to the peaceful uses of space, while at the same time serving its political, economic, and military interests. Space is also seen as contributing to China’s overall influence and helping

china ai and autonomy report: Issue 16, June 2, 2022

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The China AI and Autonomy Report, issue 16, is a biweekly newsletter published by CNA, on artificial intelligence and autonomy in China.

cognitive domain operations. China Military Online , the PLA's official news and information portal, carried a lengthy article on cognitive warfare written by NUDT professor Liang Xiaobo. [1] Liang writes that cognitive warfare has become an important component of modern military conflict that involves a "complex collection" of public opinion warfare, psychological warfare, legal warfare ... Yang, urged continued efforts to boost the development of the digital economy. Vice Premier and Politburo member Liu He, who is also in charge of the body responsible for the overall planning

Innovative Techniques in Military Construction

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This report examines various data sources to identify potential barriers to including sustainable materials and innovative techniques in MILCON. Barriers identified include a broad lack of relevant knowledge, availability of sustainable material data, and forcing functions.

Innovative Techniques in Military Construction Inclusion of Sustainable Materials and Innovative Techniques in Military Construction This report examines various data sources to identify potential ... of the Department of Defense (DOD) with respect to the development of military construction (MilCon) projects and submit the results of the study to congressional defense committees. This study ... of Sustainable Materials and Innovative Techniques in Military Construction. Specifically, Section 2851 requires an examination of the following: Practices with respect to adoption of Unified Facilities

Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears

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Moscow’s nuclear weapons doctrine is at an inflection point. This report examines the debates in Russia about the ineffectiveness of nuclear weapons threats.

a cessation of Western military aid to Kyiv. In tandem with this signaling, Russian experts and military analysts have debated the effectiveness and credibility of Moscow’s nuclear messaging and discussed whether Russia may need to implement measures to restore nuclear signaling credibility. Previous CNA studies regarding the Russian military’s views on nuclear weapons have sought to articulate the underlying concepts of Moscow’s strategy and planning. The following study takes a different approach by examining the views of three stakeholder communities within Moscow’s interconnected nuclear

Analytic Framework for Emulating Russian Decision Making

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The purpose of this report is to propose an analytical framework for emulating Russian decision-making in the national security realm. The framework is paired with a methodology that allows the user to systematically examine what Russian decision- making would look like in response to a foreign policy crisis. The framework is presented in the first section and then applied to three potential crisis scenarios in Eastern Europe. The analytical structure presented is meant to be used as a guideline. It offers potential answers, tools, and a systematic method for emulation that allows users to formulate decision-trees for Russian actions on the basis of reasonable assumptions about how Russia might act in various situations. The final product can be further developed and refined on the basis of observation of Russian actions in future interactions with its adversaries and behavior in crisis situations.

of the report is to help emulators develop an understanding of factors that affect Russian decision-making processes and how these processes influence military operational planning in the European theater ... planning process, so much as a focused conversation on how Russia would construct a theory of victory, and attain leverage in a particular crisis. The preference for indirect versus direct approaches ... as constraints on Russian COAs, affecting the Russian government and military’s ability and willingness to escalate a conflict to achieve maximal goals versus de-escalating to avoid potential negative consequences

Kevin Pollpeter-Testimony

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Kevin Pollpeter, Senior Research Scientist, China Studies, CNA. Testimony before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission. Hearing on "China’s Pursuit of Defense Technologies: Implications for US and Multilateral Export Control and Investment Screening Regimes" PRC Space and Missile Capabilities

and technology that has resulted in long-term planning, ample funding, a commitment to reforming its program management system, and the recruitment of a younger and better-educated workforce. As a result ... Department assesses is probably intended to become an advanced nuclear delivery system. The PLA’s missile inventory presents several challenges to the US military (see Table 2). The most common US ... to realize what the US military has realized for some time: long-range power projection requires space-based command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance

china ai and autonomy report: Issue 9, February 24, 2022

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The China AI and Autonomy Report, issue 9, is a biweekly newsletter published by CNA, on artificial intelligence and autonomy in China.

An article in the   People's Liberation Army (PLA) Daily   discusses the nature of "military intelligentization."   PLA Daily , the official newspaper of the PLA, published an article titled   "Scientific Understanding of Military Intelligentization,"   offering an in-depth discussion of the concept. The authors provide a detailed definition of "military intelligentization," which ... like new materials, new energy, and additive manufacturing." Has a "high degree" of direct application in matters of "warfare, national defense, and the military." Greatly expands capabilities

Chinese Views of Civilian Ship Mobilization

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Key findings from an examination of People’s Liberation Army writings on China’s efforts to leverage its civilian shipping fleet in support of military operations.

civilian shipping fleet in support of military operations. This document summarizes key findings from an examination of People’s Liberation Army (PLA) writings on China’s efforts to leverage its civilian shipping fleet in support of military operations. We analyzed PLA reference volumes, technical journals, and media reports published between 2015 and 2020 to explore continuities and changes to the PLA’s approach to civilian ships amid ongoing military reforms. Civilian ships are an important component of PLA planning for future maritime contingencies. Chinese military authors assert

How Moscow Understands War

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In this CNA Occasional Paper, Andrew Monaghan examines Russian military strategy. Monaghan frames an analysis of Russian military strategy in terms of sustained Russian debate about the changing character of war, especially since the mid 2010s, and how this debate has recently turned to focus on military strategy in modern conditions. It makes several key arguments. First, history permeates the contemporary Russian debate, featuring both in the way that military experience is rendered into didactic lessons of history to advance military science, and in the arc of the theoretical development of Russian military strategy—it is not possible to parse today’s discussion without knowledge of this history. Second, military strategy is specifically and clearly defined in the Russian lexicon as the “highest sphere of military art,” the art of higher command comprising the bridge between the theory and practice of war. Military strategy is explicitly subordinate to state policy. Third, there are constraints on military strategy, particularly in terms of the implementation of plans. Moscow’s re-examination of military strategy has important implications for Western audiences. While many are focused on Moscow’s measures short of war, this paper highlights the importance that the Russian military still accords the use of armed force. Moreover, it suggests the need to move beyond thinking in terms of the blurring of the lines between war and peace, to the blurring of the lines between the offensive and the defensive.

How Moscow Understands War How Moscow Understands War and Military Strategy In this CNA Occasional Paper, Andrew Monaghan examines Russian military strategy. Monaghan frames an analysis of Russian military strategy in terms of sustained Russian debate about the changing character of war, especially since the mid 2010s, and how this debate has recently turned to focus on military strategy in modern conditions. It makes several key arguments. First, history permeates the contemporary Russian debate, featuring both in the way that military experience is rendered into didactic lessons of history