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Ukraine’s Security Challenges in the East and Military Reform

July 15, 2015 02:00 PM

 

On July 27, 2015, The Jamestown Foundation hosted former Ukrainian Deputy Minister of Defense, Admiral Ihor Kabanenko, and Vice President of Kyiv-based high-technology firm KM Core, Bohdan Kupych....


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A Tale of Two Documents: US and Chinese Summit Readouts

October 19, 2015 11:53 AM

At the beginning of his September official state visit to the United States, Chinese President Xi Jinping told a group of U.S. political figures that “China and the United States should join hands to solve problems they both face to make the world turn better and grow faster” (China.org.cn, September 23). Xi’s optimistic outlook implies that there is substantial collaboration between the U.S. and China, and even a common perspective on key strategic issues. If that were true, one would expect...


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The Belt, the Road and the PLA

October 19, 2015

During his speech addressing the United Nations General Assembly in late September, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced that China will take the lead in the creation of an 8,000-strong standby force for peacekeeping operations...

Category: China Brief, Foreign Policy, Military/Security, Transit, China and the Asia-Pacific, China

Next Focal Point of China’s Stock Market: Earnings—But Can We Trust the Numbers?

October 19, 2015

The recent stock market turmoil and the economic slowdown in China have kept analysts busy projecting where the economy is going and what the government will do. The Chinese government has also issued a number of reforms of...

Category: China Brief, Economics, China

China's Ethnic Policy Under Xi Jinping

October 19, 2015

Since assuming power in November 2012, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Secretary General Xi Jinping has sought to put his imprimatur on the contentious realm of ethnic policy. As with other agenda items, Xi has sought to...

Category: China Brief, China, Domestic/Social

China Conducts Anti-Terror Cyber Operations With SCO Partners

October 19, 2015

China has conducted its first joint Internet Anti-Terror Exercise (网络演习), “Xiamen 2015,” with the members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) (Xinhua, October 14). Teams from all of the SCO’s member states, China,...

Category: China Brief, In a Fortnight, Cyber, Military/Security, Central Asia, China

Chinese Rocket Launches Point to Robust, Expanding Capabilities

October 2, 2015

In late September, China conducted the first launch of two new types of rocket, the Long March 6, and the Long March 11 (China Military Online, September 20; People’s Daily Overseas Edition, September 26). While much of the media...

Category: In a Fortnight, China Brief, Military/Security, China

Xi Jinping Burnishes Foreign Policy Credentials Despite Lack of Achievement At U.S. Summit

October 2, 2015

Despite a lack of concrete achievements in his summit with his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama, Chinese President Xi Jinping has accomplished a more important goal for his domestic audience—burnishing his image as a statesman. At a...

Category: Willy’s Corner, China Brief, China, Foreign Policy, Elite

China’s Search for a “Strategic Air Force”

October 2, 2015

Note: This piece is based on a longer article published in The Journal of Strategic Studies that is available for download here and will appear in the print version of the journal in early 2016.

On September 10, People’s...

Category: China Brief, Featured, Military/Security, China

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Xi Jinping Burnishes Foreign Policy Credentials Despite Lack of Achievement At U.S. Summit

October 2, 2015 06:26 PM

Despite a lack of concrete achievements in his summit with his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama, Chinese President Xi Jinping has accomplished a more important goal for his domestic audience—burnishing...


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China Conducts Anti-Terror Cyber Operations With SCO Partners

October 19, 2015 11:50 AM

China has conducted its first joint Internet Anti-Terror Exercise (网络演习), “Xiamen 2015,” with the members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) (Xinhua, October 14). Teams from all of the...


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