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MORE US National Defense Strategy on #China
"The most comprehensive & serious challenge to US national security is the PRC’s coercive & increasingly aggressive endeavor to refashion the Indo-Pacific region & the int'l system to suit its interests & authoritarian preferences"
"The most comprehensive & serious challenge to US national security is the PRC’s coercive & increasingly aggressive endeavor to refashion the Indo-Pacific region & the int'l system to suit its interests & authoritarian preferences"
#China "seeks to undermine US alliances &
security partnerships in the Indo-Pacific region, and leverage its growing capabilities...to coerce its neighbors & threaten their interests" per US NDS
security partnerships in the Indo-Pacific region, and leverage its growing capabilities...to coerce its neighbors & threaten their interests" per US NDS
#China's "increasingly provocative rhetoric & coercive activity towards #Taiwan...part of a broader pattern of destabilizing & coercive PRC behavior that stretches across the #EastChinaSea, the #SouthChina Sea, & along the Line of Actual Control" per US NDS
2/ My first favorite quote:
"Campaigning requires discipline...In service of strategic prioritization, we will focus day-to-day force employment on a more narrow set of tasks than we do currently."
➡️Look fwd to see how this is implemented, esp by the Navy in the IndoPacific.
"Campaigning requires discipline...In service of strategic prioritization, we will focus day-to-day force employment on a more narrow set of tasks than we do currently."
➡️Look fwd to see how this is implemented, esp by the Navy in the IndoPacific.
3/ "Working with Allies and partners, we will build and exercise force elements needed in crisis or conflict, such as infrastructure, logistics, command and control, dispersal and relocation, and mobilization."
➡️This means #SEALIFT
@mercoglianos @johnkonrad @zach_ota
➡️This means #SEALIFT
@mercoglianos @johnkonrad @zach_ota
Breaking: House Intel Committee posts @ODNIgov's 2022 Annual Threat Assessment, aka the Worldwide Threat Assessment
"#Beijing, #Moscow, #Tehran, & #Pyongyang have demonstrated the capability & intent to advance their interests at the expense of the #UnitedStates & its allies"
"#Beijing, #Moscow, #Tehran, & #Pyongyang have demonstrated the capability & intent to advance their interests at the expense of the #UnitedStates & its allies"
"#China increasingly is a near-peer competitor, challenging the #UnitedStates in multiple arenas—especially economically, militarily & technologically—& is pushing to change global norms & potentially threatening its neighbors" per @ODNIgov report
"#Russia is pushing back against #Washington where it can—locally & globally—employing techniques up to & including the use of force" per @ODNIgov report, compiled w/info available up to January
New set of major @ModJapan_en/@ModJapan_jp reports brims with exquisitely detailed graphics!
Key images compiled here: bit.ly/J-MOD
#Security Environment Surrounding #Japan [わが国を取り巻く安全保障環境]
andrewerickson.com/2021/03/japan-…
Topics: #China, #NorthKorea & #Russia
Key images compiled here: bit.ly/J-MOD
#Security Environment Surrounding #Japan [わが国を取り巻く安全保障環境]
andrewerickson.com/2021/03/japan-…
Topics: #China, #NorthKorea & #Russia
Report @ModJapan_en/@ModJapan_jp [1/3]:
#China’s Activities in #EastChinaSea, #Pacific Ocean & Sea of #Japan
[中国情勢（東シナ海・太平洋・日本海）]
mod.go.jp/e/d_act/sec_en…
mod.go.jp/j/approach/sur…
bit.ly/J-MOD
Check out the attached images... just a small sample!
#China’s Activities in #EastChinaSea, #Pacific Ocean & Sea of #Japan
[中国情勢（東シナ海・太平洋・日本海）]
mod.go.jp/e/d_act/sec_en…
mod.go.jp/j/approach/sur…
bit.ly/J-MOD
Check out the attached images... just a small sample!
Report @ModJapan_en/@ModJapan_jp [1B/3]:
#China’s Activities in the #SouthChinaSea （China’s development activities on the features & trends in related countries） [南シナ海情勢（中国による地形埋立・関係国の動向）]
mod.go.jp/e/d_act/sec_en…
mod.go.jp/j/approach/sur…
>>See images!
#China’s Activities in the #SouthChinaSea （China’s development activities on the features & trends in related countries） [南シナ海情勢（中国による地形埋立・関係国の動向）]
mod.go.jp/e/d_act/sec_en…
mod.go.jp/j/approach/sur…
>>See images!
JUST IN—
“Policy Options to Impose Costs on #Beijing’s Coercive Envelopment of #HongKong: Version 1.0”
bit.ly/HongKONG
#NatSecLaw negates #SAR’s judiciary & freedoms
Our #ChinaSignPost™ 洞察中国 report (#102) offers analysis & recommendations
andrewerickson.com/2020/06/china-…
“Policy Options to Impose Costs on #Beijing’s Coercive Envelopment of #HongKong: Version 1.0”
bit.ly/HongKONG
#NatSecLaw negates #SAR’s judiciary & freedoms
Our #ChinaSignPost™ 洞察中国 report (#102) offers analysis & recommendations
andrewerickson.com/2020/06/china-…
#HongKong’s long-deteriorating situation has come to a head.
Today, just b/f #July1, Beijing imposed a popularly-opposed #NationalSecurityLaw negating the Special Autonomous Region’s judiciary & freedoms.
andrewerickson.com/2020/06/china-…
Dissidents are vulnerable; everyone is at risk.
Today, just b/f #July1, Beijing imposed a popularly-opposed #NationalSecurityLaw negating the Special Autonomous Region’s judiciary & freedoms.
andrewerickson.com/2020/06/china-…
Dissidents are vulnerable; everyone is at risk.
1/ #China’s #Maritime Forces push hard in #SouthChinaSea despite – or because of – #coronavirus #pandemic.
–@inquirerdotnet
>bit.ly/2RrK639
>bit.ly/2xbP3WZ
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#natsec #strategy
–@inquirerdotnet
>bit.ly/2RrK639
>bit.ly/2xbP3WZ
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#natsec #strategy
2/ #China unleashes #maritime power to press #EastAsia & #IndoPacific hegemony while #USNavy and US & other governments deal w/#coronavirus #pandemic:
–@RadioFreeAsia
>bit.ly/2RrwuEM
–@ShaolinTom/@Newsweek
>bit.ly/3aZZ5Jp
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#nationalsecurity #natsec #strategy
–@RadioFreeAsia
>bit.ly/2RrwuEM
–@ShaolinTom/@Newsweek
>bit.ly/3aZZ5Jp
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#nationalsecurity #natsec #strategy
3/ #China combines #softpower w/ #maritime power in unrelenting pursuit of its international realignment goals even as – or because of – #coronavirus #pandemic rages through #SEAsia:
–@SBengali/@latimes
>lat.ms/2y3z8Kc
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#nationalsecurity #natsec #strategy #IndoPacific
–@SBengali/@latimes
>lat.ms/2y3z8Kc
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#nationalsecurity #natsec #strategy #IndoPacific
#China's total exports in 2018 were $2.65 trillion, of which approximately $477 billion went to the #USA, $441 billion went to the #EU, and $157 billion to #Japan. Add #SouthKorea and #India, and that is over 50% of Chinese exports.
China's strong economy depends on the good will of a handful of governments. Gradually increasing tariffs (or economic sanctions) on Chinese imports in these and other like-minded countries and the EU, if linked to demands for: 1) human rights improvements in #HongKong, ...
... #Xinjiang, and #Tibet; 2) military deescalation in the #SouthChinaSea and #EastChinaSea, the #Korea n peninsula, and #ArunachalPradesh; 3) progression down a truly democratic path for all of China; 4) improved conditions in China for global business; and ...
