New @Journal_IS piece with @wendyleutert analyzes PRC firms’ ports overseas. We observe that the PLA (especially navy) has already made extensive use of this network to project power at a global scale. (1/4) direct.mit.edu/isec/article/4…
Chinese firms own and operate 96 terminals in 53 countries on every continent (except Antarctica). These holdings are mostly concentrated in only a few state-owned firms. Beijing employs several mechanisms to control these firms’ port assets. (2/4)
Party-state control enables PLA use of PRC firm-operated ports for logistics and intelligence missions—but these commercial terminals in non-allied states are not well-suited for combat operations. (3/4)
PRC companies’ dual-use port-folios allow China to (partially) control, monitor, degrade, and perhaps coercively disrupt vital maritime transport and international trade networks. (4/4)
h/t to @ANewman_forward & @henryfarrell for conceiving #weaponizedinterdependence concept, and to @dandrezner et al for advancing research agenda, into which our argument (sort of) fits. belfercenter.org/publication/we…
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