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Book from the People's Liberation Army Conference
Modernizing Deterrence: How China Coerces, Compels, and Deters
Modernizing Deterrence: How China Coerces, Compels, and Deters features papers from the 2021 People’s Liberation Army Conference convened by NBR and U.S. Indo-Pacific Command’s China Strategic Focus Group. Leading experts explore how the PLA’s modernizing capabilities and evolving doctrine suggest that a fundamental shift in China’s approach to deterrence may be underway. Taken together, the nine chapters collected in this volume reveal broad changes to China’s deterrence strategy across conventional, strategic, asymmetric, and emerging domains and consider how Chinese strategists and planners assess the PLA’s ability to navigate conflict scenarios when deterrence fails.
Foreword to “Modernizing Deterrence: How China Coerces, Compels, and Deters”
Introduction: China’s Evolving Thinking on Deterrence
China’s Approach to Conventional Deterrence
How China’s Nuclear Past Shapes the Present: Ideological and Diplomatic Considerations in Nuclear Deterrence
“Struggle” as Coercion with Chinese Characteristics: The PRC’s Approach to Nonconventional Deterrence
Xi Jinping’s Strangelove: The Need for a Deterrence-Based Offset Strategy
Exploring Chinese Thinking on Deterrence in the Not-So-New Space and Cyber Domains
Designing Deterrence: The PLA’s Outlook on Disruptive Technologies and Emerging Capabilities
Planning for Escalation: PRC Views on Controlling Escalation in a Conflict
When and How China De-escalates in Crises
The People’s Liberation Army and Crisis Management during Xi Jinping’s Second Term
Events
Assessing U.S.-China Deterrence Dynamics and Crisis Management
Event Video | Oct 11, 2023
