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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817395603321

Titolo

PLA influence on China's national security policy-making / / editors, Phillip C. Saunders, Andrew Scobell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, CA : , : Stanford Security Studies, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-8047-9628-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (359 pages) : illustrations, tables

Disciplina

355/.033551

Soggetti

National security - China

Civil-military relations - China

China Military policy

China Foreign relations 21st century

China Politics and government 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: PLA Influence on China’s National Security Policymaking -- 1. Reconsidering the PLA as an Interest Group -- 2. The PLA in the Party Leadership Decision making System -- 3. The Riddle in the Middle: China’s Central Military Commission in the Twenty-first Century -- 4. Top Leaders and the PLA: The Different Styles of Jiang, Hu, and Xi -- 5. The PLA Role in China’s Foreign Policy and Crisis Behavior -- 6. The PLA Role in China’s Taiwan Policymaking -- 7. The PLA Role in China’s DPRK Policy -- 8. The Rise of PLA Diplomacy -- 9. The PLA and National Security Decision making: Insights from China’s Territorial and Maritime Disputes -- 10. The PLA Navy Lobby and Its Influence over China’s Maritime Sovereignty Policies -- 11. The PLA and Maritime Security Ac tors -- INDEX -- About the Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

In recent years there have been reports of actions purportedly taken by People's Liberation Army (PLA) units without civilian authorization, and of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) civilian leaders seeking to curry favor with the military—suggesting that a nationalistic and increasingly influential PLA is driving more assertive Chinese policies on a range of



military and sovereignty issues. To many experienced PLA watchers, however, the PLA remains a "party-army" that is responsive to orders from the CCP. PLA Influence on China's National Security Policymaking seeks to assess the "real" relationship between the PLA and its civilian masters by moving beyond media and pundit speculation to mount an in-depth examination and explanation of the PLA's role in national security policymaking. After examining the structural factors that shape PLA interactions with the Party-State, the book uses case studies to explore the PLA's role in foreign policy crises. It then assesses the PLA's role in China's territorial disputes and in military interactions with civilian government and business, exploring the military's role in China's civil–military integration development strategy. The evidence reveals that today's PLA does appear to have more influence on purely military issues than in the past—but much less influence on political issues—and to be more actively engaged in policy debates on mixed civil-military issues where military equities are at stake.