Chinese perceptions of traditional and nontraditional security threats / Susan L. Craig.
Material type: TextPublication details: Carlisle, PA : Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, [2007]Description: ix, 163 p. : map ; 23 cmISBN:- 158487287X
- 9781584872870
- Electronic version also available on the SSI website.
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"March 2007."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-162).
1. Introduction -- 2. Traditional security threats -- 3. Nontraditional security threats -- 4. Conclusion.
To understand the motivations and decisions of China's leadership and to behave in a manner so that we can influence them, we must try to understand the world as China does. This research is an attempt to do so by examining the writings and opinions of China's scholars, journalists and leaders--its "influential elite." China has a comprehensive concept of national security that includes not only defending its sovereignty and territorial integrity, but continuing its economic and social development and maintaining its international stature. The two main types of threats to China's national security are traditional and nontraditional. The United States, Japan, and India are traditional threats, considered willing and able to endanger all three components of China's national security. While military containment is a concern, the possibility for economic and diplomatic containment from any or all of these countries is more worrisome. Even more troublesome are nontraditional threats. Military deterrence and diplomatic skill have successfully managed traditional threats to date, but these are insufficient for overcoming nontraditional threats. An examination of China's social and economic disparities, environmental degradation, and energy insecurity demonstrates that to overcome nontraditional threats, China's leadership must not only look outward in efforts to foster cooperation, they must also look inward and make serious internal reforms.
Electronic version also available on the SSI website.