Strong Borders Secure Nation

by M. Taylor Fravel

Yet, as M. Taylor Fravel shows in Strong Borders, Secure Nation, concerns that China might be prone to violent conflict over territory are overstated.

Strong Borders Secure Nation

Author: M. Taylor Fravel

Publisher: Princeton University Press

ISBN: 1400828872

Page: 408

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As China emerges as an international economic and military power, the world waits to see how the nation will assert itself globally. Yet, as M. Taylor Fravel shows in Strong Borders, Secure Nation, concerns that China might be prone to violent conflict over territory are overstated. The first comprehensive study of China's territorial disputes, Strong Borders, Secure Nation contends that China over the past sixty years has been more likely to compromise in these conflicts with its Asian neighbors and less likely to use force than many scholars or analysts might expect. By developing theories of cooperation and escalation in territorial disputes, Fravel explains China's willingness to either compromise or use force. When faced with internal threats to regime security, especially ethnic rebellion, China has been willing to offer concessions in exchange for assistance that strengthens the state's control over its territory and people. By contrast, China has used force to halt or reverse decline in its bargaining power in disputes with its militarily most powerful neighbors or in disputes where it has controlled none of the land being contested. Drawing on a rich array of previously unexamined Chinese language sources, Strong Borders, Secure Nation offers a compelling account of China's foreign policy on one of the most volatile issues in international relations.

Active Defense

by M. Taylor Fravel

What changes in China’s modern defense policy reveal about military organizations and strategy Active Defense offers the first systematic look at China’s military strategy from the mid-twentieth century to today.

Active Defense

Author: M. Taylor Fravel

Publisher: Princeton University Press

ISBN: 0691210330

Page: 396

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What changes in China’s modern defense policy reveal about military organizations and strategy Active Defense offers the first systematic look at China’s military strategy from the mid-twentieth century to today. Exploring the range and intensity of threats that China has faced, M. Taylor Fravel illuminates the nation’s past and present military goals, and offers a rich set of cases for deepening the study of how and why states alter their defense policies.

The Paracel Islands and U S Interests and Approaches in the South China Sea

by Clarence J. Bouchat

56. Fravel , Strong Borders , Secure Nation , p . 276 ; and Encyclopedia
Britannica , undated , “ Paracel Islands , " available from www . britannica.com/
EBchecked/topic/442423/Paracel-Islands . 57. Fravel , Strong Borders , Secure
Nation , pp .

The Paracel Islands and U S Interests and Approaches in the South China Sea

Author: Clarence J. Bouchat

Publisher: Department of the Army

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Page: 199

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The Paracel Islands and South China Sea disputes require better understanding by U.S. policymakers in order to address the regions challenges. To attain that needed understanding, legal aspects of customary and modern laws are explored in this monograph to analyze the differences between competing maritime and territorial claims, and why and how China and Vietnam stake rival claims or maritime legal rights. Throughout, U.S. policies are examined through U.S. conflicted interests in the region. Recommendations for how the United States should engage these issues, a more appropriate task than trying to solve the disputes outright, are then offered.

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and Conflict in China's Territorial Disputes ( Princeton University Press , 2008 ) ...

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Trapped Giant

by Jonathan Holslag

Despite China's fixation with sovereignty and a large number of territorial
disputes , the use of force in such conflicts has been limited . As Taylor Fravel
showed in his 2008 book Strong Borders , Secure Nations , internal challenges
have often ...

Trapped Giant

Author: Jonathan Holslag

Publisher: Routledge

ISBN:

Page: 160

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Emboldened by economic strength and growing military power, China is emerging as a challenger to US dominance in the Pacific. But its promised peaceful rise has done little to convince regional powers that it will not use force to press longstanding territorial claims or attempt sea-denial operations in Asia's lucrative trade routes. Uncertainty about Beijing's intentions could thus beget a new, unpredictable arms race as states scramble to protect their interests. For the short term, however, governments are weighing up the question of how far their interests may be served by cooperating with China and trying to usher it into the role of a responsible global power, while hedging their bets with traditional alliances and military modernisation. This issue analyses China's inexorable rise from peasant society to economic powerhouse. In charting the line that Beijing has walked in building up its forces alongside its network of trading links to Asia and the US, it reveals the challenge that lies ahead for policymakers: namely, to follow China's development ever more closely, to determine whether it could come to see the costs of military conflict as outweighing the benefits of peaceful trade and economic growth.

All that Glitters is Not Gold

by Barry Sautman

342 Although armed clashes have abated , diplomatic imbroglios over the border
issue and scenarios for fostering Tibet ... M. Taylor Fravel , Strong Borders ,
Secure Nation : Cooperation and Conflict in China's Territorial Disputes (
Princeton ...

All that Glitters is Not Gold

Author: Barry Sautman

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Fravel , M. Taylor , Strong borders , secure nation . ... Michael , Instruments of
monetary policy in China and their effectiveness , New York ; Geneva : United
Nations , 2008 ( UNCTAD Discussion Papers ) Guo Sujian ; Guo Baogang ( eds .
) ...

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Once the borders are secure , we can look toward making further reforms ,
potentially including updating our guest - worker programs . " " Midterm ... Without
strong border security , the public has no confidence that another guest - worker
program will be any better enforced ... 1 priority as a nation , not just as a party .

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Asian Yearbook of International Law

by B. S. Chimni

FRAVEL , Taylor M. , Strong Borders , Secure Nation : Cooperation and Conflict
in China's Territorial Disputes , Princeton University Press , 376p . SHAUN ,
Narine , From Conflict to Collaboration : Institution - Building in East Asia ,
Canadian ...

Asian Yearbook of International Law

Author: B. S. Chimni

Publisher: Taylor & Francis US

ISBN: 9780415582278

Page: 384

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Launched in 1991, the Asian Yearbook of International Law is a major refereed publication dedicated to international law issues as seen primarily from an Asian perspective, under the auspices of the Foundation for the Development of International Law in Asia (DILA). It is the first publication of its kind edited by a team of leading international law scholars from across Asia. The Yearbook provides a forum for the publication of articles in the field of international law, and other Asian international law topics, written by experts from the region and elsewhere. Its aim is twofold: to promote international law in Asia, and to provide an intellectual platform for the discussion and dissemination of Asian views and practices on contemporary international legal issues. Each volume of the Yearbook normally contains articles and shorter notes; a section on State practice; an overview of Asian states participation in multilateral treaties; succinct analysis of recent international legal developments in Asia; an agora section devoted to critical perspectives on international law issues; surveys of the activities of international organizations of special relevance to Asia; and book review, bibliography and documents sections. It will be of interest to students and academics interested in international law and Asian studies.

2010

by De Gruyter

2010

Author: De Gruyter

Publisher: de Gruyter

ISBN: 9783110230253

Page: 2612

View: 273

The IBR, published again since 1971 as an interdisciplinary, international bibliography of reviews, offers book reviews of literature dealing primarily with the humanities and social sciences published in 6,000 mainly European scholarly journals. This unique bibliography contains over 1.3 millions book reviews. 60,000 entries are added every year with details on the work reviewed and the review.

Thrust

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By Robert Pyle in Education , A Nation at Risk : The he recently - published report
by the National Commission on Excellence weaponry ... on the merits of strength
versus weakness – given the choice , all would want a strong , secure nation . ...
semi - dependent states of Prussia into a strong nation or alliance of states that
should , by force of arms , expand its borders and its sphere of political influence .

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China Goes to Sea

by Andrew S. Erickson

A state - owned Chinese periodical interprets the phrase " great sea nation ” to
mean that China has massive maritime ... M. Taylor Fravel , Strong Borders ,
Secure Nation : Cooperation and Conflict in China's Territorial Disputes (
Princeton ...

China Goes to Sea

Author: Andrew S. Erickson

Publisher: Naval Inst Press

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Page: 485

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China's turn toward the sea is evident in its stunning rise in global shipbuilding markets, its expanding merchant marine, its wide reach of offshore energy exploration, its growing fishing fleet, and its increasingly modern navy. This comprehensive assessment of China's potential as a genuine maritime power is both unbiased and apolitical. Unlike other works that view China in isolation, it places China in a larger world historical context. The authors, all authorities on their historical eras, examine cases of attempted maritime transformation through the ages, from the Persian Empire to the Soviet Union, and determine the reasons for success or failure.

The Chinese Question

by Caroline S. Hau

Strong borders , secure nation : Cooperation and conflict in China's territorial
disputes . Princeton : Princeton University Press . Freud , Sigmund . 1975 [ 1917 ]
. The taboo of virginity . In The standard edition of the complete psychological ...

The Chinese Question

Author: Caroline S. Hau

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Page: 379

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The rising strength of mainland China has spurred a revival of "Chineseness" in the Philippines. Perceived during the Cold War era as economically dominant, politically disloyal, and culturally different, the "Chinese" presented themselves as an integral part of the Filipino imagined community. Today, as Filipinos seek associations with China, many of them see the local Chinese community as key players in East Asian regional economic development. With the revaluing of Chineseness has come a repositioning of "Chinese" racial and cultural identity. Philippine mestizos (people of mixed ancestry) form an important subgroup of the Filipino elite, but their Chineseness was occluded as they disappeared into the emergent Filipino nation. In the twentieth century, mestizos defined themselves and based claims to privilege on "white" ancestry, but mestizos are now actively reclaiming their "Chinese" heritage. At the same time, so-called "pure Chinese" are parlaying their connections into cultural, social, symbolic, or economic capital, and leaders of mainland Chinese state companies have entered into politico-business alliances with the Filipino national elite. As the meanings of "Chinese" and "Filipino" evolve, intractable contradictions are appearing in the concepts of citizenship and national belonging. Through an examination of cinematic and literary works, The Chinese Question shows how race, class, ideology, nationality, territory, sovereignty, and mobility are shaping the discourses of national integration, regional identification, and global cosmopolitanism.

A Theory of Security Strategy for Our Time

by Shiping Tang

Securing Borders : China's Doctrine and Force Structure for Frontier Defense . ”
Journal of Strategic Studies 30 ( 4/5 ) : 705–737 . 2008. Strong Borders , Secure
Nation : Cooperation and Conflict in China's Territorial Disputes . Princeton ...

A Theory of Security Strategy for Our Time

Author: Shiping Tang

Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan

ISBN:

Page: 248

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Because the world has firmly evolved from an offensive realism world in the past to a defensive realism world in which we live today, defensive realism is an appropriate guide for security strategy in our time. This book advances a coherent statement of defensive realism as a theory of strategy for our time. It adds to our understanding of defensive realism as a grand theory of IR in particular and our understanding of IR in general and contributes to the ongoing debates among major paradigms of international relations.

First Principles

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... to keep their borders secure . That is a reaffirmation - and a stronger one - of
U.S. commitment than conducting a secret war . The United States has a
substantial stake in Central America , which the President has set forth to the
nation .

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Red China s capitalist Bomb

by Jonathan Ray

67 Zhu , “ Remembering Comrade Xiaoping . ” 164 . 68 Feigenbaum , China's
Techno - Warriors , 54-55 . 69 See M. Taylor Fravel , Strong Borders , Secure
Nation : Cooperation and Conflict in China's Territorial Disputes ( Princeton :
Princeton ...

Red China s capitalist Bomb

Author: Jonathan Ray

Publisher:

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Page: 51

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The author examines why China developed and tested an enhanced radiation weapon (ERW) but did not deploy it. He uses primary source documents to reconstruct the ERW program's history, assesses drivers behind decisions throughout the program, and considers broader implications for PRC decision making on weapons development. He concludes that the ERW coalition's rise and fall, the "principles" approach employed by the weaponeers, and the final decision to added the ERW to China's 'technology reserve' present plausible explanations to key questions. He also considers how the 'technology reserve' model might apply to China's decision-making on current ballistic missile defense (BMD), antisatellite (ASAT), and hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV) programs.

The Cold War and After

by Marc Trachtenberg

... and International Change by Daniel H. Nexon Strong Borders , Secure Nation :
Cooperation and Conflict in China's Territorial Disputes by M. Taylor Fravel The
Sino - Soviet Split : Cold War in the Communist World by Lorenz M.Lthi Nuclear ...

The Cold War and After

Author: Marc Trachtenberg

Publisher: Princeton Studies in Internati

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"Marc Trachtenberg is one of the best international historians in the land. His new book is filled with important insights and interesting stories. But the most important virtue of The Cold War and After is that it shows clearly that international history and international relations theory are inextricably linked and scholars cannot engage in one of those enterprises without paying serious attention to the other."--John Mearsheimer, University of Chicago "Marc Trachtenberg is unsurpassed in his ability to combine history and political science, and by bringing together a set of wide-ranging and incisive essays, he has produced a volume that belongs on the shelves of all serious scholars working in the field. The deep research, probing analysis, and distinctive voice make this book a pleasure to read."--Robert Jervis, Columbia University "This is an outstanding book, engaging and stimulating from beginning to end. Trachtenberg is one of the rare analysts of international relations with a rich sense of history, and he is one of those rare historians who can look at public policy without harsh partisan blinders. This is exactly the type of book I wish our political leaders would read when they contemplate making important decisions in foreign policy."--Thomas A. Schwartz, Vanderbilt University

Learning by Doing

by Roy Kamphausen

M. Taylor Fravel , Strong Borders , Secure Nation , Princeton , NJ : Princeton
University Press , 2008 . 39. Unattributed , " SCO to deepen pragmatic
cooperation , " China Daily , May 20 , 2011 , available from www.chinadaily.com.
cn/ opinion ...

Learning by Doing

Author: Roy Kamphausen

Publisher: Army War College

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Page: 390

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To better understand the PLA's ability to employ its developing capabilities in a variety of potential scenarios, this volume examines how the PLA learns by doing, specifically through its exercises and noncombat operations at home and overseas, and through key logistical and theoretical developments. Key findings are: 1) recent PLA exercises and operations point to an increasing interest in developing expeditionary naval capabilities and a presence in distant seas, suggesting that a move beyond the current "near seas" focus is both possible and an extension of existing efforts; 2) PLA ground force exercises -- rather than aiming to intimidate others by demonstrating the ability to project power beyond China's borders -- focus on moving military power within China, both to defend China's borders and perhaps as a prelude to military restructuring in which smaller but more mobile formations could replace larger and more static ones; 3) through its participation in international military exercises as well as peacekeeping operations and humanitarian aid and disaster relief missions, the PLA is gaining greater capabilities to deploy outside of China's borders for a variety of missions; and, 4) PLA operations are increasingly supported by a modern, civilian-integrated military logistics network, though a lack of overseas bases continues to limit the effectiveness of this network as it pertains to overseas power projection capabilities.