Although China has not formally put forward an Indo-Pacific naval strategy, the new national
defense strategy of the People's Liberation Army (PLA), Fighting Regional Informatized War …

China's establishment of a Central National Security Commission (CNSC) in late 2013 was
a potentially transformative event in the evolution of China's national security decision …

Since the early 2000s, energy security has appeared frequently in Chinese policy
statements. The focus is on security of supply, even if the discourse is becoming more …

The PLA has been a key player in Chinese elite politics since 1949. However, a series of
developments over the last four years has prompted China watchers to re-evaluate Party …

The People's Liberation Army (PLA) has been undergoing a profound transformation in
terms of its operational capabilities, both with regard to its hardware as well as its heartware …

This chapter provides a framework for understanding changing levels of power
concentration and how they might be linked with authoritarian resilience. It looks at elite …

This book provides a holistic picture of Chinese global security discourses, with a focus on
macrosecuritizations. The work examines how the People's Republic of China (PRC) has …

In the process of bringing together this special issue of the Australian Journal of International
Affairs, we were struck by how frequently the term 'national security'is used and abused, by …

The analysis of this report is focused on those specific aspects of national security that relate
to the protection of critical infrastructure, sectors and processes that are important for the …

The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) of the People's Republic of China (PRC)
is now the site of the largest mass repression of an ethnic and/or religious minority in the …