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China's Perspective on the U. S. -China Military Balance
The People's Republic of China's (PRC's) and the People's Liberation Army's (PLA's) understanding of the military balance is fundamentally based on sy...
Drivers and Implications
This report examines the key drivers behind China's strategic bomber flights throughout the Asia-Pacific region, and report recommends specific respon...
The authors of this report examine military applications of artificial intelligence (AI); compare development efforts in the United States, China, and...
Partner and Ally Views
This report, one of two, focuses on whether partners and allies have the willingness to support U.S. operations in a major Indo-Pacific conflict. The ...
Economic Opening, Conventional Deterrence Breakdown, and Nuclear Use
The authors examine (1) experiences of different communist regimes to forecast North Korean adoption of a new economic model; (2) what might happen if...
Vietnam
This report explores Vietnam's perspective on rising U.S.-China competition by evaluating how Vietnam is responding to U.S. and Chinese influence in d...
Study Overview and Conclusions
The authors define U.S.-China competition for influence and assess competition in nine countries across the Indo-Pacific to gain insight into how the ...
An Analysis of Chinese International and Defense Strategies to Outcompete the United States
This research explores possible strategies that China might employ to outcompete the United States. The authors of this report aim to support U.S. pla...
How Competitors and Adversaries Could Exploit Climate-Related Conflict in the U.S. Central Command Area of Responsibility
This report presents an analysis of how U.S. competitors and adversaries--China, Russia, and Iran--could attempt to exploit climate-related conflict i...
The authors examine the application of classical deterrence theory to the space domain and argue that to build a tailored deterrence strategy for Chin...
Contexts, Constraints, and Concepts
This report seeks to address how the U.S. Army can most effectively project and employ land power in the Indo-Pacific, during competition and conflict...
In this study, RAND researchers examined the current role of security cooperation efforts as a tool in the emerging strategic competition among the Un...
An Analysis of People's Liberation Army Missions, Tasks, and Potential Vulnerabilities
The authors (1) identify tasks that the Chinese military would likely be assigned in peacetime competition with the United States and in a hypothetica...
These conference proceedings summarize the in-person Track II Dialogue that RAND and the Observer Research Foundation convened on January 12, 2024, an...
An Approach to Developing Cyberspace Options to Sustain U.S. Primacy Against Revisionist Powers
The 2022 National Defense Strategy calls for "integrated deterrence" in how the United States postures its cyberspace forces to address the strategic ...
The Freely Associated States and Chinese Influence
The Freely Associated States--the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, and Palau--have been the subject of increasing Chinese influence. The authors examine ...
A Framework to Assess Potential Host Nations
Using a framework of 17 indicators, the authors assess and rank potential host nations for Chinese overseas basing and access. They recommend steps to...
Deepening Defense Ties Among U.S. Allies and Partners in the Indo-Pacific
Since the year 2000, U.S. allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific have been deepening their defense ties. The authors explore the dimensions, causes, ...