Tag Archives: PLAN
An Alternate Naval Typology
An alternate naval typology for surface combatants.
A Three-Way In The East China Sea?
The conflict over the Senkaku/Diaoyu islands in the East China Sea illustrates a number of issues in the Asia-Pacific region. The People’s Republic of China’s expansive maritime claims is the granddaddy, but there are a number of contributing elements – from the challenges of deep-sea resource exploration to the region’s political relationships. The week before [...]
Read MoreCarriers of the Indo-Pacific Maritime Great Game
By Felix Seidler, Institute for Security Policy, University of Kiel, Germany / German blogger. Less Liaoning Nothing has been as over-hyped since August 2011 as China’s aircraft carrier program. After the former Soviet carrier Varyag, fully refurbished by the Chinese and renamed Liaoning, took its first “test drive”, thousands of blog posts, press pieces, and scholarly [...]
Read MoreStealing a Long March
Falling Out Force development is much like agriculture. Seeds appear trifling things; but such small objects can engulf entire fields or grow to incredible height. Investing early in incubator programs can lead to huge changes in the future. When observed from a position of strength, the small changes garnered by others seem superficial rather than [...]
Read MoreChina’s Growing Role in Counter-Piracy Operations
By Jack Moore The People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) has maintained a counter-piracy presence in the Indian Ocean for four years. This begs the question: why is China becoming increasingly cooperative in counter-piracy operations? The rise of China is one of the prominent issues of the day for scholars of International Relations of the day and it [...]
Read MoreA Voyage of Unintended Discovery (Update 8/16)
Photos: AP Update 8/16: The activists, crew, and media are all in custody, as Japan prepares to deport them. This action forestalls the sort of diplomatic crossfire the central government faced from nationalists at home and the Chinese government when it briefly held for trial a Chinese fisherman who rammed a coast guard vessel in [...]
Read MoreChina’s Maritime Policies: An Opportunity for Canada
By Joelle Westlund In some ways overshadowed by events elsewhere in its maritime claims, China added fuel the regional fire that has characterized its relations with neighbouring states for the last several decades on July 10th. This time it did so by launching a naval exercise in the waters near the Zhoushan islands in the [...]
A Busy Week in the South China Sea
It’s been a busy week for the South China Sea. For those of you keeping score at home, these are some of the news stories we’ve been following: 1. Post-ASEAN fall-out: After ASEAN failed last week to release a joint communiqué for the first time in 45 years, Cambodia is looking to some [...]