strategic planning
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Two Fronts, One Strategic Architecture
How RAND’s Russia strategy and Brookings’ Iran strategy were written into the wars that followed RAND Corporation is not an independent commentator sitting outside the American state. It is a federally funded research and development centre that has operated under standing contract to the US Army, the Air Force, and the Office of the Secretary… Continue reading
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China’s Military Shake-Up
Understanding Xi Jinping’s balancing of loyalty, competence, and institutional stability in China’s armed forces, within the context of governance and national development The investigation and removal of General Zhang Youxia, one of the most senior officers in the People’s Liberation Army and vice-chairman of China’s Central Military Commission (CMC), marks an event of deep significance… Continue reading
anti-corruption campaign, Central Military Commission, centralisation, China, Chinese governance, Chinese political system, competence, corruption, cross-strait relations, economic development, international relations, leadership consolidation, loyalty, military purge, military readiness, People’s Liberation Army, PLA, poverty alleviation, regional security, strategic planning, taiwan, Xi Jinping, Zhang Youxia
