A report co-authored by CIRAs’s Kieran Green explores the current military cyber structures and operations of China and Russia in order to postulate how both countries could conduct cyber operations in Latin America and the Caribbean, and their motivations for doing so. The report looks…
CIRA China analyst Jonathan Ray testified before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) on China’s space capabilities development. His testimony focuses on the PLA’s strategy and activities in the space and network (or cyber) domains, and their implications for strategic competition between the…
CIRA China analyst Morgan Clemens has co-authored a chapter in the new book China’s Maritime Gray Zone Operations, edited by Andrew S. Erickson and Ryan D. Martinson and released by the Naval Institute Press. His chapter concerns China’s maritime militias and is entitled “Rights Protection…
In late 2015, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) initiated a series of ongoing reforms that have brought dramatic changes to its structure, model of warfighting, and organizational culture. Undoubtedly, among the most important changes has been the creation of a unified Strategic Support Force (SSF)…
On September 3, 2015, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) General Secretary and Central Military Commission (CMC) Chairman Xi Jinping announced a reduction in the overall size of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) from 2.3 million personnel to 2 million, a reduction of about 11 percent of…
The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is currently undergoing a series of organizational reforms unprecedented in its 90-year history. Beginning in September 2015, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) General Secretary and Central Military Commission (CMC) Chairman Xi Jinping announced a force reduction of 300,000 PLA personnel, kicking…
In December 2015, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) formally launched reforms that have been described as the “most wide-ranging and ambitious restructuring since 1949.” Central Military Commission (CMC) Chairman Xi Jinping announced his intention to pursue these changes by calling them the “only way to…
Since it was announced in 2013, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has served as China’s premier economic and foreign policy program. As billions of dollars in Chinese investment have poured into road, port, and railroad infrastructure projects across Eurasia and Africa, China has concurrently…
CIRA China analyst Emily Walz reviews Leta Hong Fincher’s Betraying Big Brother: The Feminist Awakening in China in the Los Angeles Review of Books: Rewind to early 2015, Beijing. Groping on the crowded subway system has the city government considering women-only cars in an effort…
CIRA head Dr. James Mulvenon spoke to the Hidden Forces podcast regarding Chinese commercial espionage, and particularly recent allegations of malfeasance against Huawei. To listen to the full podcast episode, see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyVezezAhOw
