Abstract
The aim of this paper is to analyze the military determinants of China's strategic posture at the beginning of the 21st century, especially after the wide-ranging military reform introduced by Xi Jinping in 2015. China has faced major challenges in combining military modernization and Peaceful Development in a strategic environment marked by the balance of power logic. In this context, this paper points out the importance of military modernization for China’s grand strategy, even if it means the risk of growing tensions with regional and global military powers.
Highlights
With an increasingly relevant role on the international stage, China is a power house in the global economy, but is a key actor in the changing contemporary global order
China is situated in a region with significant challenges, such as the desired reunification with Taiwan, a nuclear North Korea, the territorial disputes in the South China Sea, and the clashes of interests and perceptions between countries such as the United States, Japan, India, Russia, and Australia
Even though the balance of power plays a sensitive role in foreign relations in the Asia-Pacific, China’s rationale is oriented to a more structural and long-range perspective
Summary
With an increasingly relevant role on the international stage, China is a power house in the global economy, but is a key actor in the changing contemporary global order.
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