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Maritime Security
"China and the United States on the High Seas"
Eric McVadon

"Engagement, Caution"
Yang Yi

"New U.S. Maritime Strategy: Initial Chinese Responses"
Andrew S. Erickson

17th Party Congress
"China's New Military Elite"
Li Cheng & Scott W. Harold

"China's Reform: Approaching a Dead End"
Liu Junning

Sino-Indian Relations
"The Panda and the Peacock"
Chietigj Bajpaee

China and the United States on the High Seas Eric McVadon

Dare to Dream

The U.S. Navy is actively promoting an international maritime cooperation concept called the Global Maritime Partnership Initiative (GMPI). In popular parlance the proposal has been coined the “Thousand-Ship Navy” and calls for naval and maritime efforts among many countries around the world.1 The idea originated with the U.S. Navy in 2005 for navies and coast guards to protect sea lanes, curb maritime terrorism and piracy, and prevent proliferation of materials associated with weapons of mass destruction.2 For the first time it holds out the serious prospect for extensive maritime cooperation between China and the United States. The concept’s most prominent proponent, Adm. Michael Mullen, the former head of the U.S. Navy and current chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff, has raised the issue of Chinese participation with his counterpart, Adm. Wu Shengli, commander of China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN). China’s potential involvement in GMPI has ignited a debate in both Beijing and Washington characterized by a disparate mix of positions that range from its active promotion to concern and even deep skepticism....

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