Book/Printed Material The People's Liberation Army's search for overseas basing and access : a framework to assess potential host nations

Title

• The People's Liberation Army's search for overseas basing and access : a framework to assess potential host nations

Summary

• While China's growing economic power began reshaping the global economy in the 2000s and Beijing's foreign policy approach has increasingly sought to reshape the international order since the 2010s, the future role of China's rapidly improving military, the People's Liberation Army (PLA), on the global stage remains unclear. However, General Secretary Xi Jinping's 2017 assertion that the PLA will transform into "world-class forces" by 2049 implies that China will seek to develop at least some level of global military power over the next three decades. This study aims to understand where China might seek to gain basing and access for PLA forces abroad and what types of operations it might carry out there. The authors develop a framework to systematically assess valuable attributes from Beijing's perspective, focusing on the utility of potential host nations (desirability) and on China's ability to secure access (feasibility). They evaluate 108 countries across three priority regions-the Middle East, Africa, and the broader Indo-Pacific-and the respective U.S. combatant command areas of responsibility in which each country is located. The authors match 17 framework indicators, focusing on the 2030-2040 time frame, to available quantitative and qualitative data to assess and rank potential host nations. They discuss implications and recommend strategies for the U.S. government, the U.S. Department of Defense, and the U.S. Army to better understand China's plans for additional overseas basing and access and to prioritize risks to U.S. forces.

Names

• Garafola, Cristina L., author
• Chandler, Nathan, 1982- author
• Curriden, Christian, author
• Grossman, Derek, author
• Heath, Timothy R., author
• Smith, Meagan L., author
• Watts, Stephen (Stephen Baldwin), author
• United States. Army
• Arroyo Center. Strategy, Doctrine, and Resources Program
• Rand Corporation

Created / Published

• Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation, [2022]

Contents

• Chapter One: Introduction -- Chapter Two: China's Overseas Interests and Requirements for Global Military Power -- Chapter Three: A Framework for Assessing China's Pursuit of Overseas Basing and Access Locations -- Chapter Four: Evaluating Potential Host Nations as Future Chinese Basing and Access Locations -- Chapter Five: Synthesis of Findings and Recommendations -- Appendix A: Methodology for Basing and Access Framework -- Appendix B: Country Scores.

Headings

• -  Military bases, Foreign
• -  Military bases--China
• -  Africa--Strategic aspects
• -  China--Military policy
• -  China--Armed Forces
• -  Middle East--Strategic aspects
• -  Southeast Asia--Strategic aspects

Notes

• -  "Prepared for the United States Army"
• -  "RAND ARROYO CENTER"
• -  Minimal Level Cataloging Plus.
• -  Title from PDF document (viewed November 29, 2022)
• -  Includes bibliographical references (pages 109-122).
• -  Description based on electronic resource
• -  Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.

Medium

• 1 electronic resource (xiii, 122 pages )

Call Number/Physical Location

• MLCM 2024/41225 (U)

Digital Id

• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcebookspublic.2024739129

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2024739129

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• Unrestricted online access

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• pdf

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• https://lccn.loc.gov/2024739129

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