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 china debates the future security environment 
CHINA DEBATES the FUTURE SECURITY ENVIRONMENT

Pillsbury, Michael (2000). China Debates the Future Security Environment. University Press of the Pacific. ISBN 978-1-4102-1856-8. Archived from the original on 2009-06-25.

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https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/report/2000/part01.htm

Don't debate. . . Once debate begins, things become complicated.

Deng Xiaoping

CHINA DEBATES the FUTURE SECURITY ENVIRONMENT

MICHAEL PILLSBURY

January 2000

National Defense University Press
Washington, DC

Contents

PREFACE
PROLOGUE 

1. THE MULTIPOLARITY DEBATE 

    The Current Assessment, 1986-99
    Multipolarity Proclaimed in 1986
    Revisionist Multipolarity

        Challenging the Orthodox View
        The Orthodox Counterattack

    Techniques for Showing Dissent
    Differences Within the Orthodox Camp
    Post-Kosovo Debate 
    Shanghai's Elaborate Studies
    Fifty-Year Structures
    Future Wars

        Rivalries, Struggles, and Local Wars
        Sources of Wars
        Deng Xiaoping Thought

    China's Role in Multipolarity
    Findings

        The Basic Framework
        Debates
        Regional Wars 

2. AMERICA'S DECLINING ROLE 

    Failure to Implement the RMA
    Future Military Weaknesses
    Weakness in Logistics
    North Korea Can Defeat America 
    Weaknesses in the Gulf War
    U.S. Aircraft Carrier Vulnerabilities
    Overall U.S. Decline
    Loss of Allies
    Self-Prophecy of Decline
    Lord of the Earth
    Findings 

3. JAPAN AND INDIA: DANGEROUS DEMOCRACIES 

    The Inevitable Rise of Japan and India
    Japan

        Future Rivalries
        Contrasting Views
        Future Militarism 
        Impact of Militarism
        He Xin: A Dissenting View
        Military Development

    India 

        A Future Asian Great Power? 
        Instability in South Asia
        Historical Rivalries 
        The Enduring Relevance of History

    Findings 

4. A WEAK RUSSIA'S FUTURE 

    Rely on China
    Debates on Russia
    Development and Recovery
    Dangers in the Future Security Environment
    Russia's Response 
    Influence of the Kosovo Crisis 
    Sino-Russian Relations 
    Military Development 
    "Secret" RMA Efforts 
    Implications of the Soviet Collapse 
    American Subversion? 
    Moscow's Own Fault 
    Findings 

5. GEOPOLITICAL POWER CALCULATIONS 

    The Orthodox Versus the Reform
    Origins 
    Ancient Chinese Strategists as Antecedents 
    Modern Beginnings 

    Qualitative Factors 

        High-Technology Warfare 
        Economic Rivalries 
        Strategy and Structure 
        Grand Strategy

    Quantitative Factors

        The CASS Index Framework 
        The AMS Index System 
        Foreign Methods 
        The CASS Weighted Index Plan
        The AMS Dynamic Equation 
        Calculating the Rise and Decline of Nations

    Forecasts: Winners and Losers in 2020 

        CASS 
        AMS 
        CNP Versus GDP Forecasts 
        Other Predictions

    Findings 

6. FORECASTING FUTURE WARS

    Where Will Local Wars Occur? 
    What Kind of Wars Could Affect China? 
    Institutional Affiliations of the Three Schools 
    Force Structure and the Three Schools 

        People's War School 
        Local War School 
        The RMA Advocates

    Three Mutually Exclusive Scenarios 
    The RMA in China

        RMA Forecasts 
        The RMA and the United States 
        Asymmetric War 
        Advocates 
        Proposals and Programs 
        National Conferences

    Asymmetric Warfare

        Strategy 
        Sea Power 
        Air Power 
        Nanotechnology Weapons 
        "Magic Weapons"

    Combat Concepts 
    Defense Investment Decisions

        Resource Allocation 
        Investments Recommended by RMA Advocates 
        Investments Recommended by Power Projections Advocates 
        Investments Recommended by People's War Advocates 

    Findings 

7. CONCLUSIONS  

    Multiple Debates  

        The Rate of Multipolarization  
        The Pace of U.S. Decline  
        The Future Powers  
        The Roles of Japan and Russia  
        Future Wars 

    A Clear Picture  
    Warring States  
    America's Decline  
    Future National Power
    Threats from Japan and India  
    Partnership with Russia  
    Forecasting Future Wars  
    Sensitive Debates 

ACRONYMS 
CHINESE LANGUAGE BIBLIOGRAPHY 
APPENDIX 1: THE DEFINITION OF STRATEGIC ASSESSMENT 
APPENDIX 2: ASSESSMENT INSTITUTIONS 
INDEX OF CHINESE AUTHORS 
ABOUT THE AUTHOR

https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/report/2000/part01.htm
https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/report/2000/part01.htm

Contents

PREFACE
https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/report/2000/part02.htm

PROLOGUE 
https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/report/2000/part03.htm

https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/report/2000/part03.htm


1. THE MULTIPOLARITY DEBATE 

    The Current Assessment, 1986-99
    Multipolarity Proclaimed in 1986
    Revisionist Multipolarity

        Challenging the Orthodox View
        The Orthodox Counterattack

    Techniques for Showing Dissent
    Differences Within the Orthodox Camp
    Post-Kosovo Debate 
    Shanghai's Elaborate Studies
    Fifty-Year Structures
    Future Wars

        Rivalries, Struggles, and Local Wars
        Sources of Wars
        Deng Xiaoping Thought

    China's Role in Multipolarity
    Findings

        The Basic Framework
        Debates
        Regional Wars 

2. AMERICA'S DECLINING ROLE 

    Failure to Implement the RMA
    Future Military Weaknesses
    Weakness in Logistics
    North Korea Can Defeat America 
    Weaknesses in the Gulf War
    U.S. Aircraft Carrier Vulnerabilities
    Overall U.S. Decline
    Loss of Allies
    Self-Prophecy of Decline
    Lord of the Earth
    Findings 

3. JAPAN AND INDIA: DANGEROUS DEMOCRACIES 

    The Inevitable Rise of Japan and India
    Japan

        Future Rivalries
        Contrasting Views
        Future Militarism 
        Impact of Militarism
        He Xin: A Dissenting View
        Military Development

    India 

        A Future Asian Great Power? 
        Instability in South Asia
        Historical Rivalries 
        The Enduring Relevance of History

    Findings 

4. A WEAK RUSSIA'S FUTURE 

    Rely on China
    Debates on Russia
    Development and Recovery
    Dangers in the Future Security Environment
    Russia's Response 
    Influence of the Kosovo Crisis 
    Sino-Russian Relations 
    Military Development 
    "Secret" RMA Efforts 
    Implications of the Soviet Collapse 
    American Subversion? 
    Moscow's Own Fault 
    Findings 

5. GEOPOLITICAL POWER CALCULATIONS 

    The Orthodox Versus the Reform
    Origins 
    Ancient Chinese Strategists as Antecedents 
    Modern Beginnings 

    Qualitative Factors 

        High-Technology Warfare 
        Economic Rivalries 
        Strategy and Structure 
        Grand Strategy

    Quantitative Factors

        The CASS Index Framework 
        The AMS Index System 
        Foreign Methods 
        The CASS Weighted Index Plan
        The AMS Dynamic Equation 
        Calculating the Rise and Decline of Nations

    Forecasts: Winners and Losers in 2020 

        CASS 
        AMS 
        CNP Versus GDP Forecasts 
        Other Predictions

    Findings 

6. FORECASTING FUTURE WARS

    Where Will Local Wars Occur? 
    What Kind of Wars Could Affect China? 
    Institutional Affiliations of the Three Schools 
    Force Structure and the Three Schools 

        People's War School 
        Local War School 
        The RMA Advocates

    Three Mutually Exclusive Scenarios 
    The RMA in China

        RMA Forecasts 
        The RMA and the United States 
        Asymmetric War 
        Advocates 
        Proposals and Programs 
        National Conferences

    Asymmetric Warfare

        Strategy 
        Sea Power 
        Air Power 
        Nanotechnology Weapons 
        "Magic Weapons"

    Combat Concepts 
    Defense Investment Decisions

        Resource Allocation 
        Investments Recommended by RMA Advocates 
        Investments Recommended by Power Projections Advocates 
        Investments Recommended by People's War Advocates 

    Findings 

7. CONCLUSIONS  

    Multiple Debates  

        The Rate of Multipolarization  
        The Pace of U.S. Decline  
        The Future Powers  
        The Roles of Japan and Russia  
        Future Wars 

    A Clear Picture  
    Warring States  
    America's Decline  
    Future National Power
    Threats from Japan and India  
    Partnership with Russia  
    Forecasting Future Wars  
    Sensitive Debates 

ACRONYMS 
CHINESE LANGUAGE BIBLIOGRAPHY 
APPENDIX 1: THE DEFINITION OF STRATEGIC ASSESSMENT 
APPENDIX 2: ASSESSMENT INSTITUTIONS 
INDEX OF CHINESE AUTHORS 
ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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