China, the United States, and 21st-century sea power
An edition of China, the United States, and 21st-century sea power (2008)
defining a maritime security partnership
By Andrew S. Erickson
Publish Date
2008
Publisher
Naval Institute Press
Language
eng
Pages
529
Description:
China's rise to power on the world's oceans is attracting wide attention and may ultimately restructure the global balance of power during the course of the 21st century. Many books have described this phenomenon and the significant strategic implications that flow from Beijing's rapid maritime development. However, the subject of whether and how to integrate a stronger China into a global maritime security partnership has not been adequately explored. Delving into a variety of vital domains of contemporary maritime security, American and Chinese contributors to this edited volume illustrate that despite recent turbulence in U.S.-China military relations, substantial shared interests should enable extensive maritime security cooperation. But for professionals to structure cooperation effectively, they warn, Washington and Beijing must create sufficient political and institutional space. Andrew S. Erickson is an associate professor in the U.S. Naval War College's Strategic Research Department and a founding member of its China Maritime Studies Institute. He is an Associate in Research at Harvard University's Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies and a Fellow in the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations' Public Intellectuals Program. Lyle J. Goldstein is an associate professor in the Strategic Research Department at the U.S. Naval War College, and the founding director of the department's China Maritime Studies Institute. He is proficient in Chinese and Russian and has published widely in scholarly journals on China, Russia, Central Asia, and surface and undersea warfare. Nan Li is an associate professor at the China Maritime Studies Institute at the U.S. Naval War College. He received his Ph.D. in political science from the Johns Hopkins University, has published extensively on Chinese security and military policy, and is the editor of Chinese Civil-Military Relations. --Book Jacket.