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Books from 2024

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China’s Forever War: What If a Taiwan Invasion Fails?, Joel Wuthnow

Books from 2023

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Discerning the Drivers of China’s Nuclear Force Development: Models, Indicators, and Data, David C. Logan and Phillip C. Saunders

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China's Indo-Pacific Folly, Andrew Taffer and David Wallsh

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Why Xi Jinping Doesn't Trust His Own Military, Joel Wuthnow

Books from 2022

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Averting Escalation and Avoiding War: Lessons from the 1995–1996 Taiwan Strait Crisis, Kristen Gunness and Phillip C. Saunders

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Gray Dragons: Assessing China’s Senior Military Leadership, Joel Wuthnow

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Rightsizing Chinese Military Lessons from Ukraine, Joel Wuthnow

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Crossing the Strait: China’s Military Prepares for War with Taiwan, Joel Wuthnow, Derek Grossman, Phillip C. Saunders, Andrew Scobell, Andrew N.D. Yang, Joshua Arostegui, Michael Casey, Alexander Chieh-cheng Huang, Chieh Chung, Mathieu Duchâtel, Conor M. Kennedy, Roderick Lee, Sale Lilly, and Drew Thompson

Books from 2021

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Winning the Fight Taiwan Cannot Afford to Lose, Drew Thompson

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The PLA Beyond Borders: Chinese Military Operations in Regional and Global Context, Joel Wuthnow, Arthur S. Ding, Phillip C. Saunders, Andrew Scobell, Andrew N.D. Yang, John Chen, Dean Cheng, Chung Chieh, Kieran Green, Kristen Gunness, Isaac B. Kardon, Ying-Yu Lin, Joe McReynolds, Jonah Victor, and Shinji Yamaguchi

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PLA Overseas Operations in 2035: Inching Toward a Global Combat Capability, Joel Wuthnow, Phillip C. Saunders, and Ian Burns McCaslin

Books from 2020

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Beyond Borders: PLA Command and Control of Overseas Operations, Dr. Phillip C. Saunders

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Just Another Paper Tiger? Chinese Perspectives on the U.S. Indo-Pacific Strategy, Dr. Joel Wuthnow

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The PLA Beyond Asia: China’s Growing Military Presence in the Red Sea Region, Dr. Joel Wuthnow

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China’s Inopportune Pandemic Assertiveness, Joel Wuthnow

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System Overload: Can China’s Military Be Distracted in a War over Taiwan?, Joel Wuthnow

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China's 'New-Type' Private Think Tanks: Is 'New' Better?, Joel Wuthnow and Dingding Chen

Books from 2019

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Chairman Xi Remakes the PLA: Assessing Chinese Military Reforms, Phillip C. Saunders, Arthur S. Ding, Andrew Scobell, Andrew N.D. Yang, Joel Wuthnow, Nathan Beauchamp-Mustafaga, Dennis J. Blasko, Edmund J. Burke, Arthur Chan, John Chen, Tai Ming Cheung, John Costello, Mark R. Cozad, Andrew S. Erickson, Kim Fassler, David M. Finkelstein, Daniel Gearin, Justin Godby, Brian Lafferty, David C. Logan, LeighAnn Luce, Ma Chengkun, Joel McFadden, Joe McReynolds, Ian Burns McCaslin, and Erin Richter

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China's Other Army: The People's Armed Police in an Era of Reform, Joel Wuthnow

Books from 2018

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China's Strategic Support Force: A Force for a New Era, John Costello and Joe McReynolds

Books from 2017

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Chinese Military Diplomacy, 2003–2016: Trends and Implications, Kenneth Allen, Phillip C. Saunders, and John Chen

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Chinese Perspectives on the Belt and Road Initiative: Strategic Rationales, Risks, and Implications, Joel Wuthnow

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Chinese Military Reforms in the Age of Xi Jinping: Drivers, Challenges, and Implications, Joel Wuthnow and Phillip C. Saunders

Books from 2016

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Korean Unification and the Future of the U.S.-ROK Alliance, David F. Helvey

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China’s Future SSBN Command and Control Structure, David C. Logan

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China’s Goldwater-Nichols? Assessing PLA Organizational Reforms, Phillip C. Saunders and Joel Wuthnow

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Posing Problems Without an Alliance: China-Iran Relations after the Nuclear Deal, Joel Wuthnow

Books from 2015

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Red China's "Capitalist Bomb": Inside the Chinese Neutron Bomb Program, Jonathan Ray

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The People’s Liberation Army and Contingency Planning in China, Andrew Scobell, Arthur S. Ding, Phillip C. Saunders, Scott W. Harold, Michael S. Chase, Dean Cheng, Mark Cozad, Jeffrey Engstrom, Kristen Gunness, Alexander Chieh-cheng Huang, Ben Lowsen, Ma Chengkun, Lyle Morris, Mark A. Stokes, Marcelyn L. Thompson, Jonathan Walton, Catherine Welch, Thomas Woodrow, and Larry M. Wortzel

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China Moves Out: Stepping Stones Toward a New Maritime Strategy, Christopher H. Sharman

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An Empirical Analysis of Claimant Tactics in the South China Sea, Christopher D. Yung and Patrick McNulty

Books from 2014

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A Low-Visibility Force Multiplier: Assessing China’s Cruise Missile Ambitions, Dennis M. Gormley, Andrew S. Erickson, and Jingdong Yuan

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“Not an Idea We Have to Shun”: Chinese Overseas Basing Requirements in the 21st Century, Christopher D. Yung, Ross Rustici, Scott Devary, and Jenny Lin

Books from 2013

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China’s Forbearance Has Limits: Chinese Threat and Retaliation Signaling and Its Implications for a Sino-American Military Confrontation, Paul H.B. Godwin and Alice L. Miller

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The Rebalance to Asia: U.S.-China Relations and Regional Security, Phillip C. Saunders

Books from 2012

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Managing Sino-U.S. Air and Naval Interactions: Cold War Lessons and New Avenues of Approach, Mark E. Redden and Phillip C. Saunders

Books from 2011

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The Emergence of China in the Middle East, James Chen

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Chinese Military Transparency: Evaluating the 2010 Defense White Paper, Phillip C. Saunders and Ross Rustici

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Buy, Build, or Steal: China’s Quest for Advanced Military Aviation Technologies, Phillip C. Saunders and Joshua K. Wiseman

Books from 2010

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Assessing Chinese Military Transparency, Michael Kiselycznyk and Phillip C. Saunders

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Civil-Military Relations in China: Assessing the PLA’s Role in Elite Politics, Michael Kiselycznyk and Phillip C. Saunders

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China’s Out of Area Naval Operations: Case Studies, Trajectories, Obstacles, and Potential Solutions, Christopher D. Yung, Ross Rustici, Isaac Kardon, and Joshua Wiseman