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China's Use of Nontraditional Strategic Landpower in Asia

This article argues that the People’s Republic of China uses its police and internal security forces as a nontraditional means of projecting strategic Landpower in the Indo-Pacific and Central Asia.

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By Sheena Chestnut Greitens
Published on Mar 13, 2024

Parameters (US Army War College)

About the Author

Sheena Chestnut Greitens
Sheena Chestnut Greitens

Nonresident Scholar, Asia Program

Sheena Chestnut Greitens is a nonresident scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

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    China’s Foreign Police Training: A Global Footprint
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      Sheena Chestnut Greitens, Isaac B. Kardon, Cameron Waltz

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    A New World Cop on the Beat? China’s Internal Security Outreach Under the Global Security Initiative
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      Sheena Chestnut Greitens, Isaac B. Kardon, Cameron Waltz

Sheena Chestnut Greitens
Nonresident Scholar, Asia Program
Sheena Chestnut Greitens
SecurityForeign PolicyEast AsiaChina

Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.

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