Sheena Chestnut Greitens, Isaac B. Kardon, Cameron Waltz
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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.
About the Author
Nonresident Scholar, Asia Program
Sheena Chestnut Greitens is a nonresident scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
- China’s Foreign Police Training: A Global FootprintPaper
- A New World Cop on the Beat? China’s Internal Security Outreach Under the Global Security InitiativePaper
Sheena Chestnut Greitens, Isaac B. Kardon, Cameron Waltz
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