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Joel Wuthnow
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Joel Wuthnow
@jwuthnow
Senior Research Fellow, National Defense University; adjunct prof., Georgetown. Columbia Ph.D. Studying Chinese military/foreign affairs. Retweets≠endorsement.
- #Xi Jinping commands the PLA, but who advises him on military matters? What kinds of officers sit atop the pyramid? How do their careers unfold? What leadership challenges would they face in a war? I address in a new @NDU_EDU monograph ndupress.ndu.edu/Media/News/New… Thread 1/11
- Why are #China's generals disappearing and what does it imply for party-army relations under #Xi Jinping? I address in a new @ForeignAffairs piece foreignaffairs.com/china/why-xi-j… Short thread (1/6)
- What is #China’s military strategy for Taiwan? What problems are the #PLA still facing? What can #Taiwan do? Just as another CODEL visits Taipei, @ndu_press releases “Crossing the Strait: China’s Military Prepares for War with Taiwan” Short thread (1/16) ndupress.ndu.edu/Portals/68/Doc…
- PLA soldiers sent onto Hong Kong streets for first time since protests began sc.mp/0ti5r. FWIW, these are not ordinary PLA troops, but rather appear to be from an army special forces brigade subordinate to the Western Theater Command
- New book alert: _The PLA Beyond Borders_ from @ndupress covers #China’s military ops in the #Indo-Pacific and expanding overseas reach Clink link for a free full-text PDF -- ndupress.ndu.edu/Publications/B… Some highlights and shout-outs to the authors below THREAD (1/16)
- The ability to defeat a PLA invasion of #Taiwan is key for deterrence, but what happens after the PLA tries and fails? In a new @INSSatNDU Strategic Forum, I discuss four scenarios. A short thread (1/n)
- THREAD: How much of a threat does China’s #PLA pose to Taiwan? We mostly focus on the military balance and challenges for U.S. intervention, but another angle needs more exploring—competing demands on PLA attention and resources. 1/9 inss.ndu.edu/Media/News/Art…
- Have more #China Central Military Commission members gone missing? MinDef Li Shengmin out since Aug. 29 -- but also missing since Aug. 29 is CMC vice chairman Zhang Youxia. CMC member Liu Zhenli absent since July 31. 1/4
- The Indo-Pacific #Quad has made new strides but how does #China see it? I've been tracking Chinese lit on this since 2018 and have a few thoughts, most recently in @WarOnTheRocks warontherocks.com/2021/04/chinas… (1/7)
- #China PLA has disbanded the Strategic Support Force and announced a new "Information Support Force" responsible for network information systems -- a new step in dominance of the info domain but many questions remain mod.gov.cn/gfbw/sy/tt_214…
