China's Strategy for the Near Seas
U.S. Naval War College
McCarty Little Hall Auditorium
Newport, Rhode Island
May 10-11, 2011
Registration Closed
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For additional information, please contact LCDR Ed Fiorentino
at (401) 841-2359 or edward.fiorentino@usnwc.edu.
The annual conference of the China Maritime Studies Institute (CMSI) is a key function of the institute and has the aim of stimulating focused research on Chinese maritime development.
This year’s theme explores China’s claims and capabilities within and around the ‘First Island Chain’ or in the so-called ‘Near Seas.’ The six panels will assess the rapidly evolving situations of concern in the Yellow Sea, the East China Sea and also the South China Sea. Then, participants will collectively formulate balanced assessments of capabilities, doctrinal development and plausible scenarios. Finally, they will discuss and debate possible USN responses to China’s ‘Near Seas’ strategy.