Table of Contents:
  • Reconsidering the PLA as an interest group / Phillip C. Saunders and Isaac B. Kardon
  • The PLA in the party leadership decisionmaking system / Alice Miller
  • The riddle in the middle : China's Central Military Commission in the 21st century / Tai Ming Cheung
  • Top leaders and the PLA : the different styles of Jiang, Hu, and Xi / Nan Li
  • The role of the military in China's foreign policy and crisis behavior / Michael D. Swaine
  • The PLA role and influence in China's Taiwan policymaking / Bonnie S. Glaser
  • The PLA's influence on China's DPRK policy / Andrew Scobell
  • The rise of PLA diplomacy / Eric Hagt
  • The PLA and national security decisionmaking : insights from China's territorial and maritime disputes / M. Taylor Fravel
  • The PLA navy lobby and its influence over China's maritime sovereignty policies / Christopher D. Yung
  • The PLA and maritime security actors / Linda Jakobson.