Dr. Christopher Yung explains the empirical evidence of actions by claimants in the South China Sea.
Author, Analyst, Historian
Dr. Christopher Yung explains the empirical evidence of actions by claimants in the South China Sea.
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Dr. Christopher Yung presents the findings of his study on the actions and tactics being undertaken by the countries with territorial claims in the South China Sea
Dr. Christopher D. Yung is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS), National Defense University, where he specializes in Chinese military and security issues. Mr. Patrick McNulty also contributed research to this project.
Recorded at the East-West Center office in Washington, DC, January 28, 2014
To understand the rising crisis in the East China Sea, join military historian, author and journalist John D. Gresham for Military Monday at 1 p.m. Eastern. His guest this week will be Christopher David Yung of the National Defense University’s Institute for National Strategic Studies, a senior analyst on the PRC. Together, they will try and lay out exactly what is happening in the East China Sea, and try to explain what the possible future actions of the various conflicting nations might be. Listeners are encouraged to call in and ask questions, along with expressing their own opinions on the emerging crisis.
On Friday, October 25, the Center for a New American Security hosted a half-day experts’ conference, jointly organized with the Japan Institute of International Affairs, on the strategic choices facing China, Japan, and the United States in East Asia entitled, “The Shifting Military Balance in East Asia: Strategic Choices Facing China, Japan and the United States.” Participants in this session included: The Honorable Dr. Patrick M. Cronin, Senior Advisor and Senior Director, Asia-Pacific Security Program, Center for a New American Security; Dr. James Przystup, Senior Fellow, Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University; Tetsuo Kotani, Research Fellow, Japan Institute of International Affairs; Bonnie S. Glaser, Senior Adviser for Asia, Freeman Chair in China Studies and Senior Associate, Pacific Forum; Center for Strategic and International Studies; Dr. Christopher Yung, Senior Fellow, Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University; Paul S. Giarra, President, Global Strategies and Transformation; and Komei Isozaki, Visiting Fellow from Ministry of Defense of Japan, Center for Strategic and International Studies.