C&WP alum Joel Wuthnow 2024 Brookings piece translated into Mandarin

March 03, 2025

Thanks to Shunshun (Emerson) Xu (Tsui) for translating Joel Wuthnow's 2024 Brookings piece on PRC concepts of "strategic deterrence."

Thanks also to Liu Yawei, and the rest of the team at 中美印象 are making U.S. writings more accessible to a Chinese-speaking audience. https://lnkd.in/erk9TBPN


吴志远:盾牌,剑,抑或象征?解读中国领导人的战略性威慑

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编者按:在中美博弈背景下,中国的战略威慑及其相关力量备受关注。为加深对这一关键议题的理解,“中美印象”特别翻译了吴志远博士的评论文章“盾牌,剑,抑或象征?解读中国领导人的战略性威慑”(Shield, Sword, or Symbol: Analyzing Xi Jinping’s “Strategic Deterrence”)。该文章于2024年3月7日首发于美国智库布鲁金学会。吴志远博士(Dr. Joel Wuthnow)是美国国防大学中国军事事务研究中心高级研究员,译者徐宇深为卡特中心“中美印象”网站特约撰稿人。请点击文中链接,以了解更多背景知识与重要研究成果。


Dr. Joel Wuthnow is a senior research fellow in the Center for the Study of Chinese Military Affairs within the Institute for National Strategic Studies at NDU. His research areas include Chinese foreign and security policy, Chinese military affairs, U.S.-China relations, and strategic developments in East Asia. In addition to his duties in INSS, he also serves as an adjunct professor in the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. 

His recent books and monographs, all from NDU Press, include Gray Dragons: Assessing China's Senior Military Leadership (2022), Crossing the Strait: China's Military Prepares for War with Taiwan (2022, lead editor), The PLA Beyond Borders: Chinese Military Operations in Regional and Global Context (2021, lead editor), System Overload: Can China's Military Be Distracted in a War over Taiwan? (2020), and Chairman Xi Remakes the PLA: Assessing Chinese Military Reforms (2019, co-editor). His research and commentary has also appeared in outlets such as Asia PolicyAsian SecurityChina Leadership MonitorThe China QuarterlyForeign AffairsForeign PolicyJoint Force QuarterlyJournal of Contemporary ChinaJournal of Strategic StudiesKorean Journal of Defense Analysis, Naval War College Review, and in edited volumes. 


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