'Understanding Chinese And North Korean Gray Zone Operations In The Yellow Sea' By CWP Alum Andrew Erickson

The body of water dividing China and the Koreas has inherent geostrategic importance and military operational significance. The South China Sea appears to have the greatest volume, frequency, and diversity of PAFMM operations; these are widely revealed in readily available sources. Compared with the South China Sea, in the East China Sea there are fewer contested features, none controlled by the PRC far from its shores, and hence fewer permissive locations for PAFMM personnel to engage in marine economic activities—a domain that greatly facilitates the scope, variety, and “justification” of their operations in the South China Sea. The chapter also presents an overview on the key concepts discussed in this book.

Introduction: Understanding Chinese and North Korean Gray Zone Operations in the Yellow Sea

By: Andrew S. Erickson - Book: Maritime Gray Zone Operations - Edition: 1st Edition - First Published: 2022 - ImprintRoutledge - Pages18 - eBook ISBN9781003310723

https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003310723-1/introduction-understanding-chinese-north-korean-gray-zone-operations-yellow-sea-andrew-erickson

Dr. Andrew S. Erickson (艾立信) is a professor of strategy and the research director in the Naval War College (NWC)’s China Maritime Studies Institute (CMSI). A core founding member, he helped establish CMSI and stand it up officially in 2006, and has played an integral role in its development. CMSI inspired the creation of other research centers, which he has advised and supported; he is a China Aerospace Studies Institute associate. Since 2008 he has been an associate in research at Harvard’s Fairbank Center. Erickson has taught courses at NWC and Yonsei University, advises NWC student research and curricula, and supports NWC’s scholarly research relationship with Japanese counterparts.

Photo Credit: By Uwe Dedering - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9638893