Assessing the threat : the Chinese military and Taiwan's security / edited by Michael D. Swaine, Andrew N.D. Yang, and Evan S. Medeiros ; with Oriana Skylar Mastro.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-385) and index.

Introduction / Michael D. Swaine and Oriana Skylar Mastro -- China's Asia policy : strategy and tactics / Alex Liebman -- The PLA and joint operations : moving from theory toward practice / Dean Cheng -- Evolving Chinese concepts of war control and escalation management / Lonnie D. Henley -- PLA power projection : current realities and emerging trends / Roy D. Kamphausen and Justin Liang -- Air force deterrence and escalation calculations for a Taiwan Strait conflict : China, Taiwan, and the United States / Kenneth W. Allen -- The military instrument of statecraft at sea : naval options in an escalatory scenario involving Taiwan, 2007-2016 / Bernard D. Cole -- The nuclear dimension : how likely? how stable? / Brad Roberts -- PRC information operations : myths, trends, and new opportunities / James Mulvenon -- Taiwan's defense preparation against the Chinese military threat / Andrew N.D. Yang -- The implications of Chinese military modernization for U.S. force posture in a Taiwan conflict / Roger Cliff -- Future East Asian security architecture : implications for the PLA / Alan D. Romberg -- Assessing the threat / Michael D. Swaine and Oriana Skylar Mastro.