New Directions for Projecting Land Power in the Indo-Pacific Contexts, Constraints, and Concepts

Abstract

This report seeks to address how the U.S. Army can most effectively project and employ landpower in the Indo-Pacific, in both peace and war, with a focus on scenarios involving China.We approached this question in several stages. We first sought to address the demand side of the equation, surveying regional military and geopolitical trends and assessing in detail China's strategies and tools for pursuing its objectives in the region. Second, we translated these trends and threats into operational challenges for the Army. Our subsequent analysis was directed toward those challenges.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 21, 2022
Accession Number
AD1188528

Entities

People

  • Christian Curriden
  • Dahlia A. Goldfeld
  • Derek Eaton
  • Derek Grossman
  • Eric Robinson
  • Gregory W. Fauerbach
  • John C. Jackson
  • Jonathan P. Wong
  • Joslyn Fleming
  • Katheryn Giglio
  • Lisa Saum-manning
  • Michael Bohnert
  • Michael E. Linick
  • Michael J. Mazarr
  • Michael Schwille
  • Nathan Beauchamp-mustafaga
  • Ryan A. Schwankhart
  • Scott Boston
  • Stephan B. Seabrook
  • Timothy R. Heath

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Attack Helicopters
  • Combat Areas
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Employment
  • Geography
  • Health Services
  • Information Operations
  • Information Systems
  • Land Transportation
  • Military Force Levels
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Terrain
  • Unmanned Aerial Systems
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Strategic Security Studies