Defence Planning and Uncertainty: Preparing for the Next Asia-Pacific War

ISBN-13: 9780415605731 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 240 str.

Stephan Fruhling

Opis

Predicting the impact of China's rise on East Asia is especially difficult for defence planners, whose work is always concenrned with assessing strategic risk, deciding which risks are more likely than others, and designing the structure of forces to deal with potential threats, where the forces thus designed can fix the shape of regional defence for years to come. This book analyses the defence policy statements of three key Asia Pacific powers - the United States, Australia and New Zealand - and shows how uncertainty about the rise of China has influenced current defence planning decisions.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Defence Planning and the Problem of China 2. Defence Planning as Risk Management 3. Net Assessment-Based Planning 4. Mobilization Planning 5. Portfolio Planning 6. Task-Based Planning 7. US Defence Planning Frameworks and the Rise of China 8. Managing the Risk of Conflict in 21^st Century Asia 9. Enduring Tensions in Defence Planning

O autorze

Stephan Frühling is Senior Lecturer in the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University, Australia.