How China’s Military is Changing the Game in the Pacific /

For China, the primary goal of this strategy is to prevent the US and its allied forces from having access to China’s maritime and air approaches in the event of a military conflict over Taiwan or any other crisis in the South China Sea, and to deny the US and its allies from using their forward bases within the near and middle seas. [...] The US Third Offset strategy is the current concept for countering the growing power of peer competitors such as China and Russia, and preserving a military-technological edge for the United States. [...] In the future the US and its allies will have to focus on gaining and maintaining operational access in order to preserve freedom of actions in the global commons (sea, What is emerging air, space, and cyberspace) against a growing challenge of increasingly sophisticated and rapidly proliferating mili- is that the US and tary threats. [...] The formation of the PLA Strategic Support Force in 2015 that brings together space, cyber, and electronic warfare capabilities into a new operational command highlights the importance of these areas and winning the information battle from the outset. [...] He has worked with the Department of Defence, both in Navy Headquarters in the Strategy and Force Structure area, and with Strategic Policy Division in the Strategic Policy Guidance and Strategic External Relations and Education sections from November 2007 to March 2012.