Pulling Back the Curtain on China’s Maritime MilitiaAUTHORSGregory B. PolingTabitha Grace MalloryHarrison Prétat The Center for Advanced Defense StudiesNOVEMBER 2021A Report of the CSIS Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative and the Center for Advanced Defense Studies
Pulling Back the Curtain on China’s Maritime MilitiaAUTHORSGregory B. PolingTabitha Grace MalloryHarrison PrétatThe Center for Advanced Defense StudiesNOVEMBER 2021A Report of the CSIS Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative and the Center for Advanced Defense Studies
III | Pulling Back the Curtain on China’s Maritime MilitiaAbout CSIS The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) is a bipartisan, nonprofit policy research organization dedicated to advancing practical ideas to address the world’s greatest challenges.Thomas J. Pritzker was named chairman of the CSIS Board of Trustees in 2015, succeeding former U.S. senator Sam Nunn (D-GA). Founded in 1962, CSIS is led by John J. Hamre, who has served as president and chief executive officer since 2000.CSIS’s purpose is to define the future of national security. We are guided by a distinct set of values—nonpartisanship, independent thought, innovative thinking, cross-disciplinary scholarship, integrity and professionalism, and talent development. CSIS’s values work in concert toward the goal of making real-world impact.CSIS scholars bring their policy expertise, judgment, and robust networks to their research, analysis, and recommendations. We organize conferences, publish, lecture, and make media appearances that aim to increase the knowledge, awareness, and salience of policy issues with relevant stakeholders and the interested public.CSIS has impact when our research helps to inform the decisionmaking of key policymakers and the thinking of key influencers. We work toward a vision of a safer and more prosperous world.CSIS does not take specific policy positions; accordingly, all views expressed herein should be understood to be solely those of the author(s).© 2021 by the Center for Strategic and International Studies. All rights reserved.Center for Strategic & International Studies1616 Rhode Island Avenue, NWWashington, DC 20036202-887-0200 | www.csis.org
IV | Poling, Mallory, Prétat, and The Center for Advanced Defense StudiesAcknowledgmentsThis report was made possible by funding from the Department of State’s Global Engagement Center.The authors would like to sincerely thank their fellow CSIS and Center for Advanced Defense Studies (C4ADS) team members who supported their analysis, with special thanks to their interns, whose input was invaluable to the creation of this report. C4ADS would also like to thank its technology partners, in particular Amazon Web Services and Palantir Technologies, whose software and systems are integral to the integrity and quality of its research and analysis.CSIS would like to thank Alan Davis, Sus...
