TIME: Tuesday, December 22, 2020, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EST
PLATFORM: Zoom webinar (call-in information will be provided following event sign-up)
DESCRIPTION: China’s President Xi
Jinping is committed to two primary military ambitions: he wants China to
become a great maritime power by 2035 and a world-class armed force by 2050. In
China as a Twenty-First-Century Naval Power, retired U.S. Navy Rear Admiral
Michael McDevitt focuses on China's navy and its recent and
continuing transformation into a formidable force.
Mr. McDevitt begins the book by exploring the strategic rationale behind President
Xi's objectives. He then examines the PLA Navy's role in the South China Sea and
the Indian Ocean, and concludes with a forecast of what President Xi's vision
of a "world-class navy" might look like in the next fifteen years as
the 2035 deadline approaches.
Join the National Committee on December 22 at 4:00 p.m. EDT for a virtual program with Rear Admiral Michael McDevitt, USN (retired), as he describes the development of China's navy, and implications for the U.S. military and policy-makers.