What the Chinese Army Is Learning From Russia’s Ukraine War - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Summary

In this article—retired US three-star—General Hooper notes the following:

• The PLA is keen to learn as much as possible from existing and past conflicts.
• It engages in aggressive intelligence gathering to obtain information about such conflicts.
• Important to remember that the PLA is not like western defence forces; it is a political organisation that is required to also engage in warfighting.
• In recent years China has focussed on power projection.
• China will have noted that Russia possessed overwhelming combat power, but Ukraine was able to counter this by engaging in asymmetric warfare.
• Regarding Taiwan, the Ukraine conflict clearly shows that a well-supplied defender is difficult to beat.
• An important point to note is that deterrence signalling by both Russia and the USA failed to stop Russia from invading Ukraine.

References

• RUSSIAN-UKRAINE CONFLICT—ARTICLES | The Runway (airforce.gov.au)
• NOV 2021 NATO Review - Hybrid Warfare – New Threats, Complexity, and ‘Trust’ as the Antidote
• FEB 2022 ‘Hybrid Warfare’: One Term, Many Meanings | Small Wars Journal

Source Information:

• Article Source: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• Media Check:  Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CEIP) - Media Bias/Fact Check (mediabiasfactcheck.com)
• RAAF RUNWAY: RATIONALE, GUIDELINES, LEARNING OUTCOMES, ETC |