Austin Strange
Austin Strange is a researcher at the China Maritime Studies Institute (CMSI) of the U.S. Naval War College and a research associate at AidData. He is currently a graduate student in nontraditional security studies at Zhejiang University.
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Articles by Austin Strange
China’s Global Maritime Presence: Hard and Soft Dimensions of PLAN Antipiracy Operations
Nearing the Twilight of Somali Antipiracy? The global antipiracy mission off Somalia, a hallmark for collective 21st-century international security, is gradually moving toward a close. There have been no successful...
Learning by Doing: PLAN Operational Innovations in the Gulf of Aden
Chinese planners were seriously concerned about logistical and operational challenges associated with anti-piracy missions near Somali waters long before the first People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) warships were deployed in...
The Relevant Organs: Institutional Factors behind China’s Gulf of Aden Deployment
Numerous institutional factors have driven and incentivized China’s participation in anti-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden. Central to executing China’s first instance of protracted Far Seas naval operations has...