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Mercedes Trent
Research Associate for the Defense Posture Project
Northeast Asia
Alliance Management
Defense Posture Trends in Northeast Asia
PLA Modernization
Mercedes Trent is a former Research Associate for the Defense Posture Project at the Federation of American Scientists.
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August 21, 2019
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This report uses data gathered from multilingual sources to explore China's motivations behind these intrusions as well as the implications for Japanese, South Korean, Taiwanese, and U.S. forces operating in Northeast Asia.
The use of Chinese economically coercive tactics by Japan and the South Korean public are complicating resolution of their diplomatic dispute, legitimizing Chinese coercion, and undermining trilateral security cooperation.