Proceedings of the Second IDA-CIISS Workshop: Common Security Challenges and Defense Personnel Costs

摘要

On June 19-20, 2007, representatives from the Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA), the CNA Corporation (CNAC), and the China Institute for International Strategic Studies (CIISS) met at IDA in Alexandria, Virginia, for the second of two workshops with the purpose of fostering dialog between the United States and China on subjects of common interest. The topics addressed at the workshop were common security challenges and defense personnel costs. This document contains the proceedings of the workshop, including a speech delivered by Major General (Ret) Gong Xianfu of CIISS on 'The Role of the PLA in China's Future Security Policy.'