Mastering the Adversary’s Mindset: China

Course Learning Objectives

  • Analyze China’s national interests and strategic objectives, including Taiwan and the broader Indo-Pacific region.
  • Interpret the impact of geography on Chinese military campaigns.
  • Evaluate the PLA’s strategic, operational, and tactical capabilities across all services.
  • Understand national and theater-level force posture in both wartime and peacetime.
  • Describe the PLA’s personnel policies and processes for force generation.
  • Analyze President Xi Jinping’s ongoing military reforms since 2016.
  • Assess the role of the PLA’s national exercises in campaign development and training readiness.
  • Evaluate Taiwan’s defense posture and its concepts for defensive operations.
  • Assess China’s deterrence principles and implications for PLA campaigns.

Upcoming Booz Allen CWOW Course Dates:

Honolulu, Hawaii

January 12-16

February 9-13

Washington, DC

January 26-30

February 23-27