Lost in Translation

Pundits and politicians often raise China as a possible military threat for the US and other neighbors– but the characterization could be inaccurate. The US intelligence community must revise its techniques for gathering reliable information about the Chinese military apparatus, argues security analyst Gregory Kulacki. US strategy vis-à-vis China could be culled from scattered and unofficial sources of questionable validity, let alone those who lack knowledge about Chinese culture or language. Kulacki suggests that unprofessional investigations of a complex situation only serve to substitute fantasy for fact and do little to quell fears. – YaleGlobal