The United States and China both need to make a concerted effort to improve their strategic relations. Both sides need to work together to improve their strategic relations, despite differences in military power. Both sides should engage in diverse forms of exchange. Even though many of these exchanges are symbolic, it can have a positive impact on mutual trust. These stabilization mechanisms are crucial to preventing and managing differences and avoiding broader crises and conflicts.
There are differences between U.S. military power and Chinese.
The report highlights the differences in the military capabilities of the two countries and argues that the U.S. has a legitimate military advantage. It also emphasizes the importance limiting Chinese military advancement to protect U.S. National Security Interests. Numerous scholars and experts contributed to this report. They include former Pentagon officials as well as military experts.
These scholars and experts are all specialists in their field. Ervin J. Kurter, former undersecretary to the state for foreign affairs and Robert S. Kapp are some of these experts. They are the presidents of the U.S. China Business Council which represents U.S. companies doing Chinese business. Thomas S. Foley was also an ex-ambassador of the United States to Japan, and is now a partner with Warburg Pincus. Andrew Scobell is a senior fellow at Strategic Studies Institute of U.S Army War College.
Confidence gap between U.S. and Chinese militaries
Despite China’s impressive military progress, its military capabilities are still behind those of the United States. China is far behind the United States when it comes to operational and military skills. However, China has made substantial progress in many key areas. RAND has recently published a report which analyzes both the U.S. militaries and China's.
The report offers a range of methods to assess the relative capabilities and potential for conflict between the U.S. Military and the Chinese Armed Forces. It shows how each nation ranks against the other in historical comparisons from 1996 through 2017. A disadvantage indicates that one side is unlikely to be able achieve its primary goals.
Efforts to enhance cooperation between the two militaries
The two militaries are working together to establish a common mechanism to increase cooperation. This mechanism will include the U.S. Forces in South Korea and other relevant agencies of both governments. It will also allow for close coordination of intelligence activities and operations. Both militaries will also support one another with their electronic communications and electronic capabilities.
Both the U.S. and the Japanese Governments will also coordinate their intelligence and transportation operations. This is an important step to improving the effectiveness and efficiency of both Forces. The collaboration will be in the area of airlift and sealift supplies to Japan.
Trust gap between the two militaries
Despite improvements in military relations between India, China, there remains a trust gap between them. Due to this, both militaries continue being cautious in their interactions across Line of Actual Control. They have yet to settle their longstanding border dispute. The two countries have close strategic relations with the US and Japan, but suspicions about motives and intentions continue to undermine political and border compromise.
Although both militaries attempted to resolve the issue, little has been accomplished. Both sides continue to deploy large numbers of troops in depth areas. Both sides are working together to build infrastructure to support their military operations in Ladakh. The talks between both militaries ended up being only 10 rounds. Prior to the Galwan Valley clash, the first round was held.