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A major shift from the past slogans of "stepping up war preparations" and "making ready for the outbreak of war" which dominated the Chinese military thinking in the 1960s, the new military doctrine under Deng Xiaoping since the 1980s has been geared to readjust the balance between economic development and military advancement. During Deng's era, China has initiated a major step in demobilising millions of troops. Since 1991, China has initiated other series of measures aimed at restructuring the defence system. (DÜI-Sen)

Social scientists concerned with processes of change within military organizations have begun to appropriate the language of postmodernism in order to describe a number of transformations observed in military forces cross-nationally since the end of the Cold War. Although the thesis of the "postmodern military" may have a novel appeal to scholars across a broad range of disciplines, this article argues that while substantial changes are indeed occurring in the armed forces of Western countries, there is at present little evidence to suggest that these changes are postmodern in nature. On the contrary, most of the developments in contemporary armed forces being described as such are actually modern in character-emerging as the result of rational, purposeful adaptation to environmental contingencies. We argue that the intellectual discourse of postmodernism is useful for military sociology only to the extent that scholars are able to apply discrete strands of postmodern social theory to predict or explain processes of change. The article examines the utility of three such strands: post-industrialism, post-Fordism, and globalization. Finally, alternative criteria, heretofore marginalized in the discussion of the postmodern military, are suggested as benchmarks to determine the degree to which the armed forces have indeed become postmodern.

Dünya tarihinin neredeyse her safhasında yer almış; en önemli ve kadim medeniyetlerden birisi olan Çin Medeniyetinin günümüzdeki varisi ve dünyanın en kalabalık nüfusuna sahip olan Çin Halk Cumhuriyeti ve Asya'da 'kıta devleti' konumunda bulunan, dünyanın en büyük demokrasisi kabul edilen Hindistan Cumhuriyeti arasındaki ilişkiler her dönemde araştırmacıların dikkatini çekmiştir. Nezir Oğuş da bu araştırmacılar arasında yerini almaktadır.