An intriguing aspect of General Secretary Xi Jinping's political consolidation was the establishment of a Central National Security Commission (CNSC) at the end of 2013. The CNSC seemingly empowered Xi, who was put in charge of the new body, and through a permanent staff structure, perhaps set the stage for more effective strategic planning and crisis response. Over the last few years, subordinate National Security Commissions (NSCs) have been installed at all tiers of the party structure down to the county level. The CNSC thus sits atop a new organizational hierarchy that strengthens Xi's ability to set the agenda and improves the party's ability to coordinate national security affairs. While the system's political utility for Xi is clear, its role in improving crisis response at the local level could be constrained by several factors...............
China’s CNSC is not a standalone body like the U.S. National Security Council, but rather the highest echelon in a nationwide system that includes subordinate NSCs down to the county level. This supports an interpretation of the CNSC as an inward-looking body primarily focused on supervising management of domestic security.
The
creation of an NSC system within the party’s organizational structure
reinforces Xi’s dominance of the national security architecture and
creates new mechanisms for information sharing and coordination within
the party. ........To Read More....
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