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Publications | Sept. 16, 2025

Parameters | Autumn 2025

Welcome to the Autumn 2025 issue of Parameters. We open with two In Focus commentaries. The first, “A Case for Military Proportionality: Disabling Nuclear Plants” by Henry Sokolski, offers practical ways in which military planners can disable
China Landpower Studies Center | Nov. 13, 2025

China’s Foreign Police Training: A Global Footprint

New data reveal how China’s foreign police training programs have become an integral part of Beijing’s strategy to remake global security.
China Landpower Studies Center | Nov. 13, 2025

SSI Live 118 – The China Strategic Competition Seminar

In this episode of SSI Live, Major Brennan Deveraux interviews Colonel Kyle Marcrum and Lieutenant Colonel Paul Milas on the SSI-developed China Strategic Competition Seminar. The conversation explores the origin and relevance of the seminar,
China Landpower Studies Center | Nov. 7, 2025

Forecasting the PRC’s Next Global Initiative

Executive Summary:• Xi Jinping could unveil a “global environmental initiative” as soon as mid-November 2025, at the COP31 summit in Brazil. This would align with previous initiatives that have been announced at international forums.• This new
China Landpower Studies Center | Oct. 27, 2025

The PLA’s Progress toward World-Class Ground Force Capabilities

This essay examines Xi Jinping’s dictum of creating a world-class military by 2049 and assesses the progress of the PLA ground forces toward achieving that notional benchmark.
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The US Army War College Quarterly, Parameters, is a refereed forum for contemporary strategy and Landpower issues. It furthers the education and professional development of senior military officers and members of government and academia concerned with national security affairs.

Parameters is indexed in, inter alia, Air University Library Index to Military Periodicals, US Government Periodicals Index, LexisNexis Government Periodicals Index, Worldwide Political Science Abstracts, Lancaster Index to Defence & International Security Literature (UK), and PAIS Bulletin. Book reviews are indexed in Gale Group’s Book Review Index. Parameters is also available through ProQuest and UMI.

Parameters  Bookshelf
Cover of Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present
Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present
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Cover of America’s Cold Warrior: Paul Nitze and National Security from Roosevelt to Reagan
America’s Cold Warrior: Paul Nitze and National Security from Roosevelt to Reagan
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Cover of Warfare in the Robotics Age
Warfare in the Robotics Age
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Cover of Algorithms of Armageddon: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Future Wars
Algorithms of Armageddon: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Future Wars
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Cover of The First Cold War: Anglo-Russian Relations in the 19th Century
The First Cold War: Anglo-Russian Relations in the 19th Century
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Cover of Spetsnaz: A History of the Soviet and Russian Special Forces
Spetsnaz: A History of the Soviet and Russian Special Forces
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Cover of China’s Quest for Military Supremacy
China’s Quest for Military Supremacy
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Cover of Upstart: How China Became a Great Power
Upstart: How China Became a Great Power
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