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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 | Sept. 30, 2025

Global Public Security with Chinese Characteristics

A conversation between Dr. Sheena Chestnut Greitens and Bonnie Glaser on China's Global Security Initiative.
China Landpower Studies Center | Sept. 26, 2025

Adapting to Future Wars: The Reorganization of the PLA Army’s Special Op...

The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) implemented major changes to the organization, accession, and training of its army’s special operations forces (SOF) beginning in 2017, including the creation of a 12-man SOF team and establishment of a probable
China Landpower Studies Center | Sept. 5, 2025

China’s September 2025 Military Parade: How PLA Ground Forces Are Adapt...

China’s military parades are often viewed as a form of deterrence by giving Xi Jinping an opportunity to showcase the People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) advanced weapons systems to the world and bring like-minded authoritarian leaders from partner
Publications | Aug. 26, 2025

Loyal Paraguay: The Peña Government’s Strategic Choice to Stay with Taiwan

From August 11-15, 2025, the author was in Asuncion, Paraguay, in an International Republican Institute (IRI) event hosted by that nation’s President Santiago Peña, bringing together government officials, diplomats, businesspersons, and civil
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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.

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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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