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Publications | June 18, 2025

Parameters | Summer 2025

Welcome to the Summer 2025 issue of Parameters. This issue consists of an In Focus special commentary, three forums (Indo-Pacific Challenges, Russia-Ukraine Issues, and Historical Studies).


Assessing the PLA’s Strengths and Weaknesses for Achieving the PRC’s Goals

This chapter examines the perceived strengths and weaknesses of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) within the context of its modernization process and argues that the persistence of shortcomings may undercut the confidence senior leaders would prefer

China Landpower Studies Center Newsletter II

In our second newsletter, we will share the China Landpower Studies Center (CLSC) team’s latest analysis and insights on the People’s Liberation Army (PLA).

Ecuador’s Incoming Government Faces Difficult Choices Regarding China

With Daniel Noboa returning to the presidency and a new Chinese ambassador on the way, China-Ecuador relations are at an inflection point.From April 22-25, I had the opportunity to travel to Quito, Ecuador, to address an international forum on China
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Parameters | Summer 2025
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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 for Provoked: How Washington Started the New Cold War with Russia and the Catastrophe in Ukraine
Provoked: How Washington Started the New Cold War with Russia and the Catastrophe in Ukraine 
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Cover for Into the Void: Special Operations Forces after the War on Terror
Into the Void: Special Operations Forces after the War on Terror 
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Cover for Origins of the Just War: Military Ethics and Culture in the Ancient Near East
Origins of the Just War: Military Ethics and Culture in the Ancient Near East 
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Cover for Dr. Seuss and the Art of War: Secret Military Lessons
Dr. Seuss and the Art of War: Secret Military Lessons 
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Cover for How to Fight a War
How to Fight a War 
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Cover for The War for Ukraine: Strategy and Adaptation Under Fire
The War for Ukraine: Strategy and Adaptation Under Fire
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Cover for The World Will Never See the Like: The Gettysburg Reunion of 1913
The World Will Never See the Like: The Gettysburg Reunion of 1913
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Cover for Knife Fights: A Memoir of Modern War in Theory and Practice
Knife Fights: A Memoir of Modern War in Theory and Practice
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