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More Than a Numbers Game: Comparing US and Chinese Landpower in the Pacific Requires Context

Pentagon News — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 16:00:00 GMT

As the US Army organizes, trains, and equips for an unforeseen future, service decisions should create or amplify relative operational advantages over the US military’s rising foe—the People’s Liberation Army. Discerning critical differences between American and Chinese land forces is a prerequisite for such efforts.

Don’t waste this crisis, Europe: consolidate your defense industry

Dr. John R. Deni — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 21:14:00 GMT

Turn your excess national defense champions into continental ones.Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine

A Drawdown of US Forces in Europe Is All but Certain

Dr. John R. Deni — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 20:03:31 GMT

Here’s how the Pentagon can rebalance its approach to the continent without sacrificing

Toward a More Effective DoD Contribution to Strategic Competition in the Western Hemisphere

R. Evan Ellis — Fri, 21 Feb 2025 20:17:00 GMT

Innovative new thinking is needed on the security challenges the People’s Republic of China poses in Latin America and the Department of Defense’s role in the US response, including (1) enhanced security cooperation that helps key democratic partners succeed and provides the United States leverage and situational awareness, and (2) anticipating how the People’s Republic of China may exploit its commercial and other activities in the region in times of war.

Deterring War without Threatening War: Rehabilitating the West’s Risk-averse Approach to Deterrence

Antulio J. Echevarria II — Fri, 19 Jan 2024 18:41:00 GMT

Shortly after Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, defense scholars began

Expert Analysis on Latest Attacks in Ukraine

John R. Deni — Fri, 06 Oct 2023 04:00:00 GMT

John R. Deni | Military expert John Deni talks to CNN's Laila Harrak about Russian attacks on

2023 Annual Estimate of the Strategic Security Environment

Pentagon News — Thu, 24 Aug 2023 04:00:00 GMT

The United States operates within a global context that is increasingly complex, interconnected, and unpredictable. The Annual Estimate of the Strategic Security Environment serves as a guide to define broadly the contemporary security landscape and the diverse range of interests that shape our national security agenda.

Fernando Villavicencio and the Self-Destructive Collaboration between China and Populist Regimes

Dr. R. Evan Ellis, PhD — Tue, 15 Aug 2023 04:00:00 GMT

R. Evan Ellis Mexico’s relationship with China has always been complicated. Although Chinese

NATO’s Defense Demands Eastern Front Improvements

John R. Deni — Thu, 20 Jul 2023 04:00:00 GMT

John R. Deni The recent summit largely avoided urgent questions about the mismatch between available

NATO Vilnius Summit could have been historic. Instead, it mostly kicked the can down the road.

John R. Deni — Fri, 14 Jul 2023 04:00:00 GMT

John R. Deni argues that at the NATO Summit, “there was little significant movement on several key

We don’t really know which NATO allies are pulling their weight.

John R. Deni — Mon, 10 Jul 2023 04:00:00 GMT

Here’s how to fix that. John R. Deni The Defense Investment Pledge agreed to by NATO allies in 2014

Debate continues over whether to invite Ukraine to join NATO

John R. Deni — Mon, 10 Jul 2023 04:00:00 GMT

Podcast appearance. John R. Deni As leaders of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or NATO, meet

Security Challenges in the Caribbean: Threats, Migration, and International Cooperation

Dr. R. Evan Ellis, PhD — Thu, 06 Jul 2023 04:00:00 GMT

R. Evan Ellis The Caribbean faces growing security challenges, ranging from geopolitical tensions to

The Trouble with China’s Global Civilization Initiative (on The Diplomat)

Pentagon News — Thu, 01 Jun 2023 04:00:00 GMT

R. Evan EllisHistory is marked by the recurring tragedy of publics rallying around leaders with

Americans and the Dragon: Lessons in Coalition Warfighting from the Boxer Uprising

Mitchell G. Klingenberg — Wed, 17 May 2023 18:03:00 GMT

Drawing from archival materials at the US Army Heritage and Education Center and the United States

Stress-Testing Chinese-Russian Relations

Robert E. Hamilton — Tue, 09 May 2023 04:00:00 GMT

Robert E. Hamilton A debate over the nature of the China-Russia relationship has raged for almost

China’s Future Military Capabilities

Roger Cliff — Wed, 26 Apr 2023 04:00:00 GMT

The 2022 National Defense Strategy of the United States of America identifies China as the “pacing

Countering Terrorism on Tomorrow’s Battlefield

Pentagon News — Fri, 02 Dec 2022 05:00:00 GMT

Every day, malicious actors target emerging technologies and medical resilience or seek to wreak

A Preliminary Look from Washington at Colombia’s New Direction and Security Challenges

R. Evan Ellis — Fri, 28 Oct 2022 04:00:00 GMT

Dr. R. Evan Ellis, October 2022This work examines the likely direction of the Gustavo Petro

Biden’s National Security Strategy: A New Era in Eurasia

Robert E. Hamilton — Fri, 28 Oct 2022 04:00:00 GMT

Robert E. Hamilton, October 26, 2022, the Foreign Policy Research Institute Russia’s invasion of