Regional Issues

European Security | Dec. 19, 2024

It’s (Still) More Expensive to Rotate Military Forces Overseas than Base...

In mid-2020, then-President Donald Trump ordered the Pentagon to withdraw roughly one-third of US forces from Germany, reportedly because of policy differences with Berlin. Given how long it would take to implement such a significant change in

South & Latin America | Dec. 18, 2024

Security Implications for the United States from Iranian and Hezbollah A...

This presentation will examine engagement with Latin America by Iran, its government agents, and surrogate groups such as Hezbollah, including terrorist finance, terrorism, and other activities and their evolution in recent years. It will address the

External Articles | Dec. 17, 2024

Making the Case for Democratic, Limited Government and Economic Liberty ...

This work is derived from an address given by the author to the InterAmerican Institute for Democracy on December 4, 2024, in Miami, Florida.In discussing the status of political and economic freedom in Latin America, my thoughts go to the

European Security | Dec. 10, 2024

Will Assad’s Defeat be Putin’s Waterloo?

The narrative of Russia’s ascendancy in 2024 is beginning to look like more fiction than fact. The Assad regime in Syria has become a casualty of Moscow’s increasingly desperate efforts in Ukraine, and its collapse is a strategic and operational blow

Publications | Dec. 5, 2024

China’s Next Step in Modernizing the People’s Liberation Army: A New Res...

The Chinese Communist Party’s massive active-duty army—the largest in the world—understates the manpower available to the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) during a future protracted war. Despite the hundreds of thousands of combat troops garrisoned

Category: Regional Issues, China Landpower Studies Center, European Security, INDOPACOM (Indo-Pacific Region), South & Latin America

Learning from the Stones: A Go Approach to Mastering China’s Strategic Concept, Shi
May 1, 2004 — Author: Dr David Lai To help with the process of identifying those new and untested strategic... MORE

Strategic Consequences of the Iraq War: U.S. Security Interests in Central Asia Reassessed
May 1, 2004 — Author: Dr Elizabeth Wishnick The U.S.-led war in Iraq complicates security cooperation between the... MORE

U.S. Security Strategies: Trade Policy Implications for Latin America
April 14, 2004 — Author: Dr Max G Manwaring The Summit of the Americas Center and Latin American and Caribbean Center... MORE

THIS IS NOT YOUR FATHER’S, OR MOTHER’S ARMY!
April 1, 2004 — Author: Dr Douglas V Johnson II Each month a member of the SSI faculty writes an editorial for our... MORE

Debating Ends, not Just Means, in the War on Terror
March 1, 2004 — Author: Dr Stephen D Biddle Each month a member of the SSI faculty writes an editorial for our... MORE

Security in the Americas: Neither Evolution nor Devolution–Impasse
March 1, 2004 — Author: Dr Max G Manwaring The author identifies the strategic-political challenge of effective... MORE

China and North Korea: From Comrades-In-Arms to Allies at Arm’s Length
March 1, 2004 — Author: Dr Andrew Scobell At first, it might not seem surprising to have a formal military alliance... MORE

Toward an American Way of War
March 1, 2004 — Author: Dr Antulio J Echevarria II The author examines the principal characteristics and ideas... MORE

Toward a New U.S. Strategy in Asia
February 1, 2004 — Author: Dr Stephen J Blank Each month a member of the SSI faculty writes an editorial for our... MORE

Reconfiguring the American Military Presence in Europe
February 1, 2004 — Author: LTC Raymond A Millen The author examines America's options regarding the basing of ground... MORE