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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.

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,

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

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.

Global Public Security with Chinese Characteristics

A conversation between Dr. Sheena Chestnut Greitens and Bonnie Glaser on China's Global Security Initiative.
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Category: Regional Issues, China Landpower Studies Center, European Security, INDOPACOM (Indo-Pacific Region), South & Latin America

Strategic Insights: The Sinister Shadow of Escalating Middle Eastern Sectarianism
January 21, 2016
Cover for Strategic Insights: The Sinister Shadow of Escalating Middle Eastern Sectarianism

Strategy and Grand Strategy: What Students and Practitioners Need to Know
December 31, 2015
Mastering the Gray Zone: Understanding a Changing Era of Conflict

Reforming U.S. Export Controls Reforms: Advancing U.S. Army Interests
December 23, 2015
Reforming U.S. Export Controls Reforms: Advancing U.S. Army Interests

Underestimated: Our Not So Peaceful Nuclear Future
December 22, 2015
Underestimated: Our Not So Peaceful Nuclear Future

Enabling Others to Win in a Complex World: Maximizing Security Force Assistance Potential in the Regionally Aligned Brigade Combat Team
December 18, 2015
Enabling Others to Win in a Complex World: Maximizing Security Force Assistance Potential in the Regionally Aligned Brigade Combat Team

Autonomous Weapon Systems: A Brief Survey of Developmental, Operational, Legal, and Ethical Issues
December 16, 2015
Autonomous Weapon Systems: A Brief Survey of Developmental, Operational, Legal, and Ethical Issues

Lethal and Legal? The Ethics of Drone Strikes
December 15, 2015
Lethal and Legal? The Ethics of Drone Strikes

Strategic Insights: Guyana-Venezuela: The Essequibo Region Dispute
December 14, 2015

Strategic Insights: Thinking About Catastrophe: The Army in a Nuclear Armed World
December 14, 2015

The Human Terrain System: Operationally Relevant Social Science Research in Iraq and Afghanistan
December 11, 2015
The Human Terrain System: Operationally Relevant Social Science Research in Iraq and Afghanistan