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Slide for Planning for Protracted Conflict with China: Five Questions to Ask
China Landpower Studies Center
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June 26, 2025
Planning for Protracted Conflict With China: Five Questions to Ask
Where and how a conflict starts will affect the kind of war it will be.
Slide for Assessing the PLA’s Strengths and Weaknesses for Achieving the PRC’s Goals
China Landpower Studies Center
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June 3, 2025
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
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China Landpower Studies Center
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May 20, 2025
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 | R. Evan Ellis
China Landpower Studies Center
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May 8, 2025
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
China’s Coming Diplomatic Blitz in the Americas | R. Evan Ellis
China Landpower Studies Center
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May 8, 2025
China’s Coming Diplomatic Blitz in the Americas
The next few months will bring a series of high-profile multilateral engagements between China and Latin American countries, as Beijing seeks to capitalize on discontent with Trump.In the coming three months, China will have a number of opportunities
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Strategic Implication of the Chinese-Operated Port of Chancay
November 7, 2024
— This article examines the Port of Chancay from a strategic perspective, with a focus on how COSCO (China Ocean Shipping Company) achieved unprecedented control over the operation of the new Peruvian megaport, the impact that the port is likely to have on the global logistics system, and its strategic implications in time of war with the United States. It argues that the project is illustrative of how the PRC...
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Venezuela: The Path Forward
November 6, 2024
— Thanks to the courageous work of the Venezuelan opposition, including obtaining physical and photographic evidence of over 80% of the individual “acts” from Venezuela’s more than 30,000 polling places, the world generally knows that Edmundo Gonzalez received far more votes than Nicholas Maduro in the country’s July 28, 2024, Presidential election. Nonetheless, he is unlikely to successfully take control of the state apparatus that controls Venezuela’s territory on Inauguration Day, January 10, 2025. ...
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Paraguay’s Security Challenges and the Government Response
October 28, 2024
— This article analyzes the security challenges in Paraguay and the government response under the...
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Chile’s Expanding Defense Relationship with China
October 18, 2024
— From September 9-14, 2024, Chilean Defense Minister Maya Fernandez Allende, granddaughter of Chile’s...
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China in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: A New Dynamic in Critical Mineral Procurement
October 17, 2024
— Critical minerals will continue to grow in importance across the globe in the coming decades as technological advancements require greater quantities of these materials. The 2023 US Department of Energy Critical Materials Assessment report listed seven materials as critical in the short term because of their uses for magnets, batteries, and fuel cells: dysprosium, neodymium, gallium, graphite, terbium, iridium, and cobalt...
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Re-Asserting the Value of the Individual for Latin America’s Security and Prosperity
October 15, 2024
— Empowerment of the individual, not the state, is the key to innovation, prosperity, physical and political security for Latin America, as the region engages with an unprecedented array of challenges and new partners. ...
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PRC Strategic Adaptation in Africa
October 9, 2024
— The People’s Republic of China (PRC)’s expanding security footprint in Africa, marked by increased military cooperation and infrastructure investments, poses a significant challenge to US strategic interests. As outlined in the Department of Defense’s annual report to Congress, China is using its diplomatic and multilateral platforms to reinforce defense influence established through the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).1 The United States has begun to counter China’s policy maneuvers with competition in the economic space, through multilateral efforts like the Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment (PGI)...
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Peace and Unity: China’s Growing Military Footprint in Tanzania
October 9, 2024
— The July and August 2024 Sino-Tanzanian training exercise Peace Unity-2024 (和平团结-2024) provided the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) an opportunity to apply its growing joint expeditionary capability, while also strengthening its relationship with a key strategic partner on the African continent.1 Commemorating 60 years of bilateral relations between the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and Tanzania, the exercise included antipiracy and counterterrorism training events that enabled the PLA to train in Tanzania’s complex terrain alongside elements of the Tanzanian People’s Defense Forces (TPDF)...
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Understanding the PRC’s Selective Use of Military Hotlines
October 4, 2024
— Executive Summary: The PRC’s strategic use of and reluctance to establish military hotlines reflect a calculated approach to escalation risk, which can be seen in crises ranging from the accidental bombing of its embassy in Belgrade in 1999 to the present day. There is a recognition that hotlines offer tactical benefits, but they are not viewed as a solution...
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Bargaining for Justice: Ukraine, Gaza, and the Ethics of Conflict Termination
September 23, 2024
— As wars in Ukraine and Gaza continue with little end in sight, the sense of urgency to determine how they should end is increasing, given how the wars could end. A just war aims to establish a better state of peace, but a better state of peace may not always be achievable, and even when it is achievable, it may not be good enough. When that is the case, actors must determine on what terms to settle...
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