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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

Op-Ed: Balancing The Joint Force: Defense and Military Challenges Through 2020
March 11, 2014

Legality in Cyberspace: An Adversary View
March 11, 2014
A Typology of Arguments about Drone Ethics

The Chinese People’s Liberation Army and Information Warfare
March 5, 2014
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Op-Ed: Not Your Grandfather’s Insurgency — Criminal, Spiritual, and Plutocratic
February 20, 2014

Senior Officer Talent Management: Fostering Institutional Adaptability
February 14, 2014
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Op-Ed: Between Conflicts: An Army Role That Sticks
January 17, 2014

New Realities: Energy Security in the 2010s and Implications for the U.S. Military – Executive Summaries
January 1, 2014
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Africa’s Booming Oil and Natural Gas Exploration and Production: National Security Implications for the United States and China
December 30, 2013
Africa's Booming Oil and Natural Gas Exploration and Production: National Security Implications for the United States and China

Op-Ed: Will the Syrian Civil War Last 10 More Years?
December 30, 2013

New Realities: Energy Security in the 2010s and Implications for the U.S. Military
December 30, 2013