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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

Dangerous Ground: The Spratly Islands and U.S. Interests and Approaches
December 27, 2013
Dangerous Ground: The Spratly Islands and U.S. Interests and Approaches

Politics and Economics in Putin’s Russia
December 10, 2013
Politics and Economics in Putin's Russia

U.S. Governmental Information Operations and Strategic Communications: A Discredited Tool or User Failure? Implications for Future Conflict
December 3, 2013
U.S. Governmental Information Operations and Strategic Communications: A Discredited Tool or User Failure? Implications for Future Conflict

What Is Next for Mali? The Roots of Conflict and Challenges to Stability
November 20, 2013
What Is Next for Mali? The Roots of Conflict and Challenges to Stability

Washington’s Debt, Beijing’s Bubble, and the Discussion No One is Having
November 15, 2013

State Collapse, Insurgency, and Counterinsurgency: Lessons from Somalia
November 14, 2013
State Collapse, Insurgency, and Counterinsurgency: Lessons from Somalia

Building Better Armies: An Insider’s Account of Liberia
November 12, 2013
Building Better Armies: An Insider’s Account of Liberia

Reforming the Police in Post-Soviet States: Georgia and Kyrgyzstan
November 6, 2013
Reforming the Police in Post-Soviet States: Georgia and Kyrgyzstan

Central Asia After 2014
November 3, 2013
Central Asia After 2014

Changing Minds In The Army: Why It Is So Difficult and What To Do About It
October 28, 2013
Changing Minds In The Army: Why It Is So Difficult and What To Do About It