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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
Transnational Organized Crime in Mexico and the Government’s Response | R. Evan Ellis
China Landpower Studies Center
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April 29, 2025
Transnational Organized Crime in Mexico and the Government’s Response
The US government threats of tariffs on the Mexican government if it did not do more to control illicit fentanyl flows into the United States have cast new attention on the growing problem of transnational organized crime that has wrought violence
Waging War without Disruption: China’s People’s Armed Police in a Future Conflict | Jake Rinaldi
China Landpower Studies Center
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April 24, 2025
Waging War without Disruption: China’s People’s Armed Police in a Future...
As one of the three branches of China’s armed forces, the People’s Armed Police (PAP) (人民武装警察) operates alongside the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) (人民解放军) and the militia (民兵) as a key instrument of Chinese Communist Party power. According to the
Russia's the enemy | Dr. John R. Deni
European Security
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April 21, 2025
Russia's the Enemy
The United States has never been directly involved in the war in Ukraine. U.S. troops weren’t sent there to fight for Ukraine against the Russian invaders, and both sides of our political spectrum seemed intent on keeping it that way. Russia remained
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War with China: A View from Early 2024
April 11, 2024
— US defense analysts are overdue for a fundamental reassessment of the strategic factors that would shape a future Sino-American war. The United States may lower the overall risk of sparking a war between Washington and Beijing by more formally committing advanced US capabilities in intelligence collection and targeting, long-range fires, and theater air and missile defense to Japan and South Korea and by initiating bilateral planning to introduce such capabilities in Taiwan in the future. The US defense community still lacks a broad and integrated national strategy for successfully managing the rivalry with China. A clear-eyed assessment of a possible United States-China war could lead to a national strategy...
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A Baseline Assessment of the PLA Army's Border Reinforcement Operations in the Aksai Chin in 2020 and 2021
April 9, 2024
— This report analyzes the People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) border reinforcement operation throughout the Aksai Chin and adjacent areas from summer 2020 to early 2021. It is based largely on analysis of Google Earth imagery and provides a baseline for further analysis of the PLA deployment along the entire Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the Aksai Chin. Chinese Army units appear ready to remain in a defensive posture near the LAC the Aksai Chin indefinitely. ...
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75 years in, NATO Remains As Vital As Ever to American Life
April 4, 2024
— As NATO marks 75 years since its founding, there are serious questions among some Americans who...
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At 75, NATO Is Still Worth the Price
April 4, 2024
— Despite achieving notable successes over its seventy-five years of existence, NATO today faces a...
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Research Handbook on NATO "Collective Defense"
March 28, 2024
— Collective defense is back at center stage for NATO. This is primarily due to Russia’s 2014 invasion...
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Implications for Modern Warfighting Concepts: What the US Army Can Learn from Past Conflicts
March 22, 2024
— These four historic vignettes provide context and lessons learned for the US Army as it returns to peer conflict. Although history does not account for the cyber and space domains, the leaders involved in the highlighted conflicts dealt with the reintroduction of maneuver warfare tied to modern fires from land, sea, and air. Peer-level conflict also compelled governments to work intensely in the information space to steel...
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Arming Allies and Partners: How Foreign Military Sales Can Change the China Problem
March 20, 2024
— Allies and partners are “a center of gravity” for the DoD National Defense Strategy in the Indo-Pacific. But are regional nations building military capacity to help the United States prepare for and deter a potential clash with the People’s Republic of China, or are they solely focused on defending their own territories? Although regional nations’ aims may often overlap, they also diverge...
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Argentina Political and Economic Challenges
March 12, 2024
— From February 24 through March 2, I traveled to Argentina to speak with government, business and...
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EXPLAINER: What Is Article 5 and How Does it Shape NATO’s Ukraine Response?
March 5, 2024
— Sweden, a neutral country for two centuries, is joining NATO in a moveexperts say will have a...
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Look deeper: Time may be on Ukraine’s side
March 4, 2024
— If Kyiv can hold out through the next winter—a big if—there are trends that run in its...
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