Regional Issues

China Landpower Studies Center | Nov. 13, 2025

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.

China Landpower Studies Center | Nov. 13, 2025

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,

China Landpower Studies Center | Nov. 7, 2025

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

China Landpower Studies Center | Oct. 27, 2025

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.

China Landpower Studies Center | Sept. 30, 2025

Global Public Security with Chinese Characteristics

A conversation between Dr. Sheena Chestnut Greitens and Bonnie Glaser on China's Global Security Initiative.

Perspectives from Argentina, Brazil, and Colombia: Hemispheric Security
July 1, 2003 — Authors: Dr Luiz Bitencourt, AMB Pedro Villagra Delgado, Maj Gen Henry Medina Uribe There is a lack... MORE

The Lessons of History: The Chinese people’s Liberation Army at 75
July 1, 2003 — Authors: Ms Laurie Burkitt, Dr Andrew Scobell, Dr Larry M Wortzel With the armed forces of the... MORE

The “New” American Way of War
June 2, 2003 — Author: LTC Raymond A Millen This year’s topic, "The 'New' American Way of War," was particularly... MORE

Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff’s Leadership Using the Joint Strategic Planning System in the 1990s: Recommendations for Strategic Leaders
June 1, 2003 — Author: Dr Richard M Meinhart The Joint Strategic Planning System has been considered the primary... MORE

The United States and Colombia: The Journey from Ambiguity to Strategic Clarity
May 1, 2003 — Author: Dr Gabriel Marcella American strategy towards Colombia has shifted from a counternarcotics... MORE

Recalibrating the U.S.-Republic of Korea Alliance
May 1, 2003 — Authors: COL Donald W Boose Jr, Ms Balbina Y Hwang, Dr Patrick Morgan USMC, Dr Andrew Scobell On... MORE

Prospects for Peace in South Asia
April 29, 2003 — Author: Dr W Andrew Terrill On January 21-22, 2003, the U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies... MORE

Strategic Effects of Conflict with Iraq: Latin America
March 1, 2003 — Author: Dr Max G Manwaring The author has been asked to analyze four issues: the position that key... MORE

Globalization and the Nature of War
March 1, 2003 — Author: Dr Antulio J Echevarria II The author explores the nature of war, and how it has changed as... MORE

Future War/Future Battlespace: The Strategic Role of American Landpower
March 1, 2003 — Authors: Dr Steven Metz, LTC Raymond A Millen The authors examine the trends in the strategic... MORE