Regional Issues

China Landpower Studies Center | June 25, 2026

From Kitchen to Combat Power: The CMC’s New Blueprint for Tactical Suste...

Joshua Arostegui

China Landpower Studies Center | June 24, 2026

GL-6–Equipped ZTZ-96A Main Battle Tanks Highlight the PLAA’s Emphasis on...

Joaquin Camarena and Anthony Costanzo

China Landpower Studies Center | June 24, 2026

China Maritime Report #55: Loading the Well Deck: The PLA Navy's Maturin...

Since 2023, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) has established an annualized rhythm of loading PLA Army (PLAA) combat, engineering, and support units onto PLA Navy (PLAN) amphibious ships for international exercises. This integration signals a

China Landpower Studies Center | June 22, 2026

Systems Over Steel: How China is Redefining Amphibious Armor Survivability

The contemporary discourse on drone-driven warfare rarely suggests the end of maneuver, but it highlights an increasingly perilous gap between tactical movement and force survivability in a hypertransparent environment. Against this backdrop, the

China Landpower Studies Center | June 5, 2026

The Z-21’s External Fuel Tanks Expand the PLAA’s Planning Options for He...

Joaquin Camarena

Afghanistan and the Future of Warfare: Implications for Army and Defense Policy
November 1, 2002 — Author: Dr Stephen D Biddle America's novel use of special forces, precision weapons, and indigenous... MORE

European Adaptation to Expeditionary Warfare: Implications for the U.S. Army
November 1, 2002 — Author: Dr Andrew M Dorman The author briefly examines the European response to the changing... MORE

Dragon on Terrorism: Assessing China’s Tactical Gains and Strategic Losses Post-September 11
October 1, 2002 — Author: Dr Mohan Malik The U.S. relationship with China and the global war on terrorism are the two... MORE

Colombia’s Conflicts: The Spillover Effects of a Wider War
October 1, 2002 — Author: Mr Richard Millett This monograph is the first in a new Special Series of monographs that... MORE

Growing U.S. Security Interests in Central Asia
October 1, 2002 — Author: Dr Elizabeth Wishnick The author assesses U.S. security interests and military activities in... MORE

Transformation Concepts for National Security in the 21st Century
September 1, 2002 — Author: Dr Williamson Murray This book represents some of the thinking by students at the U.S. Army... MORE

China’s Growing Military Power: Perspectives on Security, Ballistic Missiles, and Conventional Capabilities
September 1, 2002 — Authors: Dr Andrew Scobell, Dr Larry M Wortzel This volume, comprised of papers originally presented... MORE

Avoiding Vietnam: The U.S. Army’s Response to Defeat in Southeast Asia
September 1, 2002 — Author: Dr Conrad C Crane As American operations against terrorism spread around the globe to places... MORE

Clausewitz’s Center of Gravity: Changing Our Warfighting Doctrine–Again!
September 1, 2002 — Author: Dr Antulio J Echevarria II The author cuts through the myriad interpretations surrounding... MORE

The Bases of French Peace Operations Doctrine: Problematical Scope of France’s Military Engagements within the U.N. or NATO Framework
September 1, 2002 — Author: Mr Joseph Philippe Gregoire France believes that external threats to its vital and important... MORE