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

Stifled Innovation? Developing Tomorrow’s Leaders Today
April 1, 2002 — Author: Dr Leonard Wong The author examines the current company commander experience and concludes... MORE

The Inescapable Global Security Arena
April 1, 2002 — Author: Dr Max G Manwaring The author outlines the violent characteristics of the new... MORE

The Past as Prologue: A History of U.S. Counterinsurgency Policy in Colombia, 1958-66
March 1, 2002 — Author: Mr Dennis M Rempe The author outlines the history of U.S. counterinsurgency policy and the... MORE

U.S. Military Presence in the Persian Gulf: Challenges and Prospects
March 1, 2002 — Author: Dr Sami G Hajjar The author considers the critical questions of U.S. military presence in... MORE

Defeating Terrorism: Strategic Issue Analyses
January 1, 2002 — Author: Prof John R Martin Within only a few days after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001,... MORE

The Rise of China in Asia: Security Implications
January 1, 2002 — Author: Dr Carolyn Pumphrey In March 2001 the U.S. Army War College, the Triangle Institute for... MORE

Colombian Army Adaptation to FARC Insurgency
January 1, 2002 — Author: Dr Thomas A Marks The author points out that Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)... MORE

The Intervention Debate: Towards a Posture of Principled Judgment
January 1, 2002 — Author: Dr John Garofano The author argues that American policymakers must take an approach based on... MORE

ESDP and Missile Defense: European Perspectives for More Balanced Transatlantic Partnership
December 1, 2001 — Author: Mr Martin Aguera Security cooperation with Europe has been the bedrock of American strategy... MORE

Colombia’s Paramilitaries: Criminals or Political Force?
December 1, 2001 — Author: Mr David Spencer The intent of this monograph was to explore the multiple dimensions of... MORE