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

Transforming Defense an Era of Peace and Prosperity
December 1, 2001 — Author: Dr Conrad C Crane The ideas and issues presented in this collection of papers from the... MORE

The Transatlantic Security Agenda: A Conference Report and Analysis
December 1, 2001 — Author: Dr Stephen J Blank Immediately after the terrorist attacks on the Pentagon and World Trade... MORE

Chinese Information Warfare: A Phantom Menace or Emerging Threat?
November 1, 2001 — Author: Mr Toshi Yoshihara The author explores what he perceives to be China s pursuit of... MORE

Rapid Decisive Operations: An Assumptions-Based Critique
November 1, 2001 — Author: Dr Antulio J Echevarria II In support of the Joint community's efforts to develop a viable... MORE

The Costs of Conflict: The Impact on China of a Future War
October 1, 2001 — Author: Dr Andrew Scobell It is increasingly important for Americans to think carefully about the... MORE

AC/RC Integration: Today’s Success and Transformation’s Challenge
October 1, 2001 — Author: Dr Dallas D Owens Lieutenant Colonel Dallas Owens analyzes current integration programs and... MORE

Soldiers in Cities: Military Operations on Urban Terrain
October 1, 2001 — Author: Dr Michael Desch In the past half-century, the classic military conflict of armies... MORE

The Hart-Rudman Commission and the Homeland Defense
September 1, 2001 — Author: Dr Ian Roxborough With the exception of attacks by ballistic missiles, the continental... MORE

Internal Wars: Rethinking Problem and Response
September 1, 2001 — Author: Dr Max G Manwaring Asymmetric guerrilla war—insurgencies, internal wars, and other... MORE

Funding Defense: Challenges of Buying Military Capability in Sub-Saharan Africa
September 1, 2001 — Authors: COL Daniel W Henk, Dr Martin Revayi Rupiya Martin Rupiya, Director of the University of... MORE