Regional Issues

China Landpower Studies Center | May 14, 2026

Taiwan’s Special Defense Budget and KMT Trip to Beijing, Part 2

In part two of this two-part episode, COL Kyle Marcrum and Dr. Jessica Liao discuss Taiwan President Lai’s special defense budget and the Kuomingdang Chair, Cheng Li-wun, visit to Beijing.

China Landpower Studies Center | May 13, 2026

Taiwan’s Special Defense Budget and KMT Trip to Beijing, Part 1

In part one of this two-part episode, COL Kyle Marcrum and Dr. Jessica Liao discuss Taiwan President Lai’s special defense budget and why it is stalled in Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan.

China Landpower Studies Center | May 11, 2026

Sustaining the Vanguard: PRC Subsistence Modernization and the Calculus ...

Ali Ayoub

China Landpower Studies Center | May 6, 2026

China Maritime Report #53: Filling the Ranks: China's Military Recruitin...

This report outlines People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) recruiting processes within the overarching context of China’s military personnel accession systems. Within China, most recruitment, mobilization, and service assignment of military personnel

China Landpower Studies Center | April 28, 2026

On the Pacific, USARPAC, and China

In this episode, COL Mike Long and LTG Joel B. Vowell discuss the US Army Pacific and the role of USARPAC.

Security Implications of the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction in the Middle East
December 1, 1998 — Author: Dr Sami G Hajjar This monograph addresses the important question of the security... MORE

America’s Army: Preparing for Tomorrow’s Security Challenges
December 1, 1998 — Author: Maj Gen Robert H Scales During the early decades of the 21st Century, the Army of 2025 will... MORE

China’s Military Potential
October 1, 1998 — Author: Dr Larry M Wortzel This monograph provides an appraisal of the ability of the People's... MORE

The Economic Crisis and ASEAN States’ Security
October 1, 1998 — Author: Dr Sheldon W Simon Asia's financial crisis has quickly become a global one. Its implications... MORE

NATO After Enlargement: New Challenges, New Missions, New Forces
September 1, 1998 — Author: Dr Stephen J Blank In 1999 NATO will formally admit three new members and adopt a new... MORE

Breaking Away from the Bear
August 1, 1998 — Author: LTC Dianne L Smith Lieutenant Colonel Dianne L. Smith examines the development of... MORE

Defining U.S. Atlantic Command’s Role in the Power Projection Strategy
August 1, 1998 — Authors: Prof Douglas C Lovelace Jr, Dr Thomas-Durell Young The authors of this monograph argue that... MORE

Halt Phase Strategy: New Wine in Old Skins . . . with Powerpoint
July 1, 1998 — Author: Dr Earl H Tilford Jr Analyzes the Halt Phase Strategy/Doctrine currently advocated by the... MORE

Challenging the United States Symmetrically and Asymmetrically: Can America be Defeated?
July 1, 1998 — Author: COL Lloyd J Matthews The U.S. Army War College s Ninth Annual Strategy Conference was held... MORE

Nonlethality and American Land Power: Strategic Context and Operational Concepts
June 1, 1998 — Authors: Prof Douglas C Lovelace Jr, Dr Steven Metz Nonlethal technology, concepts and doctrine may... MORE