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.

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

The Political-Military Rivalry for Operational Control in U.S. Military Actions: A Soldier’s Perspective
June 1, 1998 — Author: COL Lloyd J Matthews The author presents a soldier's perspective of the operational... MORE

Conflict and Conflict Resolution in the Sahel: The Tuareg Insurgency in Mali
May 1, 1998 — Author: LTC Kalifa Keita June 27, 1990, is a significant date in the recent history of Mali. It... MORE

Reforming NATO’s Military Structures: The Long-Term Study and Its Implications for Land Forces
May 1, 1998 — Author: Dr Thomas-Durell Young The contemporary debate over the expansion of NATO to include Poland,... MORE

Redefining Land Power for the 21st Century
May 1, 1998 — Author: Dr William T Johnsen Divisive debates over the future force structures of the U.S. Armed... MORE