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.

Russia’s Armed Forces on the Brink of Reform
March 1, 1998 — Author: Dr Stephen J Blank Despite over a dozen years of talk, the Soviet and now Russian military... MORE

Five-Dimensional (Cyber) Warfighting: Can the Army After Next be Defeated Through Complex Concepts and Technologies?
March 1, 1998 — Author: Dr Robert J Bunker The theme for the U.S. Army War College's Ninth Annual Strategy... MORE

The Age of Revolutions
March 1, 1998 — Author: LTG Claudia Kennedy Lieutenant General Claudia Kennedy, the Army Deputy Chief of Staff for... MORE

Joint U.S. Army-Navy War Planning on the Eve of the First World War
February 16, 1998 — Author: COL Adolf Carlson All the histories of the First World War devote considerable attention to... MORE

Force Planning Considerations for Army XXI
February 1, 1998 — Author: Dr William T Johnsen The U.S. Army has moved along the path of preparing for the 21st... MORE

Searching for Stable Peace in the Persian Gulf
February 1, 1998 — Authors: Dr Kenneth Katzman, Dr Stephen C Pelletiere Congressional Research Staffer Kenneth Katzman... MORE

World View: The 1998 Strategic Assessment from the Strategic Studies Institute
February 1, 1998 — Author: Dr Earl H Tilford Jr World View presents the annual strategic assessments of the analysts at... MORE

Shadow Politics: The Russian State in the 21st Century
December 8, 1997 — Author: Dr Peter J Stavrakis In April the U.S. Army War College's Strategic Studies Institute hosted... MORE

The United States and the Transformation of African Security: The African Crisis Response Initiative and Beyond
December 5, 1997 — Authors: COL Daniel W Henk, Dr Steven Metz Helping Africans develop a capability to avoid or solve... MORE

The CINCs’ Strategies: The Combatant Command Process
December 1, 1997 — Authors: COL William W Mendel, Dr Graham H Turbiville Jr The authors report their observations of... MORE