Regional Issues

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.

China Landpower Studies Center | April 16, 2026

2026 Carlisle Conference on the PLA: The PLA’s Capability to React to Cr...

The US Army War College (USAWC) Strategic Studies Institute’s (SSI) held its annual Carlisle Conference on the PLA on March 25 and 26, 2026, in the Army Heritage and Education Center at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania. The China Landpower Studies

China Landpower Studies Center | April 13, 2026

PLA Army Places Growing Emphasis on Tactical Indirect Firepower with New...

Joaquin Camarena

China Landpower Studies Center | March 30, 2026

Achieving Victory Through Quantity: PLA Theorists Propose Different Mode...

Kevin McCauley

Problems and Solutions in Future Coalition Operations
December 1, 1997 — Authors: Mr Phillip Kaiser, Mr Jon Kessmeier, Mr Thomas J Marshall Each year, the United States... MORE

Multinational Land Formations and NATO: Reforming Practices and Structures
December 1, 1997 — Author: Dr Thomas-Durell Young The problems Dr. Young grapples with in this account have been... MORE

NATO Enlargement and the Baltic States: What Can the Great Powers Do?
November 18, 1997 — Author: Dr Stephen J Blank NATO's enlargement has brought it to the borders of the Baltic states who... MORE

“Enhancing” the Australian-U.S. Defense Relationship: A Guide to U.S. Policy
November 17, 1997 — Author: Dr Thomas-Durell Young Notwithstanding the end of U.S. basing in the Philippines, a revised... MORE

The United States and Russia into the 21st Century
October 1, 1997 — Authors: Dr Michael McFaul, Dr R Craig Nation In late April 1997, the U.S. Army War College's... MORE

Force Planning in an Era of Uncertainty: Two MRCs as a Force Sizing Framework
September 15, 1997 — Author: Prof John F Troxell Colonel John F. Troxell first asserts that there is a false dichotomy... MORE

Traditional Military Thinking and the Defensive Strategy of China
August 29, 1997 — Authors: LTG Li Jijun, Dr Earl H Tilford Jr On July 15, 1997, the U.S. Army War College hosted a... MORE

The Challenge of Haiti’s Future: Report on the Conference Sponsored by U.S. Army War College, Georgetown University, and the Inter-American Dialogue
August 22, 1997 — Authors: Dr Peter Hakim, Dr Abigail Horn, Dr Robert Maguire, Dr Max G Manwaring, Dr Donald E... MORE

Strategic Planning and the Drug Threat
August 1, 1997 — Authors: COL William W Mendel, COL Murl D Munger The primary purpose of this publication is to show... MORE

U.S. National Security: Beyond the Cold War
July 26, 1997 — Authors: AMB Robert Ellsworth, Dr Morton H Halperin, Dr David Jablonsky, Dr Lawrence Korb, Prof... MORE