Regional Issues

China Landpower Studies Center | May 15, 2026

Decoding China’s 15th Five-Year Plan

China’s latest Five-Year Plan signals that it has become more pessimistic about the global environment, seeing it as uncertain and unstable. However, the Chinese Communist Party sees opportunity in that instability to promote the Community of Common

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

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