Regional Issues

China Landpower Studies Center | Feb. 4, 2026

PLA Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures for Close Air Support Are Still ...

Dennis J. Blasko

China Landpower Studies Center | Feb. 4, 2026

If China Attacks Taiwan: Beijing Risks Social Instability in a Conflict

A conversation between Dr. Sheena Chestnut Greitens, Dr. Jake Rinaldi, and Bonnie Glaser on the risk of domestic social instability for Beijing if China attacked Taiwan. A podcast from The German Marshall Fund of the United States.

China Landpower Studies Center | Jan. 27, 2026

PLA Navy Marine Corps Tank Companies Emphasize Expeditionary Capabilities

Joaquin Camarena

China Landpower Studies Center | Jan. 27, 2026

Theory Meets Practice: The PLA National Defense University Revives the O...

Dennis J. Blasko

China Landpower Studies Center | Jan. 14, 2026

Can the 15th Five-Year Plan Fix the People’s Liberation Army’s Procureme...

China’s newly released 15th Five-Year Plan (2026–2030) proposal, unveiled after the Fourth Party Plenum in October 2025, not only marks Beijing’s quest to achieve the People’s Liberation Army’s goal of building a so-called world-class military by

Canada, Getting It Right This Time the 1994 Defence White Paper
May 31, 1995 — Author: Dr Joel J Sokolsky In April the Army War College's Strategic Studies Institute hosted its... MORE

Making Do with Less, or Coping with Upton’s Ghost
May 26, 1995 — Author: Dr Eliot A Cohen Each April the Strategic Studies Institute hosts a conference that... MORE

NATO Strategy in the 1990s: Reaping the Peace Dividend or the Whirlwind?
May 25, 1995 — Author: Dr William T Johnsen Each April the Strategic Studies Institute hosts a conference that... MORE

Reform and the Revolution in Russian Defense Economics
May 19, 1995 — Author: Dr Stephen J Blank As Russia's invasion of Chechnya shows, the Russian armed forces are... MORE

The European Union’s Common Foreign and Security Policy: Central issues . . . Key Players
May 10, 1995 — Authors: Dr Fraser Cameron, Prof Roy Ginsberg, Mr Josef Janning The role of the European Union (EU)... MORE

Terrorism: National Security Policy and the Home Front
May 1, 1995 — Author: Dr Stephen C Pelletiere The recent bombing of the Federal Building in Oklahoma has... MORE

Strategic Implications of the U.S.-DPRK Framework Agreement
April 1, 1995 — Author: Dr Thomas L Wilborn The United States and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)... MORE

American Civil-Military Relations: New Issues, Enduring Problems
April 1, 1995 — Authors: Dr Douglas V Johnson II, Dr Steven Metz The authors were invited to prepare a paper for a... MORE

Counterforce and Theater Missile Defense: Can the Army Use an ASW Approach to the SCUD Hunt?
March 1, 1995 — Author: Dr James J Wirtz The Gulf War demonstrated that theater missile defense (TMD) will be an... MORE

Energy, Economics, and Security in Central Asia: Russia and Its Rivals
March 1, 1995 — Author: Dr Stephen J Blank The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 led to the creation of five new... MORE