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Between Beijing and the Budget: The Domestic Realities of Taiwan’s Defen...

Taiwan's legislature spent six months blocking a major defense budget, then passed a scaled-down version days before the Trump-Xi summit. Jessica C. Liao and Kyle Marcrum argue why the story the US media tells is flawed.

“An Enviable Position in the Pacific”: An interview with General Xavier ...

Guest host Tom Spahr and General Xavier Brunson, commander of United Nations Command, ROK-US Combined Forces Command, and United States Forces Korea (UNC/CFC/USFK), discuss Korea, the Indo-Pacific, and mission command.


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
Russia and the Current State of Arms Control
September 1, 2012
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Hidden Dragon, Crouching Lion: How China’s Advance in Africa is Underestimated and Africa’s Potential Underappreciated
September 1, 2012
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Lead Me, Follow Me, Or Get Out of My Way: Rethinking and Refining the Civil-Military Relationship
September 1, 2012
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Finding “The Right Way”: Toward an Army Institutional Ethic
September 1, 2012
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2012-13 KSIL Update No. 01
August 31, 2012
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Op-Ed: The New Security Reality: Not Business as Usual
August 20, 2012

Against All Odds: Relations between NATO and the MENA Region
August 1, 2012
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Transnational Organized Crime, Terrorism, and Criminalized States in Latin America: An Emerging Tier-One National Security Priority
August 1, 2012
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The Promise and Pitfalls of Grand Strategy
August 1, 2012
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Culture, Identity, and Information Technology in the 21st Century: Implications for U.S. National Security
August 1, 2012
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