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China Landpower Studies Center Newsletter I

With the start of the New Year, the China Landpower Studies Center (CLSC) would like to share with you the team’s latest analysis and insights on the People's Liberation Army (PLA).If you find value in this newsletter, please share it with colleagues

2024 Carlisle Conference on the PLA

The China Landpower Studies Center (CLSC) held the Carlisle Conference on the PLA at the US Army War College’s (USAWC) Army Heritage and Education Center on 16 and 17 October 2024. This year’s conference, a keystone annual event held by the USAWC

Evolution of the Latin American Strategic Environment and the Posture of...

The security environment in Latin America and the Caribbean continues to evolve, driven in part by dramatic underlying changes in the broader global dynamics. Latin American security forces, constrained by a combination of resources and

Rethinking Denial: The People’s Liberation Army’s Laser Systems and the ...

In a future Taiwan contingency, the United States and its allies and partners are poised to leverage large-scale autonomous unmanned aircraft system (UAS) operations to counter China’s anti-access/area denial strategy. This approach aims to mitigate

Publications | Jan. 8, 2025

Assessing the Effectiveness of US Army Campaigning in the Indo-Pacific

Applying the military instrument of power is essential to deterrence and assurance in the Indo-Pacific. This essay explores the underappreciated application of Landpower in this critical region and assesses the effects of a few activities that assure
Arms Control and Proliferation Challenges to the Reset Policy
November 1, 2011
Arms Control and Proliferation Challenges to the Reset Policy

Forecasting Zero: U.S. Nuclear History and the Low Probability of Disarmament
November 1, 2011
Forecasting Zero: U.S. Nuclear History and the Low Probability of Disarmament

Russian Nuclear Weapons: Past, Present, and Future
November 1, 2011
Russian Nuclear Weapons: Past, Present, and Future

Chinese Lessons from Other Peoples’ Wars
November 1, 2011
Chinese Lessons from Other Peoples’ Wars

Op-Ed: China’s Aircraft Carrier: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
October 27, 2011

Economic Transition in Afghanistan: How to Soften a Hard Landing
October 25, 2011

The Afghanistan Question and the Reset in U.S.-Russian Relations
October 1, 2011
Real Leadership and the U.S. Army: Overcoming a Failure of Imagination to Conduct Adaptive Work

Natural Gas as an Instrument of Russian State Power
October 1, 2011
Real Leadership and the U.S. Army: Overcoming a Failure of Imagination to Conduct Adaptive Work

Presidential Succession Scenarios in Egypt and Their Impact on U.S.-Egyptian Strategic Relations
October 1, 2011
Presidential Succession Scenarios in Egypt and Their Impact on U.S.-Egyptian Strategic Relations

Mexico’s “Narco-Refugees”: The Looming Challenge for U.S. National Security
October 1, 2011
Mexico's "Narco-Refugees": The Looming Challenge for U.S. National Security