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China’s Foreign Police Training: A Global Footprint

New data reveal how China’s foreign police training programs have become an integral part of Beijing’s strategy to remake global security.

SSI Live 118 – The China Strategic Competition Seminar

In this episode of SSI Live, Major Brennan Deveraux interviews Colonel Kyle Marcrum and Lieutenant Colonel Paul Milas on the SSI-developed China Strategic Competition Seminar. The conversation explores the origin and relevance of the seminar,

Forecasting the PRC’s Next Global Initiative

Executive Summary:• Xi Jinping could unveil a “global environmental initiative” as soon as mid-November 2025, at the COP31 summit in Brazil. This would align with previous initiatives that have been announced at international forums.• This new

The PLA’s Progress toward World-Class Ground Force Capabilities

This essay examines Xi Jinping’s dictum of creating a world-class military by 2049 and assesses the progress of the PLA ground forces toward achieving that notional benchmark.

Global Public Security with Chinese Characteristics

A conversation between Dr. Sheena Chestnut Greitens and Bonnie Glaser on China's Global Security Initiative.
The Army’s Ethic Suffers under its Retired Generals
January 1, 2009

Nuclear Heuristics: Selected Writings of Albert and Roberta Wohlstetter
January 1, 2009

Russia Challenges the Obama Administration
December 1, 2008
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War without Borders: The Colombia-Ecuador Crisis of 2008
December 1, 2008

Regional Spillover Effects of the Iraq War
December 1, 2008

HAMAS and Israel: Conflicting Strategies of Group-Based Politics
December 1, 2008

Affairs of State: The Interagency and National Security
December 1, 2008

PLA Missions Beyond Taiwan
November 1, 2008

Living Perilously in a Bubble
November 1, 2008
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Known Unknowns: Unconventional “Strategic Shocks” in Defense Strategy Development
November 1, 2008