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Strategic Implication of the Chinese-Operated Port of Chancay | R. Evan Ellis for La Red China y América Latina
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Nov. 7, 2024
Strategic Implication of the Chinese-Operated Port of Chancay
This article examines the Port of Chancay from a strategic perspective, with a focus on how COSCO (China Ocean Shipping Company) achieved unprecedented control over the operation of the new Peruvian megaport, the impact that the port is likely to
Venezuela: The Path Forward | R. Evan Ellis
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Nov. 6, 2024
Venezuela: The Path Forward
Thanks to the courageous work of the Venezuelan opposition, including obtaining physical and photographic evidence of over 80% of the individual “acts” from Venezuela’s more than 30,000 polling places, the world generally knows that Edmundo Gonzalez
Paraguay’s Security Challenges and the Government Response
South & Latin America
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Oct. 28, 2024
Paraguay’s Security Challenges and the Government Response
This article analyzes the security challenges in Paraguay and the government response under the administration of Santiago Peña. It argues that Paraguay, despite its strategic location and regional relevance, faces serious security problems due to
Chile’s Expanding Defense Relationship with China | R. Evan Ellis
China Landpower Studies Center
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Oct. 18, 2024
Chile’s Expanding Defense Relationship with China
From September 9-14, 2024, Chilean Defense Minister Maya Fernandez Allende, granddaughter of Chile’s first socialist president Salvador Allende, traveled to the People’s Republic of China (PRC) to attend the 11th annual Xiangshan Defense Forum in
China in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: A New Dynamic in Critical Mineral Procurement
China Landpower Studies Center
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Oct. 17, 2024
China in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: A New Dynamic in Critical...
Critical minerals will continue to grow in importance across the globe in the coming decades as technological advancements require greater quantities of these materials. The 2023 US Department of Energy Critical Materials Assessment report listed
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Argentina: Security Challenges and the Government Response
May 13, 2024
— Summary: In addition to Argentina’s profound economic crisis, the nation faces serious security...
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Emerging Technologies and Terrorism: An American Perspective
April 18, 2024
— In a world where technology is rapidly advancing and available to the masses, companies and policymakers face a daunting reality—non-state actors are using innovation for sinister purposes. While artificial intelligence (AI) and autonomous systems promise enhanced threat detection, terrorist groups are exploiting these tools for recruitment and attacks...
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Decisive Decade: PRC Global Strategy and the PLA as a Pacing Challenge – 2023 PLA Conference – Updated and Expanded
April 17, 2024
— The US Army War College’s 2023 Conference on the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) was held February 22 to 24, 2023, at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania. The conference, entitled “Decisive Decade: PRC Global Strategy and the PLA as Pacing Challenge,” featured presentations on PRC global and regional strategy, and the PLA’s enabling role by experts from a wide range of academic, media, and government agencies and organizations...
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War with China: A View from Early 2024
April 11, 2024
— US defense analysts are overdue for a fundamental reassessment of the strategic factors that would shape a future Sino-American war. The United States may lower the overall risk of sparking a war between Washington and Beijing by more formally committing advanced US capabilities in intelligence collection and targeting, long-range fires, and theater air and missile defense to Japan and South Korea and by initiating bilateral planning to introduce such capabilities in Taiwan in the future. The US defense community still lacks a broad and integrated national strategy for successfully managing the rivalry with China. A clear-eyed assessment of a possible United States-China war could lead to a national strategy...
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A Baseline Assessment of the PLA Army's Border Reinforcement Operations in the Aksai Chin in 2020 and 2021
April 9, 2024
— This report analyzes the People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) border reinforcement operation throughout the Aksai Chin and adjacent areas from summer 2020 to early 2021. It is based largely on analysis of Google Earth imagery and provides a baseline for further analysis of the PLA deployment along the entire Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the Aksai Chin. Chinese Army units appear ready to remain in a defensive posture near the LAC the Aksai Chin indefinitely. ...
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Arming Allies and Partners: How Foreign Military Sales Can Change the China Problem
March 20, 2024
— Allies and partners are “a center of gravity” for the DoD National Defense Strategy in the Indo-Pacific. But are regional nations building military capacity to help the United States prepare for and deter a potential clash with the People’s Republic of China, or are they solely focused on defending their own territories? Although regional nations’ aims may often overlap, they also diverge...
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International Competition in the High North: Kingston Conference on International Security 2022
January 25, 2024
— Editors: Michael E. Lynch, Howard G. CoombsThe 16th annual Kingston Consortium on International...
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Deterrence Gap: Avoiding War in the Taiwan Strait
January 5, 2024
— Jared M. McKinney and Peter Harris | The likelihood China will attack Taiwan in the next decade is...
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2023 Annual Estimate of the Strategic Security Environment
August 24, 2023
— The United States operates within a global context that is increasingly complex, interconnected, and unpredictable. The Annual Estimate of the Strategic Security Environment serves as a guide to define broadly the contemporary security landscape and the diverse range of interests that shape our national security agenda...
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AY24 Campaign Planning Handbook
August 22, 2023
— The purpose of this document is to assist United States Army War College students during the Military Strategy and Campaigning (MSC) course. It also serves to assist commanders, planners, and other staff officers in combatant commands (CCMD), joint task forces (JTF), and service component commands. It supplements joint doctrine and contains elements of emerging doctrine as practiced globally by joint force commanders (JFCs)...
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