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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

Category: Regional Issues

Iraq and Vietnam: Differences, Similarities, and Insights
May 1, 2004 — Authors: Dr Jeffrey Record, Dr W Andrew Terrill U.S. political and military difficulties in Iraq... MORE

Learning from the Stones: A Go Approach to Mastering China’s Strategic Concept, Shi
May 1, 2004 — Author: Dr David Lai To help with the process of identifying those new and untested strategic... MORE

Strategic Consequences of the Iraq War: U.S. Security Interests in Central Asia Reassessed
May 1, 2004 — Author: Dr Elizabeth Wishnick The U.S.-led war in Iraq complicates security cooperation between the... MORE

U.S. Security Strategies: Trade Policy Implications for Latin America
April 14, 2004 — Author: Dr Max G Manwaring The Summit of the Americas Center and Latin American and Caribbean Center... MORE

THIS IS NOT YOUR FATHER’S, OR MOTHER’S ARMY!
April 1, 2004 — Author: Dr Douglas V Johnson II Each month a member of the SSI faculty writes an editorial for our... MORE

Debating Ends, not Just Means, in the War on Terror
March 1, 2004 — Author: Dr Stephen D Biddle Each month a member of the SSI faculty writes an editorial for our... MORE

Security in the Americas: Neither Evolution nor Devolution–Impasse
March 1, 2004 — Author: Dr Max G Manwaring The author identifies the strategic-political challenge of effective... MORE

China and North Korea: From Comrades-In-Arms to Allies at Arm’s Length
March 1, 2004 — Author: Dr Andrew Scobell At first, it might not seem surprising to have a formal military alliance... MORE

Toward an American Way of War
March 1, 2004 — Author: Dr Antulio J Echevarria II The author examines the principal characteristics and ideas... MORE

Toward a New U.S. Strategy in Asia
February 1, 2004 — Author: Dr Stephen J Blank Each month a member of the SSI faculty writes an editorial for our... MORE