Regional Issues - Category Regional Issues

Regional Issues

China Landpower Studies Center | May 6, 2026

China Maritime Report #53: Filling the Ranks: China's Military Recruitin...

This report outlines People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) recruiting processes within the overarching context of China’s military personnel accession systems. Within China, most recruitment, mobilization, and service assignment of military personnel

China Landpower Studies Center | April 28, 2026

On the Pacific, USARPAC, and China

In this episode, COL Mike Long and LTG Joel B. Vowell discuss the US Army Pacific and the role of USARPAC.

China Landpower Studies Center | April 16, 2026

2026 Carlisle Conference on the PLA: The PLA’s Capability to React to Cr...

The US Army War College (USAWC) Strategic Studies Institute’s (SSI) held its annual Carlisle Conference on the PLA on March 25 and 26, 2026, in the Army Heritage and Education Center at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania. The China Landpower Studies

China Landpower Studies Center | April 13, 2026

PLA Army Places Growing Emphasis on Tactical Indirect Firepower with New...

Joaquin Camarena

China Landpower Studies Center | March 30, 2026

Achieving Victory Through Quantity: PLA Theorists Propose Different Mode...

Kevin McCauley

Category: Regional Issues

Mind-Sets and Missiles: a First Hand Account of the Cuban Missile Crisis
September 1, 2009 — Author: Mr Kenneth Michael Absher This chronology provides details and analysis of the intelligence... MORE

Iraq: Strategic Reconciliation, Targeting, and Key Leader Engagement
September 1, 2009 — Author: Capt Jeanne F Hull Discussion of Key Leader Engagements (KLE) as a nonlethal option for... MORE

The Role of Cuban Paramilitary Organizations (People’s Militias) in the Post-Castro Era
August 1, 2009 — Author: Dr Max G Manwaring Each month a member of the SSI faculty writes an editorial for our... MORE

2009 Key Strategic Issues List
July 1, 2009 — Author: Dr Antulio J Echevarria II Unlike other lists that generally reflect issues which are... MORE

Criminals, Militias, and Insurgents: Organized Crime in Iraq
July 1, 2009 — Author: Dr Phil Williams Dr. Williams looks in detail at major criminal activities, including the... MORE

Pakistan – The Most Dangerous Place in the World
July 1, 2009 — Author: Dr Larry P Goodson Each month a member of the SSI faculty writes an editorial for our... MORE

China’s Maritime Quest
June 1, 2009 — Author: Dr David Lai Each month a member of the SSI faculty writes an editorial for our monthly... MORE

Strategic Implications of Emerging Technologies
June 1, 2009 — Author: Dr Antulio J Echevarria II KEY INSIGHTS:• The conference could only scratch the surface... MORE

New Partnerships for a New Era: Enhancing the South African Army’s Stabilization Role in Africa
June 1, 2009 — Author: Prof Deane-Peter Baker Since emerging from the mire of its apartheid past, South Africa has... MORE

Challenges and Opportunities for the Obama Administration in Central Asia
June 1, 2009 — Author: Dr Stephen J Blank President Obama has outlined a comprehensive strategy for the war in... MORE