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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. 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
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Toward a New Normal in Transatlantic Collective Defense
May 25, 2022
Toward a New Normal in Transatlantic Collective Defense
The West Should Not Wish Away the Russian Threat Yet Again
May 25, 2022
A Russian serviceman interacts with a bear at the zoo in Ukraine's port city of Mariupol on May 18, 2022, amid the ongoing Russian military action in Ukraine. AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES / OLGA MALTSEVA Sourced from Defense One for use in "The West Should Not Wish Away the Russian Threat Yet Again" by John R. Deni https://ssi.army.afpims.mil/SSI-Media/Recent-Publications/ctl/ArticleEdit/mid/63305/Article/3508510/
China, Europe, and the Pandemic Recession: Beijing’s Investments and Transatlantic Security
May 22, 2022
China, Europe, and the Pandemic Recession: Beijing’s Investments and Transatlantic Security Dr. John R. Deni, 2022 Given the depth and breadth of the pandemic-induced recession in Europe, private companies in need of capital and governments looking to shed state-owned enterprises may be tempted to sell shares, assets, or outright ownership to investors with liquidity to spare. Of greatest concern is the role that China might play in Europe, building Beijing’s soft power, weakening allied geopolitical solidarity, and potentially reprising the role it played in the 2010s, when its investments in Europe expanded dramatically. https://press.armywarcollege.edu/monographs/949/
Would a Russian Coup Solve Anything?
May 13, 2022
President of Russia Vladimir Putin at the military parade in Red Square, Moscow, to mark the 77th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War.
Lessons from Russia’s Latin America engagement over Ukraine
May 9, 2022
Lessons from Russia’s Latin America engagement over Ukraine
Contested Deployment
April 7, 2022
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Navigating New Threats: NATO’s Posture on Emerging Technologies
March 8, 2022
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America Needs a Permanent Military Presence in the Baltics, and Here’s Why
September 21, 2021
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Germany Has a Math Problem, and It’s about to Get Worse
September 9, 2021
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Parameters VOL. 51 NO. 2 Summer 2021
August 17, 2021
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