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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: European Security

The Impact of Missile Threats on the Reliability of U.S. Overseas Bases: A Framework for Analysis
January 1, 2005 — Author: Mr Joel Wuthnow Although the United States will continue to utilize overseas military bases... MORE

Insurgency in Iraq: An Historical Perspective
January 1, 2005 — Author: Dr Ian FW Beckett The continuing proliferation of insurgent organizations suggests that... MORE

It’s Asia (Again)
January 1, 2005 — Author: Dr Andrew Scobell Each month a member of the SSI faculty writes an editorial for our monthly... MORE

Winning the War by Winning the Peace: Strategy for Conflict and Post-Conflict in the 21st Century
December 1, 2004 — Author: COL Lloyd J MatthewsDuring each of the last 15 years, the U.S. Army War College has... MORE

The Paradox of Civil War
December 1, 2004 — Author: Dr Stephen D Biddle Each month a member of the SSI faculty writes an editorial for our... MORE

Deception 101–Primer on Deception
December 1, 2004 — Author: Dr Joseph W Caddell The author reviews the basic concepts related to "deception." Dr. Joseph... MORE

U.S.-Ukraine Military Relations and the Value of Interoperability
December 1, 2004 — Author: Mr Leonid I Polyakov Ukraine's destiny is critical to the security of the entire post-Soviet... MORE

Chinese Crisis Management
November 5, 2004 — Author: Mr Andy Gudgel Over 50 experts on China and the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA)... MORE

Getting MAD: Nuclear Mutual Assured Destruction, Its Origins and Practice
November 1, 2004 — Author: Mr Henry D Sokolski Getting MAD: Nuclear Mutual Assured Destruction, Its Origins and... MORE

Unlearning Counterinsurgency
November 1, 2004 — Author: Dr Steven Metz Each month a member of the SSI faculty writes an editorial for our monthly... MORE