Regional Issues

China Landpower Studies Center | June 26, 2025

Planning for Protracted Conflict With China: Five Questions to Ask

Where and how a conflict starts will affect the kind of war it will be.

China Landpower Studies Center | June 3, 2025

Assessing the PLA’s Strengths and Weaknesses for Achieving the PRC’s Goals

This chapter examines the perceived strengths and weaknesses of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) within the context of its modernization process and argues that the persistence of shortcomings may undercut the confidence senior leaders would prefer

China Landpower Studies Center | May 20, 2025

China Landpower Studies Center Newsletter II

In our second newsletter, we will share the China Landpower Studies Center (CLSC) team’s latest analysis and insights on the People’s Liberation Army (PLA).

China Landpower Studies Center | May 8, 2025

Ecuador’s Incoming Government Faces Difficult Choices Regarding China

With Daniel Noboa returning to the presidency and a new Chinese ambassador on the way, China-Ecuador relations are at an inflection point.From April 22-25, I had the opportunity to travel to Quito, Ecuador, to address an international forum on China

China Landpower Studies Center | May 8, 2025

China’s Coming Diplomatic Blitz in the Americas

The next few months will bring a series of high-profile multilateral engagements between China and Latin American countries, as Beijing seeks to capitalize on discontent with Trump.In the coming three months, China will have a number of opportunities

Category: South & Latin America

AC/RC Integration: Today’s Success and Transformation’s Challenge
October 1, 2001 — Author: Dr Dallas D Owens Lieutenant Colonel Dallas Owens analyzes current integration programs and... MORE

Soldiers in Cities: Military Operations on Urban Terrain
October 1, 2001 — Author: Dr Michael Desch In the past half-century, the classic military conflict of armies... MORE

The Hart-Rudman Commission and the Homeland Defense
September 1, 2001 — Author: Dr Ian Roxborough With the exception of attacks by ballistic missiles, the continental... MORE

Internal Wars: Rethinking Problem and Response
September 1, 2001 — Author: Dr Max G Manwaring Asymmetric guerrilla war—insurgencies, internal wars, and other... MORE

Funding Defense: Challenges of Buying Military Capability in Sub-Saharan Africa
September 1, 2001 — Authors: COL Daniel W Henk, Dr Martin Revayi Rupiya Martin Rupiya, Director of the University of... MORE

Preparing for Asymmetry: As Seen Through the Lens of Joint Vision 2020
September 1, 2001 — Author: Ms Melissa Applegate Since the mid-1990s, the concept of strategic asymmetry has begun to... MORE

Toward a Strategy of Positive Ends
September 1, 2001 — Authors: Dr Antulio J Echevarria II, BG Huba Wass de Czege Brigadier General (Retired) Huba Wass de... MORE

Budget Policy and Fiscal Risk: Implications for Defense
September 1, 2001 — Author: Dr Dennis S Ippolito The defense budget remains one of the central shaping features of U.S... MORE

Jihadi Groups, Nuclear Pakistan, and the New Great Game
August 1, 2001 — Author: Dr M Ehsan Ahrari For the United States and other nations concerned with security in South... MORE

The Drug Scourge as a Hemispheric Problem
August 1, 2001 — Author: Gen Barry R McCaffrey Former Drug Czar General Barry McCaffrey, USA (Retired) argues that... MORE