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China’s Foreign Police Training: A Global Footprint

New data reveal how China’s foreign police training programs have become an integral part of Beijing’s strategy to remake global security.

SSI Live 118 – The China Strategic Competition Seminar

In this episode of SSI Live, Major Brennan Deveraux interviews Colonel Kyle Marcrum and Lieutenant Colonel Paul Milas on the SSI-developed China Strategic Competition Seminar. The conversation explores the origin and relevance of the seminar,

Forecasting the PRC’s Next Global Initiative

Executive Summary:• Xi Jinping could unveil a “global environmental initiative” as soon as mid-November 2025, at the COP31 summit in Brazil. This would align with previous initiatives that have been announced at international forums.• This new

The PLA’s Progress toward World-Class Ground Force Capabilities

This essay examines Xi Jinping’s dictum of creating a world-class military by 2049 and assesses the progress of the PLA ground forces toward achieving that notional benchmark.

Global Public Security with Chinese Characteristics

A conversation between Dr. Sheena Chestnut Greitens and Bonnie Glaser on China's Global Security Initiative.
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Category: South & Latin America

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the European Union’s Common Security and Defense Policy: Intersecting Trajectories
July 1, 2011
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the European Union's Common Security and Defense Policy: Intersecting Trajectories

The New Aztecs: Ritual and Restraint in Contemporary Western Military Operations
July 1, 2011
Puncturing the Counterinsurgency Myth: Britain and Irregular Warfare in the Past, Present, and Future

Understanding the North Korea Problem: Why It Has Become the “Land of Lousy Options”
July 1, 2011
Improvised Explosive Devices in Iraq, 2003-09: A Case of Operational Surprise and Institutional Response

The Arab Upheavals and the Future of the U.S. Military Policies and Presence in the Middle East and the Gulf
June 27, 2011

Colloquium Brief: Post-Heroic Warfare?
June 17, 2011

Op-Ed: U.S. Intelligence at a Crossroads
June 17, 2011

Resolving Insurgencies
June 1, 2011
Resolving Insurgencies

Military Modernization and the Russian Ground Forces
June 1, 2011
Military Modernization and the Russian Ground Forces

The Russian Military and the Georgia War: Lessons and Implications
June 1, 2011
The Russian Military and the Georgia War: Lessons and Implications

The European Campaign: Its Origins and Conduct
June 1, 2011
The European Campaign: Its Origins and Conduct