Regional Issues

China Landpower Studies Center | Nov. 13, 2025

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.

China Landpower Studies Center | Nov. 13, 2025

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,

China Landpower Studies Center | Nov. 7, 2025

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

China Landpower Studies Center | Oct. 27, 2025

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.

China Landpower Studies Center | Sept. 30, 2025

Global Public Security with Chinese Characteristics

A conversation between Dr. Sheena Chestnut Greitens and Bonnie Glaser on China's Global Security Initiative.

Category: South & Latin America

How Smart Economic Strategy Could Strengthen the Afghan Counterinsurgency
February 10, 2011 — Dr. Leif Rosenberger Without question, the war in Afghanistan is a formidable challenge for the U.S... MORE

Is Tunisia Tipping?
February 8, 2011 — Mr. Warren P. Gunderman From July 2007 to June 2010, I was the Senior Defense Official and Defense... MORE

Op-Ed: What If They Threw a War and…
February 1, 2011 — Mr. Lawrence KaplanThis is the February Op-Ed of the SSI NewsletterAs a member of the media who... MORE

2010 SSI Annual Strategy Conference Report “Defining War for the 21st Century”
February 1, 2011 — Authors: COL Phillip R Cuccia, Dr Steven Metz The Strategic Studies Institute's XXI Annual Strategy... MORE

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Coherence and Contrasts
January 13, 2011 — COL (R) Charles D. Allen On November 18, 2010, two late night television shows provided fanfare for... MORE

Civil-Military Relations in Medvedev’s Russia
January 1, 2011 — Author: Dr Stephen J Blank The best recent scholarship on Russian civil-military relations... MORE

Predictions, Observations, and the Free Lunch
January 1, 2011 — Author: COL Louis H Jordan Jr Each month a member of the SSI faculty writes an editorial for our... MORE

The Conflicts in Yemen and U.S. National Security
January 1, 2011 — Author: Dr W Andrew Terrill Yemen is not currently a failed state, but it is experiencing huge... MORE

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Nuclear Power’s Global Expansion: Weighing Its Costs and Risks
December 1, 2010 — Author: Mr Henry D Sokolski When security and arms control analysts list what has helped keep... MORE

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Strangely Silent: The Missing Strategic Debate in the 2010 Mid-Term Elections
December 1, 2010 — Author: Dr Robert H Dorff Each month a member of the SSI faculty writes an editorial for our monthly... MORE

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