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

Negotiating with Iran and Syria over Iraq
January 1, 2007 — Author: Dr W Andrew Terrill Each month a member of the SSI faculty writes an editorial for our... MORE

A Nation at War
January 1, 2007 — Author: Prof John R Martin One of the basics of strategy is understanding the foe and the type of... MORE

Learning from Iraq: Counterinsurgency in American Strategy
January 1, 2007 — Author: Dr Steven Metz While the involvement of the United States in counterinsurgency has a long... MORE

Rosoboroneksport: Arms Sales and the Structure of Russian Defense Industry
January 1, 2007 — Author: Dr Stephen J Blank Although Russian observers believe that Washington imposed sanctions in... MORE

Naval Transformation, Ground Forces, and the Expeditionary Impulse: The Sea-Basing Debate
December 1, 2006 — Author: Prof Geoffrey Till Reviewing the past, present, and future contribution of maritime forces... MORE

Castro’s Cuba: Quo Vadis?
December 1, 2006 — Author: Dr Francisco Wong-Diaz The United States, particularly the Army, has a long history of... MORE

Iraq, Women’s Empowerment and Public Policy
December 1, 2006 — Author: Dr Sherifa D Zuhur The role and experience of women is not always considered in wartime or... MORE

Iraqi Security Forces and Lessons from Korea
December 1, 2006 — Author: Dr Sheila Miyoshi Jager Each month a member of the SSI faculty writes an editorial for our... MORE

Regional Fears of Western Primacy and the Future of U.S. Middle Eastern Basing Policy
December 1, 2006 — Author: Dr W Andrew Terrill The United States has a core national interest in maintaining peace and... MORE

Challenging Transformation’s Clichés
December 1, 2006 — Author: Dr Antulio J Echevarria II Critical thinkers analyze and refine ideas underpinning the... MORE