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If China Attacks Taiwan: Beijing Risks Social Instability in a Conflict

A conversation between Dr. Sheena Chestnut Greitens, Dr. Jake Rinaldi, and Bonnie Glaser on the risk of domestic social instability for Beijing if China attacked Taiwan. A podcast from The German Marshall Fund of the United States.



Can the 15th Five-Year Plan Fix the People’s Liberation Army’s Procureme...

China’s newly released 15th Five-Year Plan (2026–2030) proposal, unveiled after the Fourth Party Plenum in October 2025, not only marks Beijing’s quest to achieve the People’s Liberation Army’s goal of building a so-called world-class military by
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Category: China Landpower Studies Center

The Changing Face of Afghanistan, 2001-08
July 1, 2011

Russia in the Arctic
July 1, 2011
Russian Military Politics and Russia's 2010 Defense Doctrine

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