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China Landpower Studies Center | May 15, 2026

Decoding China’s 15th Five-Year Plan

China’s latest Five-Year Plan signals that it has become more pessimistic about the global environment, seeing it as uncertain and unstable. However, the Chinese Communist Party sees opportunity in that instability to promote the Community of Common
China Landpower Studies Center | May 14, 2026

Taiwan’s Special Defense Budget and KMT Trip to Beijing, Part 2

In part two of this two-part episode, COL Kyle Marcrum and Dr. Jessica Liao discuss Taiwan President Lai’s special defense budget and the Kuomingdang Chair, Cheng Li-wun, visit to Beijing.
China Landpower Studies Center | May 13, 2026

Taiwan’s Special Defense Budget and KMT Trip to Beijing, Part 1

In part one of this two-part episode, COL Kyle Marcrum and Dr. Jessica Liao discuss Taiwan President Lai’s special defense budget and why it is stalled in Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan.
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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