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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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Category: China Landpower Studies Center

Training for the “Political” War
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Beyond the Strait: PLA Missions other than Taiwan
March 1, 2009
Prospects for U.S.-Russian Security Cooperation
March 1, 2009
Provincial Reconstruction Teams: How Do We Know They Work?
March 1, 2009
Kazakhstan’s Defense Policy: An Assessment of the Trends
February 9, 2009
Japan’s Decision for War in 1941: Some Enduring Lessons
February 1, 2009
Russia, China, and the United States in Central Asia: Prospects for Great Power Competition and Cooperation in the Shadow of the Georgian Crisis
February 1, 2009
Kiss the Embargo Goodbye
February 1, 2009
Building Partner Capacity/Security Force Assistance: A New Structural Paradigm
February 1, 2009
The Serpent in Our Garden: Al-Qa’ida and the Long War
January 1, 2009