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Slide for PLA Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures for Close Air Support Are Still Under Development by Dennis J. Blasko
China Landpower Studies Center
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Feb. 4, 2026
PLA Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures for Close Air Support Are Still ...
Dennis J. Blasko
slide for China Global Podcast: If China Attacks Taiwan: Beijing Risks Social Instability in a Conflict
China Landpower Studies Center
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Feb. 4, 2026
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.
Slide for PLA Navy Marine Corps Tank Companies Emphasize Expeditionary Capabilities by Joaquin Camarena
China Landpower Studies Center
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Jan. 27, 2026
PLA Navy Marine Corps Tank Companies Emphasize Expeditionary Capabilities
Joaquin Camarena
Slide for Theory Meets Practice: The PLA National Defense University Revives the Operational Instructor Program by Dennis J. Blasko
China Landpower Studies Center
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Jan. 27, 2026
Theory Meets Practice: The PLA National Defense University Revives the O...
Dennis J. Blasko
Slide for Can the 15th Five-Year Plan Fix the People’s Liberation Army’s Procurement Bottlenecks?
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Jan. 14, 2026
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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Assessing the Effectiveness of US Army Campaigning in the Indo-Pacific
January 8, 2025
— Applying the military instrument of power is essential to deterrence and assurance in the Indo-Pacific. This essay explores the underappreciated application of Landpower in this critical region and assesses the effects of a few activities that assure allies and partners and deter the People’s Republic of China. The discreet examples in this short article hopefully provide a better foundation for understanding military dynamics in the region and allow for better future assessments of integrated deterrence efforts...
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8 Simmering Threats You Shouldn’t Ignore in 2025: A Plausibly Deniable Russian War Against Europe
January 2, 2025
— The sabotage of undersea communications cables in the Baltic Sea by the cargo ship Yi Peng 3 is only...
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2025: Possibilities for the Year to Come
December 27, 2024
— 2025 is likely to be a transformative year for Latin America and the Caribbean, and its...
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Ecuador’s Evolving Engagement with the PRC
December 24, 2024
— Under the current Ecuadorian government of Daniel Noboa, major infrastructure, financial, and...
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It’s (Still) More Expensive to Rotate Military Forces Overseas than Base Them There
December 19, 2024
— In mid-2020, then-President Donald Trump ordered the Pentagon to withdraw roughly one-third of US...
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Security Implications for the United States from Iranian and Hezbollah Activities in Latin America
December 18, 2024
— This presentation will examine engagement with Latin America by Iran, its government agents, and...
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Making the Case for Democratic, Limited Government and Economic Liberty in the Americas
December 17, 2024
— This work is derived from an address given by the author to the InterAmerican Institute for...
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Will Assad’s Defeat be Putin’s Waterloo?
December 10, 2024
— The narrative of Russia’s ascendancy in 2024 is beginning to look like more fiction than fact. The Assad regime in Syria has become a casualty of Moscow’s increasingly desperate efforts in Ukraine, and its collapse is a strategic and operational blow that undermines the narrative of Russia as ascendant, Kyiv as doomed, and Vladimir Putin as strategic mastermind. ...
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China’s Next Step in Modernizing the People’s Liberation Army: A New Reserve Service System
December 5, 2024
— The Chinese Communist Party’s massive active-duty army—the largest in the world—understates the manpower available to the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) during a future protracted war. Despite the hundreds of thousands of combat troops garrisoned around the country, a prolonged war of attrition will require more than movement of forces from one side of the country to another...
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Pretexts for War and the Preinvasion Crisis in Ukraine
December 5, 2024
— The US strategy in the run-up to the invasion of Ukraine appeared to undermine Russian efforts to justify the war. While studies of international crises typically focus on the goals of deterrence and escalation management, recent events in Ukraine show that counterjustification is another important objective. Russia used covert activities and deception to try and create a pretext for its invasion, and the United States aggressively countered these efforts...
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