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Regional Issues

China Landpower Studies Center | Feb. 4, 2026

PLA Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures for Close Air Support Are Still ...

Dennis J. Blasko

China Landpower Studies Center | 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.

China Landpower Studies Center | Jan. 27, 2026

PLA Navy Marine Corps Tank Companies Emphasize Expeditionary Capabilities

Joaquin Camarena

China Landpower Studies Center | Jan. 27, 2026

Theory Meets Practice: The PLA National Defense University Revives the O...

Dennis J. Blasko

China Landpower Studies Center | 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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Treating Allies as Allies in the Arab World
June 1, 2007 — Author: Dr W Andrew Terrill Each month a member of the SSI faculty writes an editorial for our... MORE

China’s Nuclear Forces: Operations, Training, Doctrine, Command, Control and Campaign Planning
May 1, 2007 — Author: Dr Larry M Wortzel Recent books and journal articles published in China provide new insights... MORE

Strategic Competition and Resistance in the 21st Century: Irregular, Catastrophic, Traditional, and Hybrid Challenges in Context
May 1, 2007 — Author: Mr Nathan P Freier The 2005 National Defense Strategy introduced the now prolific concept of... MORE

Ukraine’s Military Between East and West
May 1, 2007 — Author: Prof Marybeth Peterson Ulrich America’s new allies in Central and Eastern Europe have been... MORE

Manning the Force
May 1, 2007 — Author: Dr Douglas V Johnson II Each month a member of the SSI faculty writes an editorial for our... MORE

Roots of Terror
May 1, 2007 — Author: Ms Corinna Johnson Many of the traditional processes used to identify and prosecute... MORE

Global Climate Change: National Security Implications
May 1, 2007 — Author: Dr Douglas V Johnson II On March 29-31, 2007, the Strategic Studies Institute and the... MORE

Russian-American Security Cooperation after St. Petersburg
April 1, 2007 — Author: Dr Richard Weitz Until Russia and the United States experience a change on government in... MORE

North Korean Foreign Relations in the Post-Cold War World
April 1, 2007 — Author: Dr Samuel S Kim The author examines North Korea’s foreign relations with China, Russia,... MORE

North Korea’s Military Threat: Pyongyang’s Conventional Forces, Weapons of Mass Destruction, and Ballistic Missiles
April 1, 2007 — Author: Capt (USN) John M Sanford, Dr Andrew Scobell North Korea's conventional capabilities have... MORE