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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

Publications | Jan. 12, 2026

The 2024 Carlisle Conference on the PLA: Protracted War Against the PRC

The US Army War College’s 2024 Carlisle Conference on the People’s Liberation Army was held on October 16 and 17 at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania. The conference brought together experts to discuss the People’s Republic of China’s understanding of

If China Attacks Taiwan: The Consequences for China of "Minor Conflict" ...

Introduction by Bonnie S. Glaser: Research on the possibility and likely outcome of a conflict in the Taiwan Strait has expanded rapidly in recent years. Studies have focused on a broad range of questions related to deterrence, potential conflict
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Category: External Articles

The United States and Russia into the 21st Century
October 1, 1997

Force Planning in an Era of Uncertainty: Two MRCs as a Force Sizing Framework
September 15, 1997

Traditional Military Thinking and the Defensive Strategy of China
August 29, 1997

The Challenge of Haiti’s Future: Report on the Conference Sponsored by U.S. Army War College, Georgetown University, and the Inter-American Dialogue
August 22, 1997

Strategic Planning and the Drug Threat
August 1, 1997

U.S. National Security: Beyond the Cold War
July 26, 1997

Syria and the Peace: A Good Chance Missed
July 7, 1997

Two Perspectives on Interventions and Humanitarian Operations
July 1, 1997

The Crisis in the Russian Economy
June 30, 1997

Assessing the Costs of Failure
June 26, 1997