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Loyal Paraguay
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Aug. 26, 2025
Loyal Paraguay: The Peña Government’s Strategic Choice to Stay with Taiwan
From August 11-15, 2025, the author was in Asuncion, Paraguay, in an International Republican Institute (IRI) event hosted by that nation’s President Santiago Peña, bringing together government officials, diplomats, businesspersons, and civil
Inside China's Global Security Playbook
China Landpower Studies Center
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Aug. 13, 2025
A New World Cop on the Beat? China’s Internal Security Outreach Under th...
Global outreach by China’s internal security agencies is expanding. This nonmilitary security diplomacy plays a crucial yet overlooked role in Chinese foreign security policy. Watch Now
Slide for "Election, Crisis, and US Opportunity"
South & Latin America
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Aug. 13, 2025
Election, Crisis, and U.S. Opportunity in Bolivia
Bolivia, strategically at the center of South America, faces a critical election that will define its direction in its current profound economic, political and security crisis, its future relationship with the People’s Republic of China (PRC), its
Slide for More Than a Numbers Game: Comparing US and Chinese Landpower in the Pacific Requires Context
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July 22, 2025
More Than a Numbers Game: Comparing US and Chinese Landpower in the Paci...
As the US Army organizes, trains, and equips for an unforeseen future, service decisions should create or amplify relative operational advantages over the US military’s rising foe—the People’s Liberation Army. Discerning critical differences between
Slide for Planning for Protracted Conflict with China: Five Questions to Ask
China Landpower Studies Center
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June 26, 2025
Planning for Protracted Conflict With China: Five Questions to Ask
Where and how a conflict starts will affect the kind of war it will be.
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Ecuador’s Incoming Government Faces Difficult Choices Regarding China
May 8, 2025
— With Daniel Noboa returning to the presidency and a new Chinese ambassador on the way, China-Ecuador...
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Thompson’s Rifle Battalion: The Original Unit of the Army of the United Colonies (Now the United States Regular Army)
April 22, 2025
— Why is 1775 depicted on the official flag of the US Army? Why did Congress form the Pennsylvania Rifle Battalion as the first non-militia unit in the army of the United Colonies? Who was the battalion’s commander, William Thompson? What happened to Thompson and his rifle battalion during the rest of the American Revolution?...
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Amid Trump Tariffs, Where Do China-Mexico Ties Stand?
March 24, 2025
— Mexico’s government is attempting to downplay its relationship with China to avoid Trump’s ire, but...
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Parameters | Spring 2025
March 20, 2025
— Welcome to the Spring 2025 issue of Parameters. This issue consists of an In Focus special commentary, three forums (Russia, Ukraine, and NATO; Strategic Competition and Managing National Security; and Joint Sustainment Strategies), the regular Civil-Military Relations Corner installment, and a review essay...
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North Korea in Ukraine: Analyzing Authoritarian Cooperation
March 18, 2025
— The deployment of North Korean forces to Ukraine marks a critical inflection point in global security dynamics, challenging long-held assumptions about the limits of cooperation between authoritarian states. This development, unprecedented in its implications, reveals even absent formal alliances or ideological cohesion, the strategic realignment among authoritarian states has the potential to reshape the global order and future conflicts...
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Toward a More Effective DoD Contribution to Strategic Competition in the Western Hemisphere
February 21, 2025
— Innovative new thinking is needed on the security challenges the People’s Republic of China poses in Latin America and the Department of Defense’s role in the US response, including (1) enhanced security cooperation that helps key democratic partners succeed and provides the United States leverage and situational awareness, and (2) anticipating how the People’s Republic of China may exploit its commercial and other activities in the region in times of war...
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The Impact of China on US Interests in Latin America
February 21, 2025
— President Trump’s statements regarding the influence of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) over...
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Evolution of the Latin American Strategic Environment and the Posture of its Security Forces
January 14, 2025
— The security environment in Latin America and the Caribbean continues to evolve, driven in part 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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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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