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Publications | 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

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

South & Latin America | 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

Publications | 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

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Category: External Articles

Ecuador’s Evolving Engagement with the PRC
December 24, 2024
Ecuador’s Evolving  Engagement with the PRC | Dr. R. Evan Ellis

Making the Case for Democratic, Limited Government and Economic Liberty in the Americas
December 17, 2024
Making the Case for Democratic, Limited Government and Economic Liberty in the Americas | R. Evan Ellis

China’s Next Step in Modernizing the People’s Liberation Army: A New Reserve Service System
December 5, 2024
China’s Next Step in Modernizing the People’s Liberation Army: A New Reserve Service System | Joshua M. Arostegui

Pretexts for War and the Preinvasion Crisis in Ukraine
December 5, 2024
Pretexts for War and the Preinvasion Crisis in Ukraine | Ron Gurantz

China’s Summit Diplomacy: Insights From BRICS, APEC and the G20
November 26, 2024
China’s Summit Diplomacy: Insights From BRICS, 
APEC and the G20 | R. Evan Ellis

Parameters | Winter 2024–25
November 21, 2024
Parameters Winter 2024-2025

Opidata #8: The BRICS Summit, China, and the Emerging Illiberal Counter-Order
November 14, 2024
Opidata #8: The BRICS Summit, China, and the Emerging Illiberal Counter-Order | Dr. R. Evan Ellis

Strategic Implication of the Chinese-Operated Port of Chancay
November 7, 2024
Strategic Implication of the Chinese-Operated Port of Chancay | R. Evan Ellis for La Red China y América Latina

Venezuela: The Path Forward
November 6, 2024
Venezuela: The Path Forward | R. Evan Ellis

Chile’s Expanding Defense Relationship with China
October 18, 2024
Chile’s Expanding Defense Relationship with China | R. Evan Ellis