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China’s Foreign Police Training: A Global Footprint

New data reveal how China’s foreign police training programs have become an integral part of Beijing’s strategy to remake global security.

SSI Live 118 – The China Strategic Competition Seminar

In this episode of SSI Live, Major Brennan Deveraux interviews Colonel Kyle Marcrum and Lieutenant Colonel Paul Milas on the SSI-developed China Strategic Competition Seminar. The conversation explores the origin and relevance of the seminar,

Forecasting the PRC’s Next Global Initiative

Executive Summary:• Xi Jinping could unveil a “global environmental initiative” as soon as mid-November 2025, at the COP31 summit in Brazil. This would align with previous initiatives that have been announced at international forums.• This new

The PLA’s Progress toward World-Class Ground Force Capabilities

This essay examines Xi Jinping’s dictum of creating a world-class military by 2049 and assesses the progress of the PLA ground forces toward achieving that notional benchmark.

Global Public Security with Chinese Characteristics

A conversation between Dr. Sheena Chestnut Greitens and Bonnie Glaser on China's Global Security Initiative.
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Category: External Articles

Washington’s Debt, Beijing’s Bubble, and the Discussion No One is Having
November 15, 2013

State Collapse, Insurgency, and Counterinsurgency: Lessons from Somalia
November 14, 2013
State Collapse, Insurgency, and Counterinsurgency: Lessons from Somalia

Building Better Armies: An Insider’s Account of Liberia
November 12, 2013
Building Better Armies: An Insider’s Account of Liberia

Reforming the Police in Post-Soviet States: Georgia and Kyrgyzstan
November 6, 2013
Reforming the Police in Post-Soviet States: Georgia and Kyrgyzstan

Central Asia After 2014
November 3, 2013
Central Asia After 2014

Changing Minds In The Army: Why It Is So Difficult and What To Do About It
October 28, 2013
Changing Minds In The Army: Why It Is So Difficult and What To Do About It

Forging an American Grand Strategy: Securing a Path Through a Complex Future. Selected Presentations from a Symposium at the National Defense University
October 22, 2013
Forging an American Grand Strategy: Securing a Path Through a Complex Future. Selected Presentations from a Symposium at the National Defense University

NATO Missile Defense and the European Phased Adaptive Approach: The Implications of Burden-Sharing and the Underappreciated Role of the U.S. Army
October 18, 2013
NATO Missile Defense and the European Phased Adaptive Approach: The Implications of Burden-Sharing and the Underappreciated Role of the U.S. Army

Conflict Management and Peacebuilding: Pillars of a New American Grand Strategy
October 16, 2013
Conflict Management and Peacebuilding: Pillars of a New American Grand Strategy

Op-Ed: Doubts on China’s “New Model for Great Power Relationship”
October 3, 2013