Regional Issues

China Landpower Studies Center | Nov. 13, 2025

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.

China Landpower Studies Center | Nov. 13, 2025

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,

China Landpower Studies Center | Nov. 7, 2025

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

China Landpower Studies Center | Oct. 27, 2025

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.

China Landpower Studies Center | Sept. 30, 2025

Global Public Security with Chinese Characteristics

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

Category: External Articles

Budget Policy, Deficits, and Defense: A Fiscal Framework for Defense Planning
June 1, 2005 — Author: Dr Dennis S Ippolito The author focuses on the spending policy, deficit and debt, and... MORE

Welcome Iran and North Korea to the Nuclear Club: You’re Targeted
June 1, 2005 — Author: LTC Raymond A Millen Each month a member of the SSI faculty writes an editorial for our... MORE

The U.S.-UK Special Relationship: Past, Present and Future
May 29, 2005 — Author: Dr Douglas V Johnson II On April 11-13, 2005, the Strategic Studies Institute co-sponsored a... MORE

Beyond The U.S. War on Terrorism: Comparing Domestic Legal Remedies to an International Dilemma
May 25, 2005 — Author: Dr Dallas D Owens The John Bassett Moore Society of International Law, University of... MORE

U.S.-India Security Ties
May 25, 2005 — Author: Mr Brian Shoup On April 21-23, 2005, the India Studies Program at Indiana University hosted... MORE

South Asia and the Nuclear Future: Rethinking the Causes and Consequences of Nuclear Proliferation
May 25, 2005 — Author: Dr Todd S Sechser On June 4-5, 2004, the Center for International Security and Cooperation... MORE

Strategic Opportunities: Charting New Approaches to Defense and Security Challenges in the Western Hemisphere
May 23, 2005 — Author: Dr Max G Manwaring The Latin American and Caribbean Center of Florida International... MORE

The International Community and Haiti: A Proposal for Cooperative Sovereignty
May 1, 2005 — Author: Dr Gabriel Marcella Each month a member of the SSI faculty writes an editorial for our... MORE

The Rise and Fall of Empires
April 5, 2005 — Author: Dr Douglas V Johnson II On March 4-5, 2005, the Strategic Studies Institute and the Triangle... MORE

Dismantling North Korea’s Nuclear Weapons Programs
April 1, 2005 — Author: COL David J Bishop This paper examines the choices available to the United States for... MORE