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Evolution of the Latin American Strategic Environment and the Posture of its Security Forces | R. Evan Ellis
China Landpower Studies Center
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Jan. 14, 2025
Evolution of the Latin American Strategic Environment and the Posture of...
The security environment in Latin America and the Caribbean continues to evolve, driven in part by dramatic underlying changes in the broader global dynamics. Latin American security forces, constrained by a combination of resources and
Rethinking Denial: The People’s Liberation Army’s Laser Systems and the Future Challenges for Hellscape | Jake Rinaldi and Jake Vartanian
China Landpower Studies Center
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Jan. 14, 2025
Rethinking Denial: The People’s Liberation Army’s Laser Systems and the ...
In a future Taiwan contingency, the United States and its allies and partners are poised to leverage large-scale autonomous unmanned aircraft system (UAS) operations to counter China’s anti-access/area denial strategy. This approach aims to mitigate
Assessing the Effectiveness of US Army Campaigning in the Indo-Pacific | Colonel Richard D. Butler and Jimmy Bell
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Jan. 8, 2025
Assessing the Effectiveness of US Army Campaigning in the Indo-Pacific
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
CLSC Dialogues | Brian Carlson and David Stone
China Landpower Studies Center
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Jan. 6, 2025
“Potential Forms of Russian Support for China in a Protracted War”
Brian Carlson and David Stone – “Potential Forms of Russian Support for China in a Protracted War” In this episode of CLSC Dialogues, Brian Carlson interviews David Stone, a Russia expert from the U.S. Naval War College, about potential forms of
A Plausibly Deniable Russian War Against Europe | John R. Deni, in Foreign Policy
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Jan. 2, 2025
8 Simmering Threats You Shouldn’t Ignore in 2025: A Plausibly Deniable R...
The sabotage of undersea communications cables in the Baltic Sea by the cargo ship Yi Peng 3 is only the latest in a series of asymmetric attacks against Western interests and infrastructure that appear to be connected in one way or another to
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Parameters | Winter 2024–25
November 21, 2024
— Welcome to the Winter 2024–25 issue of Parameters. This issue consists of an In Focus special commentary, three forums (Indo-Pacific, Security Cooperation, and Historical Studies), and the regular Civil-Military Relations Corner installment...
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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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Ecuador’s Evolving Engagement with the PRC
December 24, 2024
— Under the current Ecuadorian government of Daniel Noboa, major infrastructure, financial, and...
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Making the Case for Democratic, Limited Government and Economic Liberty in the Americas
December 17, 2024
— This work is derived from an address given by the author to the InterAmerican Institute for...
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China’s Next Step in Modernizing the People’s Liberation Army: A New Reserve Service System
December 5, 2024
— The Chinese Communist Party’s massive active-duty army—the largest in the world—understates the manpower available to the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) during a future protracted war. Despite the hundreds of thousands of combat troops garrisoned around the country, a prolonged war of attrition will require more than movement of forces from one side of the country to another...
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Pretexts for War and the Preinvasion Crisis in Ukraine
December 5, 2024
— The US strategy in the run-up to the invasion of Ukraine appeared to undermine Russian efforts to justify the war. While studies of international crises typically focus on the goals of deterrence and escalation management, recent events in Ukraine show that counterjustification is another important objective. Russia used covert activities and deception to try and create a pretext for its invasion, and the United States aggressively countered these efforts...
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China’s Summit Diplomacy: Insights From BRICS, APEC and the G20
November 26, 2024
— From late October through mid-November, China’s President Xi Jinping held high-profile engagements in three very different major international forums: the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia; the APEC Leadership Forum in Lima, Peru; and the G-20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Beyond the dominant role of Xi and China in each summit, the three distinct performances by Xi also provide important...
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Opidata #8: The BRICS Summit, China, and the Emerging Illiberal Counter-Order
November 14, 2024
— The 2024 BRICS summit in Kazan solidified an anti-liberal «counter-order,» challenging the rules-based international system. With its expansion to 23 members, the bloc, financially led by China, seeks to evade global restrictions and advance its agendas, though it faces coordination challenges and diverse objectives among its members. ...
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