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: Annual Estimate

The Crisis in the Russian Economy
June 30, 1997 — Author: Dr Vitaly V Shlykov Retired Soviet Army Colonel Vitaly Shlykov presents a brutally honest... MORE

Assessing the Costs of Failure
June 26, 1997 — Authors: Dr Stephen C Pelletiere, Prof Shibley Telhami, Mr Lawrence R Velte As of mid-1997, the fate... MORE

Military Medical Operations in Sub-Saharan Africa: THE DoD
June 24, 1997 — Author: LTC C William Fox Jr Lieutenant Colonel C. William Fox, Jr., a physician who has had... MORE

Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The United States, Mexico, and the Agony of National Security
June 24, 1997 — Author: Dr Donald E Schulz The North American Free Trade Association has accelerated its... MORE

The Evolution in Military Affairs: Shaping the Future U.S. Armed Forces
June 16, 1997 — Author: Prof Douglas C Lovelace Jr Professor Douglas Lovelace articulates the exigent need to begin... MORE

From Madrid to Brussels: Perspectives on NATO Enlargement
June 15, 1997 — Author: Dr Stephen J Blank NATO's enlargement will be perhaps the most important defense and foreign... MORE

National Defense into the 21st Century: Defining the Issues
June 6, 1997 — Author: Dr Earl H Tilford Jr In March 1996, Colonel Jim Blundell of the Association of the United... MORE

The Russian Military in the 21st Century
June 3, 1997 — Author: Dr Alexei G Arbatov In April 1997, the U.S. Army War College held its Eighth Annual Strategy... MORE

Command in NATO After the Cold War: Alliance, National, and Multinational Consideration
June 1, 1997 — Author: Dr Thomas-Durell Young The publication of this compendium could not be more timely as a... MORE

Challenges and Options in the Caucasus and Central Asia
April 22, 1997 — Author: Dr Pavel K Baev In April 1997, the U.S. Army War College held its Eighth Annual Strategy... MORE