Regional Issues

China Landpower Studies Center | 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

China Landpower Studies Center | 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

Publications | 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

European Security | 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

External Articles | Dec. 27, 2024

2025: Possibilities for the Year to Come

2025 is likely to be a transformative year for Latin America and the Caribbean, and its relationships with the United States, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and other actors. Although it is impossible to predict with certainty the complex

Category: Annual Estimate

French Policy Toward NATO: Enhanced Selectivity, Vice Rapprochement
September 1, 1994 — Authors: Dr William T Johnsen, Dr Thomas-Durell Young The authors of this report explain how French... MORE

Russian Policy and the Korean Crisis
September 1, 1994 — Author: Dr Stephen J Blank North Korea's nuclear program is the greatest current threat to U.S. and... MORE

Partnership for Peace: Discerning Fact from Fiction
August 1, 1994 — Authors: Dr William T Johnsen, Dr Thomas-Durell Young The authors analyze and assess Partnership for... MORE

U.S. Africa Policy: Some Possible Course Adjustment
August 1, 1994 — Author: AMB Daniel H Simpson Ambassador Daniel H. Simpson addresses the question of U.S. interests... MORE

The Revolution in Military Affairs and Conflict Short of War
July 1, 1994 — Authors: LTC James Kievit, Dr Steven Metz The authors concede that the revolution in military... MORE

The New Russia in the New Asia
July 1, 1994 — Author: Dr Stephen J Blank This monograph offers an account of the current struggle inside Russia... MORE

Two Historians in Technology and War
July 1, 1994 — Authors: Dr John F Guilmartin Jr, Sir Michael Howard In April 1994, the Army War College's Strategic... MORE

Does Russian Democracy Have a Future?
July 1, 1994 — Authors: Dr Stephen J Blank, Dr Earl H Tilford Jr In 1854, on the eve of the Crimea campaign,... MORE

Russia’s New Doctrine: Two Views
July 1, 1994 — Authors: Dr Michael M Boll, COL James F Holcomb Jr The future direction of Russian security and... MORE

Proliferation and Nonproliferation in Ukraine: Implications for European and U.S. Security
July 1, 1994 — Author: Dr Stephen J Blank Limiting nuclear proliferation is a vital goal of U.S. security policy... MORE