Recent Publications

What’s with the Relationship between America’s Army and China’s PLA?
September 1, 1996 — Author: COL Jer Donald Get In May 1995, Secretary of Defense William J. Perry asked the Army to examine various ways to re-establish the army-to-army ties which existed between the U.S. Army and Beijing's People's Liberation Army (PLA) prior to the 1980s. U.S. President George Bush ordered a curb in military-to-military ties following the Tiananmen... MORE

Unification of the United States Armed Forces: Implementing the 1986 Department of Defense Reorganization Act
August 1, 1996 — Author: Prof Douglas C Lovelace Jr The 1986 Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act was the most significant legislation for the U.S. Armed Forces since the National Security Act of 1947. The increased unification the Goldwater-Nichols Act was intended to bring to the Department of Defense was considered too extreme by some, but... MORE

India’s Security Environment: Towards the Year 2000
July 1, 1996 — Author: Dr Raju G C Thomas In January 1996, the U.S. War College's Strategic Studies Institute and the Center for Strategic and International Studies hosted a conference on "Asian Security to the Year 2000." In his presentation to the conference, Dr. Raju Thomas examined India's defense perspectives and prospects. From the standpoint of national... MORE

China’s Transition into the 21st Century: U.S. and PRC Perspectives
July 1, 1996 — Authors: Dr David Shambaugh, Senior Colonel Wang Zhongchun This past April the Army War College's Strategic Studies Institute held its Seventh Annual Strategy Conference. The theme, "China Into the 21st Century: Strategic Partner and . . . or Peer Competitor," was especially timely.Dr. David Shambaugh and Senior Colonel Wang Zhongchun look at China... MORE

China’s Quest for Security in the Post-Cold War World
July 1, 1996 — Author: Dr Samuel S Kim In April 1996, the Army War College's Strategic Studies Institute held its Seventh Annual Strategy Conference. This year's theme was, "China Into the 21st Century: Strategic Partner and . . . or Peer Competitor."Dr. Samuel S. Kim of Columbia University argues that, while post-Tiananmen China is a growing regional military... MORE

Reform, Conflict, and Security in Zaire
June 1, 1996 — Author: Dr Steven Metz U.S. foreign policy in Sub-Saharan Africa seeks stability, democracy, and economic development. Despite recent positive trends, it is clear that not all African countries will move in this direction; some will sink into greater violence and misery. In the central part of the continent, Zaire is the linchpin. Because of its... MORE

Central Asia: A New Great Game?
June 1, 1996 — Author: LTC Dianne L Smith In January 1996, the U.S. Army War College's Strategic Studies Institute (SSI) and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) hosted a conference on "Asian Security to the Year 2000." One focus of the conferees was the growing relevance of events in Central Asia. Perhaps nowhere on the continent was the... MORE

U.S. Participation in IFOR: A Marathon, not a Sprint
June 1, 1996 — Author: Dr William T Johnsen The U.S. decision to join the Implementation Force (IFOR) for the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Hercegovina (familiarly known as the Dayton Accords) marked a crucial milestone toward achieving the U.S. national objective of a lasting political settlement to the conflict in Bosnia. Equally critical... MORE

The Invitation to Struggle: Executive and Legislative Competition over the U.S. Military Presence on the Korean Peninsula
May 1, 1996 — Author: Dr William E Berry Jr This monograph was presented originally at the International Workshop on the U.S.-ROK Alliance held in Seoul, Korea, in October 1995. The Strategic Studies Institute co-hosted this workshop in collaboration with the Institute for Far Eastern Studies of Kyungnam University and in partnership with The Korea Society and... MORE

Russian Security Policy in the Asia-Pacific Region: Two Views
May 1, 1996 — Authors: Dr Stephen J Blank, Maj Gen Anatoly Bolyatko, Prof Peggy Falkenheim Meyer In May 1995, the British Ministry of Defence, the Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College, the RAND Corporation, the Institute for National Security Studies of the U.S. Air Force Academy, and King's College, London, hosted a conference at King's... MORE

China and the Revolution in Military Affairs
May 1, 1996 — Authors: Dr Bates Gill, LTC Lonnie Henley In April 1996, the Army War College's Strategic Studies Institute held its Seventh Annual Strategy Conference. This year's theme was, "China Into the 21st Century: Strategic Partner and…or Peer Competitor."Dr. Bates Gill of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), on a panel entitled,... MORE

Yemen and Stability in the Persian Gulf: Confronting the Threat from Within
May 1, 1996 — Author: Dr Stephen C Pelletiere Yemen is one of the oldest societies in the Middle East. It sits athwart one of the world's most strategic waterways, and hence, throughout the Cold War, the United States and Soviet Union contended for influence over it. With the end of the Cold War, Yemen's fortunes sank. Soviet support vanished, and the United... MORE