Recent Publications

PODCAST: Chinese Strategy and Statecraft: Coercion and Competition in the Indo-Pacific
June 24, 2024 — What are the objectives of China’s foreign and security policies under Xi Jinping? What is the role of Australia and other middle powers in responding to Chinese actions in the Indo-Pacific? Are the United States’ China policies set to change with future shifts in the international order? In this episode, Sheena Chestnut Greitens and Dan... MORE

Chinese Strategy and Statecraft: Coercion and Competition in the Indo-Pacific•
Sheena Chestnut Greitens and Dan Blumenthal
The National Security Podcast

PODCAST: Paramilitaries Abroad: China’s Use of Nontraditional Security Forces
June 24, 2024 — Episode 107 of the Irregular Warfare Podcast examines how China uses its paramilitary and internal security forces to project power abroad and build global influence.Our guests begin by dissecting the Chinese security apparatus: contrasting the People’s Liberation Army with the CCP’s internal police forces and paramilitaries. They then explore how... MORE

Paramilitaries Abroad: China’s Use of Nontraditional Security Forces
Sheena Chestnut Greitens and LTG Charles W. Hooper
The Irregular Warfare Podcast

The Mixed Message About China's Economy
February 8, 2024 — Chinese Premier Li Qiang spoke this week at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland, saying the Chinese economy was doing just fine. Signals out of Beijing have been conveying a different message.SHEENA CHESTNUT GREITENS: So I think that the idea that economic growth created the basis for stability for the Chinese Communist Party was the... MORE

The Mixed Message About China's Economy | NPR Podcast Appearance by Sheena Greitens

National Hispanic Heritage Month – Brigadier General (Ret.) Irene M. Zoppi Rodriguez
September 18, 2023 — National Hispanic Heritage Month – Brigadier General (Ret.) Irene M. ZoppiStephanie Crider (Host)This year, in observance of National Hispanic Heritage Month, the US Army War College Press interviewed Army War College Foundation board members.The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the podcast guest and are not necessarily... MORE

National Hispanic Heritage Month Podcast

National Hispanic Heritage Month – Major General (Ret.) Luis R. Visot
September 15, 2023 — National Hispanic Heritage Month – Major General (Ret.) Luis R. VisotStephanie Crider (Host)This year, in observance of national Hispanic Heritage Month, the US Army War College Press interviewed Army War College Foundation board members.The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the podcast guests and are not necessarily those... MORE

National Hispanic Heritage Month – Branko Versalovic
September 30, 2022 — Branko Versalovic, the current Chilean Officer invited to participate as IF in the REP. I was born in Copiapo city, in the northern region of Chile. I’m married, and together we have a 7-year-old boy. Both of them are now living the Carlisle experience with me. I joined the Army in 1998, at a very young age. I was just 15, which at the present is... MORE

National Hispanic Heritage Month – LT COL Branko Versalovic

National Hispanic Heritage Month – COL Alejandro Amigo
September 30, 2022 — Colonel Alejandro Amigo:Foreign Faculty in Latino American Studies and Multicultural LeadershipDepartment of Command, Leadership, and ManagementColonel Alejandro Amigo is a Foreign Faculty in Latino American Studies and Multicultural Leadership at the United States Army War College. He teaches the Strategic Leadership course, the Regional Studies... MORE

National Hispanic Heritage Month – COL Alexis “Pancho” Perez-Cruz
September 29, 2022 — COL Alex “Pancho” Perez-Cruz is a military brat from Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, and grew up in El Paso, Texas where his father was an Air Defense Artillery Sergeant Major. He entered the Army as a Medic in 1994. Having been awarded an Army ROTC scholarship, he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Speech Communications from Stephen F. Austin State... MORE

National Hispanic Heritage Month – Celestino Pérez, Jr.
September 21, 2022 — Celestino Pérez, Jr.: I serve as the Chair of Executive and Strategic Leadership at the U.S. Army War College at Carlisle Barracks, PA. I also direct the Carlisle Scholars Program, for which I design and teach a seminar of select national-security professionals in political science, strategy, war, and military ethics. Finally, I serve as an adjunct... MORE

National Hispanic Heritage Month – Zenel Garcia
September 21, 2022 — Zenel Garcia is an Associate Professor of Security Studies in the Department of National Security and Strategy at the U.S. Army War College. His research focuses on the intersection of international relations theory, security, and geopolitics. Specifically, how interpretations of security and the geopolitical environment shape the policy... MORE

National Hispanic Heritage Month – LTC Jeannette M. Molina
September 21, 2022 — LTC Jeannette M. Molina graduated from the University of Louisville with a Bachelor’s Degree in English and was commissioned in the Adjutant General’s Corps in 2003. She holds a Master of Arts in Union Labor and Human Resources. Following graduation from Adjutant General Corps Officer Basic Course, Lieutenant Colonel Molina was assigned to 2d... MORE

National Hispanic Heritage Month – Dr. Ricardo Herrera
September 21, 2022 — Dr. Ricardo Herrera is a visiting professor in the Department of National Security and Strategy, US Army War College. He specializes in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century American military history. He previously served as a professor of military history at the School of Advanced Military Studies (SAMS), US Army Command and General Staff College... MORE