Recent Publications

Civil-Military Change in China: Elites, Institutes, and Ideas After the 16th Party Congress
September 1, 2004 — Authors: Dr Andrew Scobell, Dr Larry M Wortzel In November 2002, the Chinese Communist Party held its 16th Congress and formally initiated a sweeping turnover of senior leaders in both the Party and the People's Liberation Army (PLA). The meeting heralded not merely a new set of personalities in positions of political and military power, but also... MORE

People’s Liberation Army After Next
August 1, 2000 — Author: COL Susan M Puska The 1999 PLA Conference, which was hosted jointly by the American Enterprise Institute and the U.S. Army War College's Strategic Studies Institute, convened September 10-12, 1999, at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania. The goal of this conference was to comprehensively examine Chinese military modernization efforts. The... MORE

The PLA and the Kosovo Conflict
May 1, 2000 — Author: Dr June Teufel-Dreyer The U.S. armed forces are not the only military that has sought to discern the lessons of the Kosovo campaign in the spring of 1999. The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) has also analyzed the conflict and drawn its own conclusions. In fact, as Dr. June Teufel Dreyer, Professor of Political Science at the... MORE

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

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

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

China’s Strategic View: The Role of the People’s Liberation Army
April 1, 1996 — Author: Dr June Teufel-Dreyer 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. June Tuefel Dreyer, Professor of Political Science at the University of Miami, on a panel examining "China's... MORE

Security Cooperation with China: Analysis and a Proposal
November 1, 1994 — Author: Dr Thomas L Wilborn Dr. Wilborn examines U.S.-China security cooperation before Tiananmen, the strategic context in which it took place, and the strategic environment of U.S.-China relations at the present time. He then concludes that the reasons which justified the program of security cooperation with China during the cold war are... MORE