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Oct. 2, 2024
More Red but Still Expert: Party-Army Relations Under Xi Jinping
Xi Jinping has encouraged the People’s Liberation Army to be able to "fight and win wars" while remaining "absolutely loyal" to the Chinese Communist Party.
Oct. 1, 2024
The War in Ukraine and Russia’s Quest to Reshape the World Order
Moscow is actively using the conflict in Ukraine to advance its vision of a different international order.
Aug. 9, 2024
Chinese Regime Playing Key Role in Ongoing Wars
How do China and Iran matter to the wider context of the Israel-Hamas War and for the future of stability in the Middle East? See INSS’ Tom Lynch address these topics in his feature interview from 29 July 2024.
July 22, 2024
Assessing Russian plans for military regeneration
Senior Research Fellow Dr. Jaclyn Kerr writes the chapter “Russia’s Asymmetric Enablers” in this research paper.
July 9, 2024
The Future of Hybrid Warfare
The NATO Futures Series by CSIS features scholars from the Futures Lab, the International Security Program, and across CSIS. It explores emerging challenges and opportunities that NATO is likely to confront after its 75th anniversary.
July 5, 2024
The Elusive Promise of “Over-the-Horizon” Counterterrorism
Dr. Kim Cragin, INSS Distinguished Fellow for Counterterrorism, has a new journal article on the opportunities and challenges posed by an over-the-horizon approach to counterterrorism.
Small, smart, many and cheaper: Competitive adaptation in modern warfare
Q&A with T. X. Hammes, a nonresident senior fellow in the Forward Defense program of the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security and a distinguished research fellow in the Center for Strategic Research.
Lethal Targeting and Adaptation Failure in Terrorist Groups
This study argues that terrorist groups’ command relationships and resources bases can hinder their ability to adapt to lethal targeting. It evaluates this argument by examining Arabic language correspondence from Usama bin Ladin’s compound related to the drone campaign in Pakistan.
May 9, 2024
Unpacking China’s PLA Restructuring: A Conversation with Dr. Joel Wuthnow
Dr. Joel Wuthnow (INSS/Center for the Study of Chinese Military Affairs) was interviewed on the Center for Strategic & International Studies’ (CSIS) ChinaPower podcast.
March 7, 2024
The Russo-Chinese Alliance and Great Power Competition with Dr. Tom Lynch
March 7, 2024 — Dr. Tom Lynch offers us a Great Power Competition understanding of the evolving Russo-Chinese strategic partnership on the Georgetown University “Diplomatic Immunity” podcast. His 30-minute podcast conversation, posted on March 7, 2024, tells us why China and Russia now appear more strategically aligned than they actually are and why they are not destined to be formal allies into the future.