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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
CSWMD joins NDU Africa Center at Workshop in Lagos to Strengthen Counter-Disinformation Efforts
The NDU Africa Center for Strategic Studies conducted a Catalyzing African Defender Communities Workshop in Lagos, Nigeria from 24-27 September 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.
Sept. 23, 2024
China's Theater-Range, Dual-Capable Delivery Systems: Integrated Deterrence and Risk Reduction Approaches to Counter a Growing Threat
China has engaged in a dramatic buildup of its nuclear forces over the past decade. While much of the attention on China’s new nuclear arsenal has focused on its development and expansion of its strategic nuclear triad, this growth has also included significant numbers of theater-range, dual-capable delivery systems. These forces are not capable of reaching the U.S. mainland but can range U.S. and allied forces and bases across strategically significant swathes of the Indo-Pacific.
Sept. 16, 2024
INSS at the Global Summit on Terrorism and Political Violence
Dr. Kim Cragin, INSS Distinguished Research Fellow for Counterterrorism and the Director of the Center for Strategic Research, presented at the Global Summit on Terrorism and Political Violence.
Aug. 22, 2024
The Future of Great Power Competition
Dr. Tom Lynch (INSS) offers his take in The Future of Great Power Competition, the concluding chapter of the edited volume of original research and analysis published on August 20 titled, The Routledge Handbook of Great Power Competition.
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 26, 2024
Joint Force Quarterly 114 (3rd Quarter, 2024)
As I have written before in this space, change is a constant. NDU Press and Joint Force Quarterly are not immune to this fact. Recently, we moved to a more modern Web-based platform that will be less expensive to maintain and operate.
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.
Roundtable Discussion with the President of Latvia
On 8 July, 2024, INSS Director Dr. Denise Natali hosted a roundtable discussion at NDU with the President of Latvia, Edgars Rinkēvičs and NDU senior leaders and faculty.