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Dec. 2, 2024
China’s Quest for Military Supremacy to be published in March 2025
China's Quest for Military Supremacy by Joel Wuthnow and Phillip Saunders is set to be published on 18 March 2025.
Nov. 26, 2024
Confronting Irregular Warfare in the South China Sea: Lessons Learned from Vietnam
"Confronting Irregular Warfare in the South China Sea" was released by the U.S. Army professional journal, Military Review. This short article by Dr. Kim Cragin, examines irregular warfare activities of the Chinese maritime militia and Vietnam's response, drawing lessons learned for the U.S. military.
Oct. 22, 2024
The Role of America’s European Allies in the Russia-Ukraine War, 2022–24
In this monograph, Lisa A. Aronsson and John R. Deni assess whether US allies and partners in Europe can continue providing military assistance to Ukraine or expand assistance, while preserving their own national security and fulfilling their NATO commitments.
Book Chapter: The Rising Dominance of the Tactical Defense?
Read the chapter titled "The Rising Dominance of the Tactical Defense?" by T.X. Hammes in Beyond Ukraine: Debating the Future of War, which examines whether land warfare is once again entering a period of defense dominance.
Game-changers: Implications of the Russo-Ukraine war for the future of ground warfare
On 3 April 2023, T.X. Hammes published an article in the Atlantic Council titled "Game-changers: Implications of the Russo-Ukraine war for the future of ground warfare."
Oct. 10, 2024
Cyberspace: Great Power Competition in a Fragmenting Domain
This article explains how the cyber domain today largely replicates the patterns of devolution and fragmentation observed in the electromagnetic spectrum (EM) and aviation domains more than a century ago.
Oct. 7, 2024
Thirty Years of the Center for the Study of Weapons of Mass Destruction
NDU’s Center for the Study of Weapons of Mass Destruction (CSWMD), part of the Institute for National Strategic Studies, has been a trusted resource on WMD challenges to senior Defense and other interagency policy leaders for 30 years.
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.
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.