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    By COL Michael J. Kelley

    Russia will dominate information warfare if the United States does not treat disinformation as central to Russian strategy. This podcast examines the vital role disinformation played in post–Cold War Russian strategy, including its strategy in the current Russia-Ukraine War, and in a departure from previous scholarship, this podcast observes that US defense leaders are aware of Russian disinformation but have failed ...

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    By COL Rich Butler, COL Marco J. Lyons

    Episode 12 of CLSC Dialogues: In 2012, the late diplomat and RAND Corporation Senior Fellow James Dobbins wrote an article titled “War with China,” which was published in the journal Survival. The article asserted that there were several potential cases for conflict with China, including North Korea’s collapse and an unrestrained Sino-Indian border war. ...

  • Slde for Landpower, Homeland Defense, and Defending Forward in US Indo-Pacific Command

    By Dr. Michael E. Lynch and MAJ Brennan Deveraux

    Homeland defense does not begin at the water’s edge, at least not on the east and west coasts of the

  • Slide for Studying Landpower in the Indo-Pacific

    By COL Richard Butler

    The China Landpower Studies Center at the U.S. Army War College produces research and analysis of China's strategic landpower for U.S. policymakers and military leaders. For many casual observers, the U.S. Army has little to say in how a future war in the Indo-Pacific will play out, especially regarding China. The image most have is blue: blue skies and blue water—a job for the navy the air force.

  • New publication: A Call to Action: Lessons from Ukraine for the Future Force

    By John A. Nagl and Katie Crombe

    The Russia-Ukraine War represents a strategic inflection point that provides valuable insights into the future of war and how the US military must adapt. This book identifies the lessons the US Army must learn from the Russia-Ukraine War as the service reexamines all aspects of its composition to prepare for future conflicts.

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    By COL Rich Butler, COL Brandon Teague

    In episode 11 of CLSC Dialogues, Colonel Rich Butler and Colonel Brandon Teague discuss the 5th Security Force Assistance Brigade and its contributions to the US Indo-Pacific and how persistent presence and advisory roles contribute to the concept of integrated deterrence. Teague also shares some recent operations activities his team has participated in and their key accomplishments.

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

    By The National Security Podcast

    What are the objectives of China’s foreign and security policies under Xi Jinping?  What is the role

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

    By Irregular Warfare Initiative

    Episode 107 of the Irregular Warfare Podcast examines how China uses its paramilitary and internal

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    By MAJ Brennan Deveraux, Josh Arostegui

    In episode 10 of CLSC Dialogues, MAJ Brennan Deveraux, national security researcher in the Strategic Studies Institute, and Josh Arostegui, research director and chair of the China Landpower Studies Center, discuss Deveraux's recent article, "Arming Allies and Partners: How Foreign Military Sales Can Change the China Problem," in which he proposes ...