Joel Wuthnow
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China
A New Chinese National Security Bureaucracy Emerges
Introduction An intriguing aspect of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s political consolidation was the establishment of a Central National Security...
Military Strategy
What I Learned From the PLA's Latest Strategy Textbook
Introduction In August 2020, China’s National Defense University (NDU) released a revised version of its Science of Military Strategy (战略学, zhanlüe...
Military Personnel
A New Step Forward in PLA Professionalization
Introduction A linchpin of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA)’s transformation into a “world-class military” is whether it can recruit, cultivate, and...
China
China's 'New' Academy of Military Science: A Revolution in Theoretical Affairs?
Background One of the overlooked but consequential features of China’s current period of military reform has been an overhaul of the research and...
China
China: Recentralizing Power in the PLA
Lieutenant General Qin Shengxiang (? ç???
The Emerging SQUAD
By Muhammad Shoaib • RealClearDefense
Somebody Has to Hold the Ground
By Jay Rogers • RealClearDefense
U.S. Navy Shipbuilding: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
By Brent Ramsey • RealClearDefense
The Services Do Not Need a Four-Star Autonomous Warfare Command
By Steven Wills • RealClearDefense
Honor Them While There Is Still Time
By Jeffrey Rosales • RealClearDefense
U.S. Military Gives Elon Musk’s SpaceX Access to Sensitive Tracking Data
By Guardian
USS McFaul Returns to Norfolk After 332 Day Deployment
By Sam LaGrone
The U.S. Shipbuilding Revival Is Taking Lessons Halfway Around the World
By WSJ
Hypersonic -Firing B-1B Lancer To Fly Into the 2040s
By Kris Osborn, Warrior MavenU.S. Navy Shipbuilding: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
By Brent Ramsey, RCDefense
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