Learning from the stones

By David Lai

Beyond the strait

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Held on September 26, 2008, the 2008 People's Liberation Army (PLA) Conference, conducted by the National Bureau of Asian Research, the Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College, and...

Chinese lessons from other peoples wars

By Andrew Scobell, David Lai, Roy Kamphausen

The importance of China stems not only from its current international role and its influence on the Asia-Pacific region in particular, but also because China's impact on global developments will li...

The United States and China in power transition

By David Lai

The most profound change that the United States and China have experienced in their relations over the past 30 years is perhaps the onset of an apparent power transition between the two nations. Th...

Asia Pacific

By David Lai

This monograph provides a timely assessment of the geostrategic significance of Asia-Pacific and offers as a thought-provoking analysis of the U.S. strategic shift toward the region and its implica...

Assessing the People s Liberation Army in the Hu Jintao era

By David Lai, Travis Tanner, Roy Kamphausen

The 2012 PLA (People's Liberation Army) conference took place at a time when the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) was making its leadership transition from Hu Jintao to Xi Jinping. The conference disc...

The Chinese People s Liberation Army in 2025

By David Lai, Roy Kamphausen

"This volume is of special relevance in light of the profound changes occurring within the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA). China's desire to develop a military commensurate with its diverse...

United States and China in Power Transition

By Strategic Studies Institute, David Lai

Chinese Lessons from Other Peoples Wars

By Andrew Scobell, Roy Kamphausen, Strategic Studies Strategic Studies Institute, David Lai

The PLA at Home and Abroad

By Strategic Studies Institute, Andrew Scobell, Roy Kamphausen, David Lai