POLICY & ANALYSIS

Editor’s Introduction to the Military Balance 2022 & Further assessments, (James Hackett), International Institute for Strategic Studies 
15 February 2022, annual assessment of military capabilities and defense economics of 171 countries worldwide, with ‘Editor’s Introduction’ focusing on defense spending, China & Russia military developments, regional reactions, and technological change; ‘Further assessments’ discussing defense economics (U.S. foreign military financing, regional reductions in global defense expenditure, Russia’s military spending growth, Asian resilience, and Europe’s defense spending increase) & land warfare (U.S. global posture, Russian ground forces, and European army modernization).

Hiding and Finding: The Challenge of Security Competition, (Seth G. Jones), Center for Strategic International Studies (CSIS)
6 July 2021, brief on U.S. global military policy on security, with analysis on the expanding global nature of competition, improvement of Chinese and Russian denial and deception capabilities, and declining U.S. military footprint in the Middle East, Africa, South Asia, and other areas.

What are Overseas Contingency Operations?, Peterson G. Foundation
7 October 2020, blog post summarizing Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) by the DoD after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

10 U.S. Code § 127e - Support of special operations to combat terrorism, (US Code), Cornell Legal Information Institute
US Code § 127e web document.

The Primakov (Not Gerasimov) Doctrine In Action, (Eugene Rumer), Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
5 June 2019, paper on the Primakov doctrine, which posits that a unipolar world dominated by the United States is unacceptable to Russia and offers principles for Russian foreign policy.

How China is redrawing the map of world science, (Ehsan Masood), Nature
1 May 2019, article on China’s science silk road, part of the Belt and Road Initiative, China’s mega-plan for global infrastructure.

Mapping the Belt and Road initiative: this is where we stand, China Global Competition Tracker, Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS)
7 June 2018, analysis & mapping of China’s BRI-related infrastructure projects - a key part of China’s plan to connect participating countries’ infrastructure & encourage them to open their markets to China and facilitate trade, to link their financial markets to China’s, and align their overall economic development policies with China’s.

China’s Strategy in Djibouti: Mixing Commercial and Military Interests, (Monica Wang), Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)
13 April 2018, blog post from Asia Unbound on China testing an emerging strategy of using its economic influence to advance its security interests in Africa, starting with building a port and China’s first military base in Djibouti.

The Network, (Douglas Gillison, Nick Turse, Moiz Syed), The Intercept
13 July 2016, article with leaked data revealing a vast network of U.S. global training exercises, operations, facilities, and schools providing training for foreign soldiers and police with little oversight.

Pentagon Drafts Strategy for Post-Cold War World, (Michael Gordon), New York Times
2 August 1990, news article published as Iraq invaded Kuwait, discussing post-Cold War US military strategy.