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Africa is China’s Testing Ground for Overseas Military Missions

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China’s military activities in Africa—including its first overseas military base—have become entrenched. China has ambitions for a deeper African presence.

The Military and Security Dimensions of the PRC’s Africa Presence: Changes in a Time of Global Shocks along with colleagues from CNA’s China Studies Program and Strategy and Policy Analysis Program ... . The Growth of China’s Military Presence in Africa   Africa has long played a prominent role in the PRC’s concept of its foreign policy . But only in the last two decades has Africa also become ... in Africa is a significant shift in its foreign policy after decades of criticizing the West as “expansionist military powers” for having overseas bases. The PRC maintains roughly 4,100 PLA

Maternity Leave: More Weeks for Mothers Can Mean More Weeks Worked

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Longer paid maternity leave in the Navy increased the number of female sailors who reenlist, reducing what had been a small but persistent gender gap in reenlistment rates in a cost-effective manner.

the policy’s effect, we used a difference-in-differences model. The model compares reenlistment rates of female sailors with those of male sailors without military spouses — who do not benefit, even ... of the Navy to eventually scale back their leave to 12 weeks in order to create a consistent policy across the services, the large increase in maternity leave created a quasi-experiment on the impact of maternity leave on personnel. As part of a suite of studies on the effect of personnel policies on budgets and personnel inventories, sponsored by the Assistant Secretary of the Navy, we estimated

New Roles for Civil Affairs Forces in a New World

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Strategic competition should prompt us to think about new and creative uses for civil affairs forces.

extensively with local institutions and personnel to help restore order to civil society, rebuild, and grow lasting relationships with civil actors. Today, however, the military is contending ... objectives and may include “security cooperation activities, multinational training and exercises, information sharing, personnel exchange programs and other peaceful military engagement activities ... governments, civil aviation authorities and port authorities in support of military training exercises. These events often require coordination with civilian government personnel to ensure that the activities

Protecting Civilians in Gaza Requires Not Just a Will, but a Way

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The U.S. can help Israel reduce civilian casualties in Gaza with advice on civilian harm mitigation in military operations, using lessons from Iraq, etc.

during operations. As part of a CNA study on military partnerships in learning, I visited Israel last year for discussions with Israeli Defense Forces officers and staff. Their personnel told me ... Protecting Civilians in Gaza The U.S. can help Israel reduce civilian casualties in Gaza with advice on civilian harm mitigation in military operations, using lessons from Iraq, etc. /images ... wanting to protect civilians does not help a military achieve that goal. Rather, civilian protection requires specific capabilities and processes, incorporated into an adaptive, learning approach

What is a Chinese Communist Party Plenum?

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Plenums of the Central Committee help assess future directions for China. The Third Plenum on economic issues is of critical interest for US national security.

Party Congress.  --> Plenums: Typical Topics First Party Personnel Appointments Second Government personnel appointments Third Economic policy and related reforms ... , these events also tell us what issues China’s leaders have come to agreement on and signal policy guidance that may be forthcoming. The 2024 Third Plenum CCP General Secretary Xi Jinping has taken ... International Studies, Zhuoran Li , each plenum typically had a specific agenda. The first and second are about personnel placements. Historically, third plenums focused on economic issues. The fourth plenum

COVID-19's Maximum Pressure Campaign on North Korea

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The spread of COVID-19 across the world is redefining the political and economic realities of every country on the planet. Every day sees scores of articles detailing how gmany are coping with the challenge.

pressure” policy has ever been able to impose. North Korea’s recent military activity is also telling. According to the Commander of U.S. Forces Korea, the North Korean military was “locked down ... program at CNA, focusing on North Korean leadership, strategic calculus, and military operations. The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of CNA or any of its ... of the illness among the military, but like other rumors emanating from North Korea, they are impossible to confirm. We do know that the North Korean government took dramatic measures to counter the spread

One Year of War in Ukraine

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With the War in Ukraine entering its second year, Dmitry Gorenburg looks back at the scale of Russia’s failure to achieve its military objectives.

to develop a backup plan in case their initial war plans went awry. Having failed in its initial war aims while sustaining high losses of both personnel and equipment, the Russian military sought ... One Year of War in Ukraine With the War in Ukraine entering its second year, Dmitry Gorenburg looks back at the scale of Russia’s failure to achieve its military objectives. /images ... approaches, it is worth reflecting on the scale of Russia’s failure to achieve its military goals over the last year and the reasons for that failure. Russia’s primary goals at the start of the war

China and the Solomon Islands: Drivers of Security Cooperation

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Christopher Cairns and April Herlevi examine the security agreement between China and the Solomon Islands, and its implications for other Pacific island nations.

, armed police, military personnel and other law enforcement and armed forces to Solomon Islands to assist in maintaining social order." While that type of agreement would certainly open the door ... the signing of a policing deal with the People's Republic of China (PRC) , as well as a draft proposal for a broader security agreement that would include military cooperation. This potential ... the PRC-Solomon Islands agreement, it is helpful to consider the Solomon Islands' foreign policy decision making through three different levels of analysis often applied by international relations scholars

Building Real Cooperation with South-East Asian Partners

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Since coming into office, the Biden administration has stressed the importance of partners and allies to its Indo-Pacific strategy as it shapes its approach toward competition with China.

, and Philippine Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana expects the two countries to reinforce the U.S.-Philippines Visiting Forces Agreement, allowing U.S. military personnel to continue operating from ... Affairs Program. He is an expert in Chinese politics and Chinese foreign policy and security issues. Last week, U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin became the first member of President Biden’s ... remains a cornerstone of the Biden administration’s policy in the region. Singapore, the Philippines and Vietnam are each important security partners for the United States as it seeks

Weighing the Costs of War and Peace in Afghanistan

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The U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, Amb. Zalmay Khalilzad, tweeted that "peace requires agreement on four issues: counter-terrorism assurances, troop withdrawal."

and economic. The number of personnel from the United States and its coalition partners being killed in the war these days is relatively small (e.g., the  total number  of U.S. military and Defense ... in operating costs for the U.S. military, $750 million in economic aid, and a host of other categories of spending such as logistics and sustainment. This does not include the costs borne by the rest ... with both the United States’ strategic interests in Afghanistan and this administration’s "America First" view of foreign policy and is therefore unlikely to change. Third, while reaching a peace deal