Most Popular Papers*
CMSI Quarterly (Fall 2026) Full Issue
China Maritime Studies Institute
China Maritime Report #59: Be Focused, Be Humble, Be Happy: Career Progression, Organization, and Training of PLAN Submariners
Phil Yu and Benjamin Rosen
What War Games Actually Teach—Threat Recognition, Not Prediction
Charles Edward Gehrke
CMSI Note 25: Precluding the Powerful Enemy: A New PLA Concept for a Taiwan Conflict
Ryan D. Martinson
Autumn 2026 Full Issue
The U.S. Naval War College
China Maritime Report #52: Everything Everywhere All At Once: The Growing Complexity of PLA Amphibious Exercises
Jason Wang, Marvin Hamor Bernardo, Pei-Jhen Wu, and Andrew S. Erickson
A History of State Attacks on Submarine Cables
Jonathan Winkler
CMSI Note 24: Crossing a Hellscape: PLA Views on New U.S. Military Concepts to Defend Taiwan
Ian Easton
Study No. 8, Chinese Amphibious Warfare: Prospects for a Cross-Strait Invasion
Andrew S. Erickson, Conor M. Kennedy, and Ryan D. Martinson
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