Convergence: Fixers, Super Fixers and Shadow Facilitators
IASC Senior Fellow Douglas Farah takes you inside the social networks that operate within illicit commodity chains, and their importance to functioning of transnational criminial enterprises in this chapter of the book Convergence: Illicit Networks in the Age of Globalization, published by the Center for Complex Operations at National Defense University.
Maritime Taiwan and Power Transition in Asia
Read John Tkacik's chapter on Maritime Taiwan and Power Transition in Asia in Peter C.Y. Chow's new book, "The US Strategic Pivot to Asia and Cross-Strait Relations."
IASC Joins BayFirst TABBS Team
IASC has joined the BayFirst Sollutions LLC team on the Department of Homeland Security's Indefinite Quanity/Indefinite Delivery contract for Technical Acquisition and Business Support Services (TABSS). Read more in the IASC press release.
China’s Military Modernization: Building for Regional and Global Reach
China's rise to global economic and strategic eminence, with the potential for achieving pre-eminence in the greater-Asian region, is one of the defining characteristics of the post-Cold War period. For students contemplating a broad range of business, social science, journalist or military science curricula, it is critical to possess a basic understanding of the military-strategic basis and trajectory of a Rising China. Read More...
Merchant of Death
IASC Senior Fellow Douglas Farah and Stephen Braun tell the story of Viktor Bout, the Russian weapons supplier whose global network has changed the way mondern warfare is fought.
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Recent Trends in China’s Missile and Strategic Strike Forces
October 1st, 2016
In late-2016 China’s missile forces are being influenced by three major trends. First is the formation of the new People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force (PLARF) in late 2015 as a result of sweeping restructuring of PLA focused on increasing jointness, accompanied by an increase in the nuclear forces of the PLA Navy (PLAN) and PLA Air Force (PLAAF). A second and ongoing trend has been the incorporation of new types and variants of missile systems plus new nuclear missile submarines (SSBNs) and bombers. Third, China is moving toward the creation of a national missile defense and anti-satellite (ASAT) system that may require cooperation between the SRF, the new Strategic Support Force (PLASSF) and the PLAAF.While there is uncertainty regarding the actual current number of PLA strategic missiles, the introduction of multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle (MIRV) warheads on intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) and future submarine launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs) indicates warhead numbers could soon be increasing more rapidly. By the mid-2020s, however, the PLA could have a strategic strike capability comprising a larger number of nuclear missiles, new non-nuclear Prompt Global Strike (PGS) systems, intermediate and medium range nuclear and non-nuclear missiles, nuclear and non-nuclear short range ballistic missiles, a variety of strategic cruise missiles that are also carried by bombers and submarines, plus anti-missile and anti-satellite missiles.
Opinion: Bolster Taiwan’s Defenses To Counter China’s Assertiveness
September 2nd, 2016
At a time when China is increasingly assertive militarily, Taiwan’s political and strategic value to the U.S. is reaching new heights. If deterrence is to be sustained on the Taiwan Strait, Washington must dramatically shift its military assistance policy.
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