Research Guides: General Officer Warfighting Program (GOWP): Home

About GOWP

Offered annually by the MAGTF Staff Training Program (MSTP), this weeklong program is designed to foster warfighting discussions and professional development among newly selected Marine Corps Brigadier Generals and Senior Executive Service personnel.

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Selected Links & Readings

DOD Report Details Chinese Efforts to Build Military Power An Oct. 2023 DOD news release links to the 2023 China Military Power Report.
U.S. Naval War College China Maritime Studies Institute China Maritime Studies Institute (CMSI) enables scholars to perform academic research from Chinese-language sources to develop deeper insight into key aspects of China’s maritime development, capabilities and trends.
Project 2049 Institute The Project 2049 Institute seeks to guide decision makers toward a more secure Asia by the century’s mid-point. The organization fills a gap in the public policy realm through forward-looking, region-specific research on alternative security and policy solutions. Its interdisciplinary approach draws on rigorous analysis of socioeconomic, governance, military, environmental, technological and political trends, and input from key players in the region, with an eye toward educating the public and informing policy debate.
A Symphony of Capabilities: How the Joint Warfighting Concept Guides Service Force Design and Development Analysis from NDU JFQ 111, 4th Quarter 2023.
Crossing the Strait: China’s Military Prepares for War with Taiwan From NDU Press. Based on original research by leading international experts, Crossing the Strait: China’s Military Prepares for War with Taiwan explores the political and military context of cross-strait relations, with a focus on understanding the Chinese decision calculus about when and how to use force, the capabilities the People’s Liberation Army would bring to the fight, and what Taiwan can do to defend itself.
Why a Taiwan Invasion Would Look Nothing Like D-Day Article from The Diplomat, published May 26, 2021. Our natural impulse when thinking about future amphibious operations is to look to the past. Yet the reality is that no good point of comparison for a Chinese invasion of Taiwan exists.
The Art & Science of War: An Interview with James FitzSimonds Interview in Proceedings, Vol. 149/2. February 2023, US Naval Institute.
DIA Military Power Publications This DIA page provides links to military power publications and functional threat reports.

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