1st Place
“Fighting for the Day After: Preserving Chinese Maritime Infrastructure in a Conventional War”
Capt. Micah Neidorfler, Wisconsin Army National Guard
2nd Place
“The Escalating Stakes of Proxy Wars”
Maj. Juan J. Quiroz Jr., U.S. Army
3nd Place
“Steppes of Resistance: Mongolian Nationalism as a Strategic Resistance to Chinese Revanchism in the Indo-Pacific”
Sgt. 1st Class Travis Lee Mann, U.S. Army
Honorable Mentions
“Causing Dysfunction: Dilemma Engineering as a Strategic Deterrence Framework for China”
Maj. Thomas Haydock, Washington Army National Guard
“The U.S. Army in an Increasingly Borderless World: Challenge of Planning for Security in a Competition with China in Africa”
Lt. Col. Felipe Galvão Franco Honorato, Brazilian Army
“Feeding the Pacific Fight: Class I Logistics, Thai Neutrality, and U.S. Vulnerability Amid China’s Rise in a Borderless Indo-Pacific”
Spc. Watcharin Joemsittiprasert, U.S. Army Reserve
Military Review thanks our esteemed panel of judges for their careful, insightful, and timely evaluation of the manuscript submissions.
For information on the General William E. DePuy Special Topics Writing Competition, including the 2025 topic and how to submit an entry, visit https://www.armyupress.army.mil/DePuy-Writing-Competition/.
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