Region: Asia & the Indo-Pacific

Resident Experts

Admiral James G. Foggo, U.S. Navy (Ret.)

Dean

Stephan Acevedo

Nimitz Intern

Non-Resident Experts

The MOC

The People’s Liberation Army Navy and the China Dream

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Civil-Military, Personnel, Strategy & Doctrine, Surface Warfare

Quoted in Publication

A War With China Would Look Very Different From One With Iran

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Force Design, Geopolitics

Quoted in Publication

Patriot Missile Demand Tests Washington’s Taiwan Priorities

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Acquisitions & Budget, Force Design

Interview

Defending Global Order Against China’s Maritime Insurgency – Part 2

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Geopolitics, Hybrid Threats, Strategy & Doctrine, Surface Warfare

Interview

Defending Global Order Against China’s Maritime Insurgency – Part 1

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Hybrid Threats, Political Economy, Surface Warfare

The MOC

US Burden-Shouldering? Surprising Activism in the Indian Ocean

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Energy and Resource Security, Geopolitics, Surface Warfare

The MOC

Japan–China Fisheries Enforcement Incidents: Lessons from 2010 and the February 2026 Seizure

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Conflict Resolution & Peacebuilding, Energy and Resource Security, International Law

External Publication Reports

Ports of Power: China’s Growing Maritime Network of Ports, Bases, and Dual-Use Facilities

Africa, Americas, Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Conflict Resolution & Peacebuilding, Energy and Resource Security, Geopolitics, Hybrid Threats, Industry & Innovation

Interview

America’s Maritime Strategy in the Indian Ocean Region

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Conflict Resolution & Peacebuilding, Geopolitics, Surface Warfare

The MOC

The Northern Sea Route and the Coming Maritime Stress Test in East Asia

Arctic, Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Energy and Resource Security, Geopolitics, Strategy & Doctrine, Surface Warfare

The MOC

Taiwan’s Concerning MDA Gap facing China’s Gray Zone

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Force Design, Hybrid Threats, Surface Warfare

Reports

“They Were Playing Chicken”—The U.S. Asiatic Fleet’s Gray-Zone Deterrence Campaign against Japan, 1937–40

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Force Design, Political Economy, Strategy & Doctrine, Surface Warfare

The MOC

The China-Japan Crisis Demonstrates China’s Growing Influence in Myanmar

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Conflict Resolution & Peacebuilding, Energy and Resource Security, Geopolitics, Surface Warfare

The MOC

Myanmar’s Junta Is Losing the War It Started: How Brutality Backfired, and Why It Matters for Asia

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Conflict Resolution & Peacebuilding, Geopolitics, Hybrid Threats

The MOC

The United States needs to go deep (sea) with allies to compete with China

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Energy and Resource Security, Geopolitics, Undersea Warfare

Maritime Nation

Chinese Maritime Strategy and the PLAN with Toshi Yoshihara

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Civil-Military, Energy and Resource Security, Geopolitics, Political Economy, Surface Warfare

The MOC

Dividing the Sea: A Realistic Japan-ROK Naval Strategy for a Dual Contingency

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Geopolitics, Surface Warfare

The MOC

How Likely is a Chinese Invasion of Taiwan?

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Geopolitics, Strategy & Doctrine, Surface Warfare, Undersea Warfare

Podcast

IPDI Spotlight: Reimagining the Allied Maritime Industrial Base

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Acquisitions & Budget, Industry & Innovation, Political Economy, Surface Warfare, Undersea Warfare

External Article

Anchor Acquisition and Force Development on Targeting China’s C4ISR

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Acquisitions & Budget, Force Design, Geopolitics

The MOC

Countdown to Collapse: Why Japan and South Korea Must Secure Their Sea Lanes in a Taiwan Contingency

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Geopolitics, Surface Warfare

The MOC

The Denial Navy: A Strategic Concept for American Maritime Security

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Political Economy, Strategy & Doctrine, Wargaming

External Article

Russia, China and a Growing Threat to Safety at Sea

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Europe & Eurasia, Conflict Resolution & Peacebuilding, Strategy & Doctrine, Surface Warfare

The MOC

Why Defending Taiwan is Difficult: American Credibility and Taiwan’s Military Value

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Geopolitics, Strategy & Doctrine, Undersea Warfare

The MOC

Japan’s Strategic Decision to Attack the Russian Fleet in Manchuria, 1904

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Strategy & Doctrine

The MOC

Exploration as a Pillar of Spanish Sea Power? Elcano, Loaisa and the First Spanish Expeditions to the Pacific

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Civil-Military

The MOC

Overextended and Overwhelmed: Navigating Dual-Theater Challenges Facing the U.S. Navy

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, MENA, Force Design, Industry & Innovation, Surface Warfare

The MOC

Sea Power – The Missing Ingredient in a Strategy of Denial

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Strategy & Doctrine, Surface Warfare

The MOC

Taiwan’s USV Development and Strategic Learning from Ukraine

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Europe & Eurasia, AI & Cyber, Industry & Innovation, Surface Warfare

The MOC

Forging a Global Carrier Network: Leveraging Momentum and Building Structure for Repetition

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Geopolitics, Surface Warfare

Quoted in Publication

How the Cavour carrier strike group is redefining Italy’s maritime role

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Geopolitics, Surface Warfare

External Article

Australia can take USAID’s place in the Pacific islands

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Geopolitics, Strategy & Doctrine

External Publication

With Renewed Crisis in the Middle East, Who is Watching the Indo-Pacific?

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, MENA, Geopolitics, Surface Warfare

The MOC

China’s Mahanian Naval Strategy – And Why America Needs One Too

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Strategy & Doctrine, Surface Warfare

Maritime Nation

Global Carrier Operations with Allies and Partners feat. Rear Admiral Giancarlo Ciappina, ITN

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Conflict Resolution & Peacebuilding, Surface Warfare

The MOC

Remember the Indianapolis: The CMV-22B Osprey as the Centerpiece of Modern Naval CSAR

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Force Design

The MOC

Leveraging AUKUS to Meet the China Challenge

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Geopolitics, Industry & Innovation, Undersea Warfare

The MOC

Basing U.S. Vessels in the Indian Ocean: Pros and Cons

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Geopolitics, Surface Warfare

The MOC

Medical Logistics in a Contested Pacific: Ensuring Health Support in High-Risk Regions

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Industry & Innovation, Personnel, Strategy & Doctrine

Quoted in Publication

Understanding and Countering China’s Maritime Gray Zone Operations

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Geopolitics, Hybrid Threats, Surface Warfare

The MOC

Sustaining the Distributed Joint Force in the Indo-Pacific

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Force Design, Surface Warfare

The MOC

Infantry Wins Battles, Logistics Wins Wars: The Role of the Army’s “Little Navy” in the Pacific

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Acquisitions & Budget, Force Design

The MOC

In Defense of Conventional Punishment: Why Japan’s Defensive Realism Requires Offensive Capability

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Geopolitics, Political Economy

The MOC

Part 2: In Defense of Conventional Punishment: Why Japan’s Defensive Realism Requires Offensive Capability

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Geopolitics, Political Economy

Quoted in Publication

To Fight Future Wars, the U.S. Needs More Capacity—and Seriousness

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Industry & Innovation, Strategy & Doctrine

The MOC

Part 1: In Defense of Conventional Punishment: Why Japan’s Defensive Realism Requires Offensive Capability 

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Geopolitics, Political Economy

Quoted in Publication

To preserve sea power, US looks to Japan for help

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Geopolitics, Surface Warfare

The MOC

Who Secures the Western Indian Ocean? The Need for Strategic Dialogue

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Geopolitics, Hybrid Threats, Surface Warfare

The MOC

Beware the Allure of Blockade: There Won’t Be Any Silver Bullets in a War Against China

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Strategy & Doctrine

Quoted in Publication

Stretched US Navy eyes risky new waters in South China Sea

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Geopolitics, Strategy & Doctrine

Podcast

Anniversary of Gulf of Tonkin Incident

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Surface Warfare

The MOC

Deterring China’s Salami Tactics

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Geopolitics, Surface Warfare

The MOC

Competition Returns to the Southwest Pacific

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Geopolitics

The MOC

Improving U.S. South China Sea Strategy by Addressing China’s Ideological Drivers

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Geopolitics, Strategy & Doctrine

Maritime Nation

Wargaming War in the Western Pacific

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Civil-Military, Force Design, Geopolitics, Hybrid Threats, Strategy & Doctrine

The MOC

Pakistan’s Maritime Domain Awareness Initiatives in the Indian Ocean

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Geopolitics, International Law, Surface Warfare

The MOC

The United States Should ‘Operation Paul Bunyan’ the Second Thomas Shoal

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Geopolitics, Strategy & Doctrine, Surface Warfare

The MOC

The Clear Case Today for Globalization Preserving National Security: Part 2

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Acquisitions & Budget, Force Design, Industry & Innovation

Maritime Nation

Live at Sea-Air-Space 2024 with Dr. P.W. Singer

Africa, Americas, Arctic, Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Europe & Eurasia, MENA, AI & Cyber, Geopolitics, Hybrid Threats, Industry & Innovation, Strategy & Doctrine

Maritime Nation

The United States Coast Guard: At the Intersection of Diplomacy, Law, and Security

Africa, Americas, Arctic, Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Europe & Eurasia, MENA, Energy and Resource Security, Geopolitics

The MOC

Replicator will Sink or Swim with the US Navy in 2024

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, AI & Cyber, Hybrid Threats, Industry & Innovation

The MOC

Strengthening Naval Security Posture: Mitigating Malware Attacks in the Face of Russian Cyber Warfare

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Europe & Eurasia, AI & Cyber, Geopolitics, Personnel

The MOC

Clear & Predictable Capacity Caps At America’s Seaports Need Addressing For Commercial & Security Reasons

Americas, Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Energy and Resource Security, Hybrid Threats, Industry & Innovation, Political Economy

The MOC

Up for Debate: Should the U.S. ratify UNCLOS?

Africa, Americas, Arctic, Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Europe & Eurasia, MENA, Civil-Military, Conflict Resolution & Peacebuilding, Energy and Resource Security, Geopolitics, International Law, Political Economy, Up for Debate Series

The MOC

U.S. Maritime Priorities for a New Era of Competition

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Acquisitions & Budget, Civil-Military, Force Design, Geopolitics, Industry & Innovation, Political Economy, Strategy & Doctrine, Surface Warfare, Undersea Warfare

The MOC

Part II – U.S. Fisheries Enforcement in the Western Pacific: Embracing the Long Run

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Civil-Military, Conflict Resolution & Peacebuilding, Energy and Resource Security, Geopolitics, Hybrid Threats, International Law, Personnel, Political Economy

The MOC

Part I: Combatting Short Term Limitations of U.S. Fisheries Enforcement in the Western Pacific

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Civil-Military, Conflict Resolution & Peacebuilding, Energy and Resource Security, Geopolitics, Hybrid Threats, International Law, Political Economy

Notable Reference

Sen. Kelly to propose Legislation to strengthen Commercial Shipping

Americas, Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Acquisitions & Budget, Geopolitics, Political Economy, Strategy & Doctrine

The MOC

China and Russia in the Black Sea Region: Moving towards Pax Sinica?

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Europe & Eurasia, AI & Cyber, Civil-Military, Energy and Resource Security, Geopolitics, Hybrid Threats, Political Economy, Strategy & Doctrine, Surface Warfare

The MOC

The U.S. cannot afford a Boomer Gap (No, Seriously)

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Acquisitions & Budget, Industry & Innovation, Undersea Warfare

The MOC

Ghost Ships Already wreak Havoc

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Europe & Eurasia, Civil-Military, Hybrid Threats, Industry & Innovation, International Law, Political Economy

The MOC

China enslaves People at Sea and We don’t have the Wherewithal to stop It

Americas, Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Civil-Military, Energy and Resource Security, Geopolitics, Hybrid Threats, International Law, Political Economy

The MOC

Up for Debate: The Jones Act

Americas, Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Geopolitics, Political Economy, Up for Debate Series

Maritime Nation

Our Naval Neighbor to the North: A Conversation with the 38th Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy Vice Admiral Angus Topshee

Americas, Arctic, Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Europe & Eurasia, Force Design, Geopolitics, International Law, Strategy & Doctrine, Undersea Warfare

The MOC

More Combat Logistics Force Ships? Yes Please!

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Acquisitions & Budget, Force Design

External Article

U.S. Navy Needs to Build Back its Sea Mine Capability

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Europe & Eurasia, MENA, Acquisitions & Budget, Industry & Innovation

The MOC

The Osprey COD Aircraft: Versatile Logistics for the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Acquisitions & Budget, Force Design, Industry & Innovation

The MOC

Bolstering Deterrence in the Indo-Pacific through Long Range Fires

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Acquisitions & Budget, Force Design, Industry & Innovation, Surface Warfare

The MOC

Unmanned Vessels as Sensors in U.S. Naval Operations

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Acquisitions & Budget, AI & Cyber, Force Design, Industry & Innovation

The MOC

To succeed against China, Washington and Its Allies must be in the South China Sea

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Acquisitions & Budget, Force Design, Geopolitics, Hybrid Threats, Industry & Innovation, Strategy & Doctrine, Surface Warfare

The MOC

The Grand Voyage of the Amerigo Vespucci and Italy’s Lost Opportunities

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Europe & Eurasia, Geopolitics, Strategy & Doctrine

Article Interview

Did 9/11 Blind America to the Real Threat?

Asia & the Indo-Pacific

The MOC

Tending to a Distributed Maritime Operation: The Ongoing Need for More Navy Tenders

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Acquisitions & Budget, Force Design, Undersea Warfare

Maritime Nation

Quo Vadis: The Commission on the Future of the Navy

Americas, Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Europe & Eurasia, Civil-Military, Force Design, Strategy & Doctrine

The MOC

The Importance of Seabed Critical Minerals for Great Power Competition

Arctic, Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Europe & Eurasia, Civil-Military, Energy and Resource Security, Geopolitics, Industry & Innovation, International Law, Political Economy

The MOC

Lessons from the Anglo-German Arms Race for the United States Navy

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Europe & Eurasia, Acquisitions & Budget, Force Design, Geopolitics, Industry & Innovation, Strategy & Doctrine

The MOC

Too Soon to Call: Betting against Warship Retirement

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Europe & Eurasia, Acquisitions & Budget, Force Design, Strategy & Doctrine, Surface Warfare

The MOC

Learning from Transatlantic Allies to secure the Subsea Domain

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Europe & Eurasia, MENA, Civil-Military, Geopolitics, Hybrid Threats, Industry & Innovation, International Law, Political Economy, Undersea Warfare

Maritime Nation

LSE 23: An Exercise Unlike Any Other

Africa, Americas, Arctic, Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Europe & Eurasia, MENA

The MOC

Undercurrents of Italy’s Indo-Pacific Agenda

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Europe & Eurasia, Acquisitions & Budget, Geopolitics, Industry & Innovation, Political Economy

The MOC

Adapting to a New Strategic Environment: The Royal Australian Navy and Australia’s 2023 Strategic Defense Review

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Acquisitions & Budget, Force Design, Strategy & Doctrine, Surface Warfare, Undersea Warfare

The MOC

Securing Maritime Data: The Battle Against China’s LOGINK in U.S. and European Ports

Americas, Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Europe & Eurasia, AI & Cyber, Civil-Military, Geopolitics, Hybrid Threats, Industry & Innovation, Political Economy

The MOC

Shifting Warfare Paradigms: Establishing Effective Targeting Strategies in the Indo-Pacific Maritime Domain

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Europe & Eurasia, AI & Cyber, Civil-Military, Hybrid Threats, Industry & Innovation

The MOC

World War II’s Coral Sea and Midway Battles say the Modern U.S. Navy needs more Tactical Aircraft

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Acquisitions & Budget, Force Design, Industry & Innovation, Strategy & Doctrine

Maritime Nation

Building the Coast Guard of the Future

Africa, Americas, Arctic, Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Europe & Eurasia, MENA, Acquisitions & Budget, Civil-Military, Energy and Resource Security, Force Design, Geopolitics, Hybrid Threats, Personnel

The MOC

The Changing Characteristics of War in Anti-Access/Area Denial (A2/AD): Generating “Panopticon and Blunt Effects” in Japan’s Maritime Zones

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Force Design, Geopolitics, International Law, Surface Warfare

The MOC

To Prepare for War at Sea Over Taiwan, Look to the Land War in Ukraine

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Europe & Eurasia, Acquisitions & Budget, Surface Warfare, Wargaming

The MOC

Washington Must Carefully Establish Standing Indo-Pacific Maritime Group

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Acquisitions & Budget, Force Design, Hybrid Threats, Wargaming

The MOC

Dangerous Encounters in the Western Pacific

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Civil-Military, Conflict Resolution & Peacebuilding, Geopolitics, Political Economy

Maritime Nation

AUKUS: Strength, Silence, Surprise

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Europe & Eurasia, Acquisitions & Budget, Force Design, Strategy & Doctrine, Undersea Warfare

The MOC

Renewed Security Relationship with the Philippines presents An Opportunity to Washington

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Geopolitics, Hybrid Threats, Surface Warfare

The MOC

Washington Must Break China’s New Normal in the Taiwan Strait

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Civil-Military, Force Design, Geopolitics, Hybrid Threats, Strategy & Doctrine, Surface Warfare

The MOC

Army Munitions Operations in Maritime Environments

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Force Design, Strategy & Doctrine, Surface Warfare

Recorded Virtual Interview

Maritime Competition in the Indo-Pacific

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Geopolitics, Personnel, Surface Warfare, Undersea Warfare

The MOC

Subs to the Aussies: Impact of the AUKUS Partnership

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Acquisitions & Budget, Geopolitics, Undersea Warfare

The MOC

Energy Security for Maritime Security

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Energy and Resource Security, Strategy & Doctrine

The MOC

Reflecting on One Year of War: Is China’s Military Learning Anything from Ukraine?

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Europe & Eurasia, Strategy & Doctrine

The MOC

Chinese Balloons Harken back to World War II Terror Weapons

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Geopolitics, Hybrid Threats, Strategy & Doctrine

The MOC

Reflecting on One Year of War: The Food Crisis That Started in Ukrainian Ports is Now a Global Policy Challenge

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Europe & Eurasia, MENA, Energy and Resource Security, Political Economy

Article

Diplomatic Mortality in China

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Geopolitics

The MOC

Opportunities in the Gray Zone: A Changing Coast Guard

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Energy and Resource Security, Geopolitics, Hybrid Threats

Maritime Nation

The Navy as an Extended Arm of Diplomacy in the Indo-Pacific

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Civil-Military, Geopolitics

Article

Back to the Future: Resurrecting ‘Air/Sea Battle’ in the Pacific

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Force Design, Strategy & Doctrine

The MOC

What to Watch 2023: Unlawfare

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Geopolitics, Hybrid Threats, International Law

The MOC

What to Watch 2023: The Global Competition in the Western Pacific

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Geopolitics, Hybrid Threats, Political Economy

The MOC

2022 A Year in Strategic Review

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Europe & Eurasia, Geopolitics, Political Economy, Strategy & Doctrine

The MOC

A Newly Rising Sun? Clarifying Japan’s Defense Changes

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Geopolitics, Strategy & Doctrine

External Publication

A Next-Generation Agenda for US-ROK-Japan Cooperation

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Energy and Resource Security, Geopolitics, Political Economy, Strategy & Doctrine

The MOC

What the Disasters of Dieppe and Slapton Sands Can Tell Us About a Chinese Invasion of Taiwan

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Europe & Eurasia, Strategy & Doctrine

Article

Book Review – Imperial Twilight: The Opium War and the End of China’s Last Golden Age by Stephen R. Platt

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Geopolitics

The MOC

On the Path to a Second Pearl Harbor?

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Strategy & Doctrine

The MOC

America Does Not Sail Alone: Pacific Allied and Partner Fleets Are Part of the Equation

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Force Design, Geopolitics, Strategy & Doctrine

Article

The Land Down Under the Sea: AUKUS is About Submarines, Not Bombers

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Force Design, Strategy & Doctrine, Undersea Warfare

Article

There is no Panacea, Competition with China Occurs in Peace and War

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Acquisitions & Budget, Force Design, Geopolitics, Strategy & Doctrine

Maritime Nation

247 Years of Victory at Sea

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Europe & Eurasia, Geopolitics, Strategy & Doctrine

The MOC

South Korea Must be a “Global Pivotal State” by Advancing Liberal Democratic Values at Sea

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Geopolitics

The MOC

American Maritime Strategy Prior to the Second World War and the Myths of US Isolationism

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Europe & Eurasia, Strategy & Doctrine

The MOC

Chip Diplomacy: Semiconductors and the Threat of Conflict

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Energy and Resource Security, Hybrid Threats, Political Economy

The MOC

RIMPAC: The Navy’s Real Impact in the International Arena

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Geopolitics

The MOC

Blockade the Belt and Road or Taipei Airlift?

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Political Economy

Guest Appearance

Twelfth Annual South China Sea Conference

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Conflict Resolution & Peacebuilding, Geopolitics, International Law, Surface Warfare

External Publication

U.S.-Japan-Republic of Korea Relations: A Practical Trilateral Agenda for Northeast Asia and Beyond

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Energy and Resource Security, Geopolitics, Political Economy

The MOC

The First of the Dominoes has Fallen in the Growing World Food Crisis

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Europe & Eurasia, Energy and Resource Security, Political Economy

Maritime Nation

Commemorating the Korean War

Asia & the Indo-Pacific

Media Backgrounder

Inside the US military’s modern ‘island hopping’ campaign to take on China

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Force Design, Strategy & Doctrine

Article

CMS Outlook: The Two-Front Cold War Has Begun – How Should We Handle It?

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Geopolitics

Article

What’s in a Name? Understanding the Indo-Pacific and Its Challenges for the U.S.

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Geopolitics, Strategy & Doctrine

External Publication

Deterrence: Selected Articles from the Naval War College Review

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Acquisitions & Budget, Civil-Military, Geopolitics, Industry & Innovation, Political Economy, Strategy & Doctrine, Surface Warfare

Live TV Interview

China reportedly advancing in South China Sea

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Geopolitics

Podcast

#BruteCast S2E7 – “Wresting Back the Strategic Initiative in the South China Sea” panel

Asia & the Indo-Pacific

Podcast

Countering China in the South China Sea with Hunter Stires – on Midrats

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Geopolitics, Strategy & Doctrine

External Publication

“They Were Playing Chicken”—The U.S. Asiatic Fleet’s Gray-Zone Deterrence Campaign against Japan, 1937–40

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Force Design, Geopolitics, Hybrid Threats, Surface Warfare

External Article

The South China Sea Needs a ‘COIN’ Toss

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Geopolitics, Hybrid Threats, Strategy & Doctrine

External Article

Why We Defend Free Seas

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Conflict Resolution & Peacebuilding, International Law, Surface Warfare

External Article

1941 Asiatic Fleet Offers Strategic Lessons

Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Force Design, Political Economy, Surface Warfare

America’s Future Fleet: Foundry, Fleet, and Fight

Thursday December 4, 2025 8:00am

In-Person Book Launch | Naval Power in Action: Seizing the Initiative in the New Cold War with China

Monday September 15, 2025 8:30am

Global Carrier Operations with Allies and Partners

Tuesday March 18, 2025 10:00am

America’s Future Fleet: Reinvigorating the Maritime Industrial Base

Tuesday December 3, 2024 9:00am

Sea-Air-Space 2024 – An Integrated Strategy to Combat IUUF

Monday April 8, 2024 3:30pm

America’s Future Fleet: Maintaining Peace & Deterring China

Tuesday December 5, 2023 9:00am

Washington D.C. Launch of Boots and Suits

Wednesday May 17, 2023 6:30pm

Address to the National Sea Power Enhancement Symposium

Wednesday November 23, 2022 12:00pm