Region: Asia & the Indo-Pacific​

Role of Allies Like Korea Essential to Rebuild U.S. Shipbuilding Industry

By Dr. Steven Wills, Matthew Reisener

Why China’s Control of Solar Supply Chains Is a Problem for America

By Louis Derechin

The US Can’t Build Trump’s Battleships, But Our Allies Can

By Alex Lee

Why Forward Presence Still Matters in the Indo-Pacific

By Matthew Reisener

The U.S. Should Buy France an Aircraft Carrier

By Michael D. Purzycki

Allied Shipbuilding Needs a Clear Division of Labor

By Christian Cerne

Strengthening Pacific Naval Defense

By Dr. Steven Wills, Matthew Reisener

Dangerous Encounters in the Western Pacific

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

Blue-water Navies: South Korea Becoming a Responsible Stakeholder

By Nazia Kazi

Tough Lessons for Taiwan From Iran

By Matthew Reisener

3 US aircraft carriers in Middle East for first time in decades

By Dr. Steven Wills

The People’s Liberation Army Navy and the China Dream

By Alexandru Filip

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

By Matthew Reisener

Patriot Missile Demand Tests Washington’s Taiwan Priorities

By Matthew Reisener

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

By Hunter Stires

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

By Hunter Stires

US Burden-Shouldering? Surprising Activism in the Indian Ocean

By Nilanthi Samaranayake

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

By Antonio De Santis

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

By Lea Thome, Hon. Mark Kennedy

America’s Maritime Strategy in the Indian Ocean Region

By Matthew Reisener

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

By Dr. Ju Hyung Kim

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

By Kitsch Liao, Fu S. Mei

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

By Hunter Stires

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

By Matthew Reisener

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

By Alexa Sohn

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

By Anna Matilde Bassoli, Claire Astrid Fuchs

Chinese Maritime Strategy and the PLAN with Toshi Yoshihara

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

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

By Dr. Ju Hyung Kim

How Likely is a Chinese Invasion of Taiwan?

By Matthew Reisener

IPDI Spotlight: Reimagining the Allied Maritime Industrial Base

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

Anchor Acquisition and Force Development on Targeting China’s C4ISR

By Nicholas Weising

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

By Dr. Ju Hyung Kim

The Denial Navy: A Strategic Concept for American Maritime Security

By Haddon Antonucci

Russia, China and a Growing Threat to Safety at Sea

By Dr. Steven Wills

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

By Zachary Turinsky

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

By Meredith Kottom

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

By Gonzalo Vazquez III

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

By Ishaan Anand

Sea Power – The Missing Ingredient in a Strategy of Denial

By CDR Chuck Ridgway, USN (Ret.)

Taiwan’s USV Development and Strategic Learning from Ukraine

By Tin Pak

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

By Commander Dan Justice, USN

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

Australia can take USAID’s place in the Pacific islands

By Nicholas Weising

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

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

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

By Lydia Miller

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

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

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

By Tom King

Leveraging AUKUS to Meet the China Challenge

By Eli Glickman, Pieter van Wingerden

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

By Michael D. Purzycki

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

By Ishaan Anand

Understanding and Countering China’s Maritime Gray Zone Operations

By Hunter Stires

Sustaining the Distributed Joint Force in the Indo-Pacific

By Nolan Vihlen

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

By Mike Daum

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

By Will Kielm

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

By Will Kielm

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

By Samuel Byers

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

By Will Kielm

To preserve sea power, US looks to Japan for help

By Samuel Byers

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

By Dr. Christian Bueger

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

By Samuel Byers

Stretched US Navy eyes risky new waters in South China Sea

By Samuel Byers

Anniversary of Gulf of Tonkin Incident

By Dr. Steven Wills

Deterring China’s Salami Tactics

Competition Returns to the Southwest Pacific

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

By Reece Breaux

Wargaming War in the Western Pacific

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

Pakistan’s Maritime Domain Awareness Initiatives in the Indian Ocean

By Zaeem Hassan Mehmood

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

By Samuel Byers

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

By John D. McCown

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

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

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

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

Replicator will Sink or Swim with the US Navy in 2024

By Bill Rivers

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

By John Bui

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

By John D. McCown,

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

By James Kraska, Raul (Pete) Pedrozo

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

By Ambassador Robert C. O’Brien (ret.)

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

By LTJG Logan J. Tobias

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

By LTJG Logan J. Tobias

Sen. Kelly to propose Legislation to strengthen Commercial Shipping

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

By Thea Dunlevie

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

By Blake Herzinger

Ghost Ships Already wreak Havoc

By Katherine Camberg

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

By Ian Ralby, J.D., Ph.D.

Up for Debate: The Jones Act

By John D. McCown, Andrew Hale

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

By Dr. Steven Wills

More Combat Logistics Force Ships? Yes Please!

By Dr. James Holmes

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

By Dr. Steven Wills

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

By Richard R. Burgess

Bolstering Deterrence in the Indo-Pacific through Long Range Fires

By CDR Josh “Minkus” Portzer

Unmanned Vessels as Sensors in U.S. Naval Operations

By Jonathan Panter

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

By Gonzalo Vázquez

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

By Anna Matilde Bassoli

Did 9/11 Blind America to the Real Threat?

By Dr. Steven Wills

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

By Dr. Steven Wills

Quo Vadis: The Commission on the Future of the Navy

By Dr. Steven Wills

The Importance of Seabed Critical Minerals for Great Power Competition

By Thea Dunlevie

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

By Eamonn Bellin

Too Soon to Call: Betting against Warship Retirement

By Anna Matilde Bassoli

Learning from Transatlantic Allies to secure the Subsea Domain

By Thea Dunlevie

LSE 23: An Exercise Unlike Any Other

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

Undercurrents of Italy’s Indo-Pacific Agenda

By Gabrielle Moran

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

By Gonzalo Vázquez

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

By Albert Vidal

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

By Andrew I. Park, LT Morgan Thomas

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

By Dr. Steven Wills

Building the Coast Guard of the Future

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

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

By MAJ Young K. Youn

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

By Samuel Byers, Samuel Byers

Washington Must Carefully Establish Standing Indo-Pacific Maritime Group

By Andrew I. Park, LT Morgan Thomas

Dangerous Encounters in the Western Pacific

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

AUKUS: Strength, Silence, Surprise

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

Renewed Security Relationship with the Philippines presents An Opportunity to Washington

By Andrew I. Park

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

By Andrew I. Park

Army Munitions Operations in Maritime Environments

By Michael Lima, D.B.A.

Maritime Competition in the Indo-Pacific

By Hunter Stires

Subs to the Aussies: Impact of the AUKUS Partnership

By Nicholas Weising

Energy Security for Maritime Security

By Michael D. Purzycki

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

By Dr. Joel Wuthnow

Chinese Balloons Harken back to World War II Terror Weapons

By Dr. Steven Wills

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

By Ian Ralby, J.D., Ph.D.

Diplomatic Mortality in China

By Ian Ralby, J.D., Ph.D.

Opportunities in the Gray Zone: A Changing Coast Guard

By ENS Logan J. Tobias

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

By Admiral James G. Foggo, U.S. Navy (Ret.), Andrew I. Park

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

By Admiral James G. Foggo, U.S. Navy (Ret.), Dr. Steven Wills

What to Watch 2023: Unlawfare

By Ian Ralby, J.D., Ph.D.

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

By Dr. Jeff Harley

2022 A Year in Strategic Review

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

A Newly Rising Sun? Clarifying Japan’s Defense Changes

By Benjamin E. Mainardi

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

By Andrew I. Park

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

By Dr. Steven Wills

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

By Benjamin E. Mainardi

On the Path to a Second Pearl Harbor?

By Bruce Stubbs

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

By Benjamin E. Mainardi

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

By Dr. Steven Wills, Andrew I. Park

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

By Benjamin E. Mainardi

247 Years of Victory at Sea

By Admiral James G. Foggo, U.S. Navy (Ret.), Dr. Steven Wills

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

By Andrew I. Park

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

By Connor L. Mitchell

Chip Diplomacy: Semiconductors and the Threat of Conflict

By Michael Barth

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

By Andrew I. Park

Blockade the Belt and Road or Taipei Airlift?

By Dr. Steven Wills

Twelfth Annual South China Sea Conference

By Hunter Stires

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

By Andrew I. Park

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

By Admiral James G. Foggo, U.S. Navy (Ret.), Ian Ralby, J.D., Ph.D.

Commemorating the Korean War

By Admiral James G. Foggo, U.S. Navy (Ret.), Dr. Steven Wills, Andrew I. Park

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

By Dr. Steven Wills

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

By Andrew I. Park

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

By Benjamin E. Mainardi

Deterrence: Selected Articles from the Naval War College Review

By Hunter Stires

China reportedly advancing in South China Sea

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

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

By Hunter Stires

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

By Hunter Stires

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

By Hunter Stires

The South China Sea Needs a ‘COIN’ Toss

By Hunter Stires

Why We Defend Free Seas

By Hunter Stires

1941 Asiatic Fleet Offers Strategic Lessons

By Hunter Stires