Resident Experts
Admiral James G. Foggo, U.S. Navy (Ret.)
Dean
Kathryn Selinger
Chief of Staff
Dr. Steven Wills
NavalistNon-Resident Experts
Samuel Byers
Non-Resident Senior Fellow
John D. McCown
Non-Resident Senior FellowThe MOC
The People’s Liberation Army Navy and the China Dream
Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Civil-Military, Personnel, Strategy & Doctrine, Surface Warfare
Reports
Pier Review: Leveraging the Allied Maritime Industrial Base for U.S. Shipbuilding
Acquisitions & Budget, Civil-Military, Industry & Innovation, Personnel, Political Economy, Surface Warfare, Undersea Warfare
Quoted in Publication
Key Elements of the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act
Acquisitions & Budget, Civil-Military
The MOC
Analyzing the 2025 National Security Strategy
Civil-Military, Force Design, Geopolitics, Strategy & Doctrine
External Publication
Maritime America: Sea Power, the Early Republic, and America’s Lost Maritime Strategic Tradition
Americas, Acquisitions & Budget, Civil-Military, Force Design, Geopolitics, International Law, Political Economy, Surface 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
External Article
Is the US Navy Unprepared? Yes and No.
Acquisitions & Budget, Civil-Military, Political Economy
The MOC
Book Review: The Price of Victory: A Naval History of Britain, 1815-1945
Europe & Eurasia, Civil-Military, Personnel, Political Economy, Strategy & Doctrine, Surface Warfare
The MOC
Large-Scale Exercise 2025
AI & Cyber, Civil-Military, Conflict Resolution & Peacebuilding, Personnel, Surface Warfare
The MOC
Reindustrializing America: Wisdom from the Father of the Nuclear Navy
Acquisitions & Budget, Civil-Military, Energy and Resource Security, Industry & Innovation, Undersea Warfare
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
Maritime Nation
A Conversation with the Commander of Fleet Forces Command
Civil-Military, Surface Warfare
The MOC
Assessing the 2024 Navigation Plan
Civil-Military, Force Design, Personnel, Strategy & Doctrine
Maritime Nation
Wargaming War in the Western Pacific
Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Civil-Military, Force Design, Geopolitics, Hybrid Threats, Strategy & Doctrine
External Article
Congressional Commissions on Afghan War and Future of Navy Lack Recipe for Success
Civil-Military, Strategy & Doctrine
Maritime Nation
NATO’s Maritime Strategy: Operational Challenges & Opportunities
Europe & Eurasia, Civil-Military, Geopolitics, Hybrid Threats, Strategy & Doctrine
The MOC
Littoral Naval Operations: Australia’s Experiences
Civil-Military, Force Design, Geopolitics, Hybrid Threats
Maritime Nation
Breaking Down the Defense Budget
Acquisitions & Budget, Civil-Military, Force Design
Maritime Nation
The War in Ukraine Two Years On
Europe & Eurasia, Civil-Military, Conflict Resolution & Peacebuilding, Geopolitics, Industry & Innovation
The MOC
The Balearic-Strait-Canaries Axis and Spanish Maritime Strategy
Europe & Eurasia, MENA, Acquisitions & Budget, Civil-Military, Energy and Resource Security, Geopolitics, Hybrid Threats, International Law, Political Economy, Strategy & Doctrine
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
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
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
NATO’s Standing Naval Forces at the Crossroads: Towards Regionalization and Specialization?
Europe & Eurasia, Civil-Military, Force Design, Hybrid Threats, Strategy & Doctrine
Quoted in Publication
A new grain corridor highlights Ukraine’s military successes in the Black Sea, experts say
Europe & Eurasia, Civil-Military, Conflict Resolution & Peacebuilding, Geopolitics, Hybrid Threats, International Law, Political Economy, Surface Warfare
The MOC
The Character of Navy Continuity and Change
Civil-Military, Industry & Innovation, Personnel
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
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
The MOC
U.S. Naval Promises Still Matter to Abu Dhabi
MENA, Civil-Military, Conflict Resolution & Peacebuilding, Energy and Resource Security, Geopolitics, Hybrid Threats, International Law, Political Economy
Podcast
The Eastern Front: Let’s Talk Black Sea Security (with Thea Dunlevie)
Europe & Eurasia, AI & Cyber, Civil-Military, Energy and Resource Security, Geopolitics, Hybrid Threats, Industry & Innovation, International Law, Political Economy, Strategy & Doctrine
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
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
Fostering International Security – One Conversation at a Time
Americas, Civil-Military, Personnel, Strategy & Doctrine
The MOC
The Enemy Below: Fighting against Russia’s Hybrid Underwater Warfare
Europe & Eurasia, Civil-Military, Force Design, Geopolitics, Hybrid Threats, Undersea Warfare
The MOC
Dangerous Encounters in the Western Pacific
Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Civil-Military, Conflict Resolution & Peacebuilding, Geopolitics, Political Economy
The MOC
Should the EU learn from NATO’s Standing Naval Forces Model?
Europe & Eurasia, Civil-Military, Force Design, Strategy & Doctrine
The MOC
The United Nations Black Sea Grain Initiative: What is Plan B?
Europe & Eurasia, Civil-Military, Energy and Resource Security, Geopolitics, Hybrid Threats, Political Economy
The MOC
The Colombian Navy: Innovation at the Service of Regional Stability
Americas, Civil-Military, Geopolitics
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
Maritime Nation
Live at Sea-Air-Space 2023 with RADM Kirby and David Martin
Civil-Military, Conflict Resolution & Peacebuilding, Geopolitics, Hybrid Threats, Strategy & Doctrine
Maritime Nation
The Navy as an Extended Arm of Diplomacy in the Indo-Pacific
Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Civil-Military, Geopolitics
The MOC
What to Watch 2023: Critical Policy Decisions Ahead for U.S. Commercial Maritime Industry
Civil-Military, Industry & Innovation, Personnel