Resident Experts
Admiral James G. Foggo, U.S. Navy (Ret.)
Dean
Kathryn Selinger
Chief of Staff
Matthew Reisener
Senior National Security Advisor
Dr. Steven Wills
Navalist
Stephan Acevedo
Nimitz InternNon-Resident Experts
Samuel Byers
Non-Resident Senior Fellow
James H. Bergeron
Non-Resident Senior Fellow
Dr. Jeff Harley
Non-Resident Senior Fellow
Hunter Stires
Non-Resident Senior FellowExternal Article
Mine Warfare in the Strait of Hormuz: What the U.S. Can Expect from Iran
MENA, Strategy & Doctrine, Surface Warfare
The MOC
A Brief History of U.S. Naval Mine Warfare in the Persian Gulf, 1979–Present
Force Design, Strategy & Doctrine, Surface Warfare
Quoted in Publication
Europe Is Accelerating a NATO Fallback Plan in Case Trump Pulls Out
Europe & Eurasia, Geopolitics, Political Economy, Strategy & Doctrine
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
Iran’s Chokehold on Hormuz Strait Has White House on Defensive
MENA, Energy and Resource Security, Strategy & Doctrine, Surface Warfare
The MOC
Iran, Stability, and Maritime Security
MENA, Energy and Resource Security, Force Design, Geopolitics, International Law, Strategy & Doctrine, Surface Warfare
Live TV Interview
Adm. James Foggo on the Iran war: I would encourage ‘strategic and tactical patience’ here
MENA, Energy and Resource Security, Geopolitics, Strategy & Doctrine
The MOC
The Amazing Beauty Of Trade & Its Manifold Benefits For America/Americans
Energy and Resource Security, Geopolitics, Industry & Innovation, Strategy & Doctrine
Interview
Defending Global Order Against China’s Maritime Insurgency – Part 2
Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Geopolitics, Hybrid Threats, Strategy & Doctrine, Surface Warfare
Live TV Interview
U.S. Pushes to Reopen Strait of Hormuz
MENA, Energy and Resource Security, Geopolitics, Strategy & Doctrine
The MOC
The Fleet in Being in the 21st Century: A Book Review
Acquisitions & Budget, Force Design, Strategy & Doctrine, Surface Warfare
Media Backgrounder
Military briefing: How mines could tighten Iran’s Gulf chokehold
MENA, Energy and Resource Security, Geopolitics, Strategy & Doctrine
Interview
Trump in Biden’s Footsteps: Reclaiming the Sea Remains America’s Goal
Geopolitics, Strategy & Doctrine
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
Guest Appearance
Is Sustaining Maritime Dominance Even Possible?
Geopolitics, Political Economy, Strategy & Doctrine
The MOC
Space– A view from the Planet’s Surface
AI & Cyber, Geopolitics, Hybrid Threats, Strategy & Doctrine
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
Analyzing the 2025 National Security Strategy
Civil-Military, Force Design, Geopolitics, Strategy & Doctrine
The MOC
America Should Stick to its Guns on Port Fees for Chinese Ships
Geopolitics, Hybrid Threats, Industry & Innovation, Strategy & Doctrine
The MOC
How Likely is a Chinese Invasion of Taiwan?
Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Geopolitics, Strategy & Doctrine, Surface Warfare, Undersea Warfare
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
Interview
Naval Power in Action: Book Launch with Brent Sadler
Strategy & Doctrine, Surface Warfare, Undersea Warfare
The MOC
The Need for Strategy: Comparing Mahan and Roosevelt on the Maritime War of 1812
Political Economy, Strategy & Doctrine
Maritime Nation
Shooting Behind the Duck: Fixing America’s Maritime Strategy with Brent Sadler
Political Economy, Strategy & Doctrine, Surface Warfare, Undersea Warfare
The MOC
Building Maritime Operations from the Bottom Up; Review of Essays in Honor of Captain Wayne Hughes
Political Economy, Strategy & Doctrine
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
America’s Fleet of Ship-to-Shore Connectors: A Looming Crisis
Acquisitions & Budget, Force Design, Strategy & Doctrine
The MOC
Japan’s Strategic Decision to Attack the Russian Fleet in Manchuria, 1904
Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Strategy & Doctrine
The MOC
Ukraine Has Innovated Naval Warfare
Europe & Eurasia, AI & Cyber, Strategy & Doctrine, Surface Warfare
The MOC
The Fragile High Mast of Empire; British Royal Navy Cruising Strategy; Then and Now
Strategy & Doctrine, Surface Warfare
The MOC
Sustaining the Fight: Challenges of Distributed Maritime Operations
Strategy & Doctrine, Surface Warfare
Reports
Returning from Ebb Tide: Renewing the United States Commercial Maritime Enterprise
Acquisitions & Budget, AI & Cyber, Energy and Resource Security, Force Design, Geopolitics, Industry & Innovation, Personnel, Political Economy, Strategy & Doctrine
The MOC
Sea Power – The Missing Ingredient in a Strategy of Denial
Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Strategy & Doctrine, Surface Warfare
The MOC
Mastering The Waves: Learning to understand the maritime-industrial strategy behind Trumps’ foreign policy vision
Industry & Innovation, Political Economy, Strategy & Doctrine
External Publication
Progress in US-Europe Ballistic Missile Defense
Industry & Innovation, Strategy & Doctrine
The MOC
Command Ships: Fighting from the Maritime Operations Center Afloat
Force Design, Strategy & Doctrine, Surface Warfare
The MOC
Restoring American Maritime Power? Call-UP the Merchant Marine and Coast Guard
Hybrid Threats, Industry & Innovation, Strategy & Doctrine
External Article
Australia can take USAID’s place in the Pacific islands
Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Geopolitics, Strategy & Doctrine
The MOC
China’s Mahanian Naval Strategy – And Why America Needs One Too
Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Strategy & Doctrine, Surface Warfare
The MOC
Multi-Tasking; A Naval Warfighting Challenge
Strategy & Doctrine, Surface Warfare, Undersea Warfare
Quoted in Publication
US military’s future in Europe under review as Hegseth heads to NATO headquarters
Europe & Eurasia, Strategy & Doctrine
External Article
The Nation Needs a Maritime National Security Strategy
Political Economy, Strategy & Doctrine
The MOC
In Defense of the German Navy
Europe & Eurasia, Geopolitics, Strategy & Doctrine, Surface Warfare
Interview
CNO Remarks & Discussion at America’s Future Fleet: Reinvigorating the Maritime Industrial Base
Industry & Innovation, Strategy & Doctrine, 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
The MOC
Confronting the Axis of Authoritarianism: The Need for a Robust Defense Build-Up to Empower a Multi-Theater Strategy
Industry & Innovation, Political Economy, Strategy & Doctrine
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
The One Year Anniversary of Hamas’ Attack: Implications for the United States Navy in the Red Sea and Beyond
MENA, Geopolitics, Strategy & Doctrine, Surface Warfare
The MOC
Unmanned Vessels Threaten to Undermine the Sea-Based Deterrent
AI & Cyber, Industry & Innovation, Strategy & Doctrine, Undersea Warfare
The MOC
Assessing the 2024 Navigation Plan
Civil-Military, Force Design, Personnel, Strategy & Doctrine
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
The MOC
The Weakest Link: Single Points of Failure and Toward a National Cybersecurity
AI & Cyber, Hybrid Threats, Strategy & Doctrine
External Article
A Proportional Response? American Strategy and the Red Sea
MENA, Energy and Resource Security, Geopolitics, Strategy & Doctrine
The MOC
Fleets verses Forts, A Perennial Challenge
Force Design, Strategy & Doctrine, Surface Warfare
The MOC
Improving U.S. South China Sea Strategy by Addressing China’s Ideological Drivers
Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Geopolitics, Strategy & Doctrine
The MOC
The Houthis, Operation Prosperity Guardian, and Asymmetric Threats to Global Commerce
MENA, Energy and Resource Security, Strategy & Doctrine, Surface Warfare
Maritime Nation
Wargaming War in the Western Pacific
Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Civil-Military, Force Design, Geopolitics, Hybrid Threats, Strategy & Doctrine
The MOC
The European Union as a Maritime Security Provider—What Is the EU Doing in the Red Sea?
Europe & Eurasia, Strategy & Doctrine, Surface Warfare
External Article
Congressional Commissions on Afghan War and Future of Navy Lack Recipe for Success
Civil-Military, Strategy & Doctrine
The MOC
The United States Should ‘Operation Paul Bunyan’ the Second Thomas Shoal
Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Geopolitics, Strategy & Doctrine, Surface Warfare
The MOC
BALTOPS 24 in a Contested NATO Lake
Europe & Eurasia, Geopolitics, Strategy & Doctrine, Surface Warfare
Maritime Nation
NATO’s Maritime Strategy: Operational Challenges & Opportunities
Europe & Eurasia, Civil-Military, Geopolitics, Hybrid Threats, Strategy & Doctrine
The MOC
A Nuclear Sea-Launched Cruise Missile Sooner, Rather than Later
Force Design, Industry & Innovation, Strategy & Doctrine
Maritime Nation
Securing the Commercial Maritime Industry
Force Design, Industry & Innovation, Strategy & Doctrine
The MOC
Three Questions: Congressional Guidance for a National Maritime Strategy
Industry & Innovation, Strategy & Doctrine
The MOC
The Clear Case Today for Globalization Preserving National Security: Part 1
Political Economy, Strategy & Doctrine
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
The MOC
Remaining Steadfast in the Face of Burgeoning Threats
Europe & Eurasia, Geopolitics, Strategy & Doctrine
External Article
Sea Drone Swarms – Can NATO’s Navies Avoid Russia’s Fate?
Europe & Eurasia, Hybrid Threats, Strategy & Doctrine
The MOC
A Common Hull for New Navy Auxiliaries: The National Security Multi-Mission Vessel
Force Design, Industry & Innovation, Strategy & Doctrine
The MOC
The Specter of the Continuing Resolution Will Haunt Navy Acquisition and Operations Beyond 2024
Acquisitions & Budget, Strategy & Doctrine
The MOC
Türkiye and the Russo-Ukrainian War: Cynicism and Opportunism in the Black Sea
Europe & Eurasia, Geopolitics, Strategy & Doctrine
The MOC
The Sixth Fleet on the Front Lines, Then and Now
Europe & Eurasia, MENA, Conflict Resolution & Peacebuilding, Geopolitics, International Law, Strategy & Doctrine
The MOC
Bring Back the CNO Strategic Studies Group And Make New “Captains of War” for Renewed Competition
Strategy & Doctrine
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
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
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
Interview
U.S. Navy Warship responds to Red Sea Attacks
MENA, Conflict Resolution & Peacebuilding, Energy and Resource Security, Geopolitics, Hybrid Threats, International Law, Political Economy, Strategy & Doctrine, Surface Warfare
External Article
Grand Admiral Thrawn and the Operational Level of Conflict in Star Wars
Personnel, Strategy & Doctrine
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
NATO’s Standing Naval Forces at the Crossroads: Towards Regionalization and Specialization?
Europe & Eurasia, Civil-Military, Force Design, Hybrid Threats, Strategy & Doctrine
The MOC
The Swedish Navy brings Capable Forces to NATO
Europe & Eurasia, Acquisitions & Budget, Force Design, Hybrid Threats, Industry & Innovation, Strategy & Doctrine, Surface Warfare, Undersea Warfare
The MOC
Transatlantic Security in Baltic: How Realistic is Poland’s Concept of protecting NATO’s Eastern Flank against Russian Aggression?
Europe & Eurasia, Acquisitions & Budget, Force Design, Strategy & Doctrine, Surface Warfare
The MOC
Sea Control in the Black Sea Still up for Grabs
Europe & Eurasia, Strategy & Doctrine, Surface Warfare, Undersea Warfare
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
External Publication
The United States Navy needs An Operational Level of War Strategy to inform Fleet Design
Acquisitions & Budget, Force Design, 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
The MOC
Roadblock to Strategy and Fleet Design: Platform-Centric Thinking
Acquisitions & Budget, Force Design, Strategy & Doctrine
The MOC
How to defeat Russia’s War on Ukrainian Grain: Navies go Small, Diplomacy goes Big
Europe & Eurasia, Conflict Resolution & Peacebuilding, Energy and Resource Security, Geopolitics, Hybrid Threats, International Law, Political Economy, Strategy & Doctrine
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
Quoted in Publication
Navy seeks to offer virtual training to more of the fleet
Force Design, Industry & Innovation, Strategy & Doctrine, Wargaming
Quoted in Publication
Inside the Navy’s largest exercise: In command and under pressure
Force Design, Industry & Innovation, Strategy & Doctrine, Surface Warfare, Wargaming
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
Quoted in Publication
Global Warfighting Simulation Puts the Pressure on Navy, Marine Corps
Europe & Eurasia, MENA, Force Design, Personnel, Strategy & Doctrine, Wargaming
External Article
International Reactions to Maritime COIN Project
Acquisitions & Budget, Geopolitics, Hybrid Threats, Industry & Innovation, Personnel, Political Economy, Strategy & Doctrine, Surface Warfare, Undersea Warfare
Quoted in Publication
Ukraine Offers Plan to Bypass Russia’s Black Sea Blockade
Europe & Eurasia, Force Design, Geopolitics, Industry & Innovation, Strategy & Doctrine
The MOC
Why Sevastopol is Important to the Russian Black Sea Fleet
Europe & Eurasia, Geopolitics, Strategy & Doctrine, Surface Warfare
Podcast
The Eastern Front: Let’s Talk Black Sea Security, Pt. II (with Adm. James Foggo)
Europe & Eurasia, Conflict Resolution & Peacebuilding, Energy and Resource Security, Geopolitics, Hybrid Threats, Industry & Innovation, International Law, Political Economy, Strategy & Doctrine
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
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
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
The MOC
Fostering International Security – One Conversation at a Time
Americas, Civil-Military, Personnel, Strategy & Doctrine
External Article
NATO must avoid Sea Blindness in Vilnius
Europe & Eurasia, Geopolitics, Strategy & Doctrine
Maritime Nation
AUKUS: Strength, Silence, Surprise
Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Europe & Eurasia, Acquisitions & Budget, Force Design, Strategy & Doctrine, Undersea Warfare
The MOC
Should the EU learn from NATO’s Standing Naval Forces Model?
Europe & Eurasia, Civil-Military, Force Design, Strategy & Doctrine
The MOC
Exercise Formidable Shield: An Enduring Legacy of Learning in Integrated Air and Missile Defense
Europe & Eurasia, Geopolitics, Strategy & Doctrine
Quoted in Publication
Russia’s Lake: How to Liberate the Black Sea
Europe & Eurasia, Geopolitics, Hybrid Threats, Strategy & Doctrine, 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
The MOC
Is the EU already speaking the “language of power?” An analysis of the updated EU Maritime Security Strategy
Europe & Eurasia, Hybrid Threats, Strategy & Doctrine
Maritime Nation
Live at Sea-Air-Space 2023 with RADM Kirby and David Martin
Civil-Military, Conflict Resolution & Peacebuilding, Geopolitics, Hybrid Threats, Strategy & Doctrine
The MOC
NATO Should Mind the Gap
Europe & Eurasia, Geopolitics, Strategy & Doctrine, Undersea Warfare
Maritime Nation
Entering Year Two of Putin’s War in Ukraine
Europe & Eurasia, Conflict Resolution & Peacebuilding, Geopolitics, Strategy & Doctrine
The MOC
Energy Security for Maritime Security
Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Energy and Resource Security, Strategy & Doctrine
Article
Misaligned by Design: Structuring the U.S. Navy Post-Cold War
Force Design, 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
Podcast
Special Edition: Eastern Front & American Purpose Event Recording of “Russia’s War on Ukraine at Year One”
Europe & Eurasia, Geopolitics, Hybrid Threats, Strategy & Doctrine
The MOC
Reflecting on One Year of War: The Role of Non-Military Levers
Europe & Eurasia, Energy and Resource Security, Hybrid Threats, International Law, 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: A Transformational Year in Maritime NATO
Europe & Eurasia, Hybrid Threats, Strategy & Doctrine, Surface Warfare, Undersea Warfare
Article
Book Review – Developing the Naval Mind by Benjamin F. Armstrong and John Freymann
Personnel, Strategy & Doctrine
The MOC
Reflecting on One Year of War: Remotely Piloted Threats, Lessons from Drone Operations in Ukraine
Europe & Eurasia, AI & Cyber, Hybrid Threats, Strategy & Doctrine
The MOC
Reflecting on One Year of War: The Decisive Element of Black Sea Strategy
Europe & Eurasia, Geopolitics, Strategy & Doctrine
The MOC
Reflecting on One Year of War: Assessing the West’s “Failure” to Deter
Europe & Eurasia, Geopolitics, Strategy & Doctrine
The MOC
What to Watch 2023: Three Things the Next CNO Should Know
Force Design, Geopolitics, Strategy & Doctrine
Article
Back to the Future: Resurrecting ‘Air/Sea Battle’ in the Pacific
Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Force Design, Strategy & Doctrine
Article
The Fourth Battle of the Atlantic Is Underway
Europe & Eurasia, Geopolitics, Strategy & Doctrine, Undersea Warfare
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
Recorded Virtual Interview
Maritime COIN and Integrated Deterrence
Conflict Resolution & Peacebuilding, Force Design, Geopolitics, Strategy & Doctrine, Surface Warfare
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
The MOC
The Return of Infernal Machines to Naval Warfare
Europe & Eurasia, Hybrid Threats, Strategy & Doctrine, Surface Warfare, Undersea Warfare
Article
Big Mismatch Between the Biden Administration’s New Defense Plan and an Underfunded U.S. Navy
Force Design, Strategy & Doctrine
The MOC
The Administration’s National Defense Strategy Hinges on the Navy
Force Design, Strategy & Doctrine
Maritime Nation
247 Years of Victory at Sea
Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Europe & Eurasia, Geopolitics, Strategy & Doctrine
External Publication
From the Editor, Journal of Advanced Military Studies (Fall 2022) – Conflict on the Seas
Force Design, Geopolitics, Strategy & Doctrine, Surface Warfare, Undersea Warfare
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
Article
Lacking a Comprehensive Maritime Strategy, U.S. Can Learn from Friend and Foe
Strategy & Doctrine
Article
A Tale of Two Caesars: Contemporary Lessons from Divergent Caesarian Strategies
Europe & Eurasia, Strategy & Doctrine
The MOC
NAVPLAN 2022’s Budget Requirement: An Elusive Necessity?
Acquisitions & Budget, Strategy & Doctrine
Maritime Nation
Maritime Strategic Culture & The British Way of War
Europe & Eurasia, Geopolitics, Strategy & Doctrine
The MOC
NAVPLAN 2022: Laying the Groundwork for the Future Force
Acquisitions & Budget, Force Design, Strategy & Doctrine
Podcast
CAVASSHIPS Podcast [Jul 22, ’22] Episode 58…Maritime COIN in INDO-PACOM
Geopolitics, Industry & Innovation, Strategy & Doctrine, Surface Warfare
Podcast
Proceedings Podcast Ep. 276: The Maritime COIN Project Begins
Geopolitics, Hybrid Threats, Industry & Innovation, Personnel, Political Economy, Strategy & Doctrine, Surface Warfare
External Article
The Maritime Counterinsurgency Project Begins
Acquisitions & Budget, AI & Cyber, Geopolitics, Hybrid Threats, Industry & Innovation, Political Economy, Strategy & Doctrine, Surface Warfare, Undersea Warfare
Article
40 Years of Missile Warfare: What the Losses of the HMS Sheffield and RFS Moskva Tell Us About War At Sea
Europe & Eurasia, Strategy & Doctrine, Surface Warfare
Media Backgrounder
NATO ties to Finland and Sweden could aid US with useful tactics for the Pacific, naval experts say
Europe & Eurasia, Strategy & Doctrine
Media Backgrounder
Inside the US military’s modern ‘island hopping’ campaign to take on China
Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Force Design, Strategy & Doctrine
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
Article
How to lose the next war: Ignore the supply chain
Energy and Resource Security, Force Design, Strategy & Doctrine
External Article
Win Without Fighting
Conflict Resolution & Peacebuilding, Force Design, Geopolitics, Strategy & Doctrine
Podcast
Countering China in the South China Sea with Hunter Stires – on Midrats
Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Geopolitics, Strategy & Doctrine
External Article
The South China Sea Needs a ‘COIN’ Toss
Asia & the Indo-Pacific, Geopolitics, Hybrid Threats, Strategy & Doctrine