Research Area: Surface Warfare​

Economic Cost Realities Mean Idea Of New Battleships Doesn’t Float

By John D. McCown, John D. McCown

2026 and All That: Another Benchmark Year in Royal Navy Declines

By Dr. Steven Wills

Securing the Baltic: The Strategic Imperative for a Comprehensive Maritime Security Strategy

By Sean Pribyl

Why Forward Presence Still Matters in the Indo-Pacific

By Matthew Reisener

It’s Time to Bring Back MINEWARCOM

By Ethan Connell, Jonathan Walberg

Navy Ponders How to Best Carry Out Demining in Contested Waters

By Dr. Steven Wills

There has been no US naval ‘failure’ in the Strait of Hormuz

By Dr. Steven Wills

One Tool Among Many: Uncrewed Systems in the Black Sea

By Kayvan Amyot-Ariya

Learning from the ‘Voyage of the Damned’: The Making of a Russian Naval Disaster

By Dr. Steven Wills

Neptune Strike 26-3 and the Northern Turn

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

Trump Confronts Limits to US Power to Secure Strait of Hormuz

By Dr. Steven Wills

The U.S. Should Buy France an Aircraft Carrier

By Michael D. Purzycki

Britain’s Dangerous Defense Illusion

By Matthew Reisener

“Take the Ship”: Analyzing Naval Warfare in House of the Dragon

By Matthew Reisener

Strait of Hormuz reopening likely to be delayed to sweep Iranian mines

By Dr. Steven Wills

Naval Expert Explains Mine Clearing Process In Strait Of Hormuz

By Dr. Steven Wills

Naval Force Design Is Not a Bottom-Up Process

By Dr. Steven Wills

Exclusive: Video reveals damage from fire on US aircraft carrier after sources say fire control system failed

By Hunter Stires

US Forces Help Ships Leave Hormuz With Quiet Project Freedom

By Dr. Steven Wills

Strengthening Pacific Naval Defense

By Dr. Steven Wills, Matthew Reisener

US military helps commercial ships transit Strait of Hormuz

By Dr. Steven Wills

Cooperation is key to rebuilding Canada-U.S. maritime manufacturing muscle

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

Why the USA looks at the Italian Model in Shipbuilding

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

NATO Collective Legal Interpretations: Strengthening Alliance Deterrence and Protecting Baltic Undersea Assets Against Grey-Zone Threats

By Catherine Marie Abbott

Damn the Cruise Missiles and Full Speed Ahead in Hormuz

By Dr. Steven Wills

Dangerous Encounters in the Western Pacific

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

U.S. Launches “Self-Defense Strikes” on Iran, says Warships came under Fire in Strait of Hormuz

By Dr. Steven Wills

Blue-water Navies: South Korea Becoming a Responsible Stakeholder

By Nazia Kazi

Can Iran Really Control the Strait of Hormuz?

By Matthew Reisener

How to build and maintain a ‘Golden Fleet’ of 381 Navy ships

By Matthew Reisener

US says it’s hunting for explosive mines in latest push to open the Strait of Hormuz

By Dr. Steven Wills

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

By Dr. Steven Wills

Why mine warfare is psychological, not just physical | DW News

By Dr. Steven Wills

Pressure mounting to overcome mine fears for ship transit in Strait of Hormuz

By Dr. Steven Wills

Fireside Chat with Secretary Braithwaite | Live at Sea-Air-Space 2026

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

CEPA Podcast: Admiral Foggo on the Future of Maritime Security

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

The Era of Free Seas Is Unraveling—and Now Everyone’s Going to Pay

By Hunter Stires

Mine Warfare in the Strait of Hormuz: What the U.S. Can Expect from Iran

By Dr. Steven Wills

The Strait of Hormuz is Full of Mines: Will the U.S. Navy Clear It?

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

Navy plays deadly game of hide-and-seek with Iranian mines

By Dr. Steven Wills

A Brief History of U.S. Naval Mine Warfare in the Persian Gulf, 1979–Present

By Dr. Steven Wills

Here’s What the U.S. Blockade of Iran Looks Like

By Dr. Steven Wills

How the US Navy could enforce a blockade of Iran’s ports in the Strait of Hormuz

By Dr. Steven Wills

The People’s Liberation Army Navy and the China Dream

By Alexandru Filip

Retired U.S. Navy admiral on Trump’s threat to blockade the Strait of Hormuz

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

Pier Review: Leveraging the Allied Maritime Industrial Base for U.S. Shipbuilding

By Matthew Reisener

Iran’s Chokehold on Hormuz Strait Has White House on Defensive

By Dr. Steven Wills

Iran, Stability, and Maritime Security

By Richard B. Levine

Reopening the Strait of Hormuz & Saving Downed Pilots

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

The Strait of Hormuz Is Not the 1915 Dardanelles Campaign

By Dr. Steven Wills

Iran continues attacks on Israel and Gulf States

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

New MAP Offers Wish List for Achieving White House Maritime Goals

By Matthew Reisener

Is the U.S. Navy ready to clear sea mines in the Persian Gulf?

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

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

By Hunter Stires

The Hormuz Crisis and the Case for Reconnecting the Navy and Merchant Marine

By CDR Ander Heiles, USN

How the War in Iran Became a Race to Stabilize the Global Economic Order

By Dr. Steven Wills

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

By Hunter Stires

Navy Strategist: Strait of Hormuz Can Be Reopened by Escort Operations, Mine Threat Likely Overstated

By Dr. Steven Wills

US targets mine-laying vessels in the Strait of Hormuz amid blockade disrupting global oil markets

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

How could the US safeguard Strait of Hormuz? Trump’s options explained

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

How the U.S. Navy Can Clear the Strait of Hormuz

By Dr. Steven Wills

The Fleet in Being in the 21st Century: A Book Review

By Michael D. Purzycki

US Burden-Shouldering? Surprising Activism in the Indian Ocean

By Nilanthi Samaranayake

US deploys additional assets to Middle East as Iran disrupts tanker traffic in Strait of Hormuz

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

Hegseth, Trump face perilous options in the Strait of Hormuz

By Dr. Steven Wills

Keeping Strait of Hormuz safe from deadly Iran drones, mines could take months — with high-tech help

By Dr. Steven Wills

US Hits Military Targets on Iran’s Kharg Island as War Escalates

By Dr. Steven Wills

Escalating Hormuz Crisis Raises Specter of Prolonged Closure

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

A Case for Airborne Mine Warfare

By Mike Stevens

Sea mines and small boats: Iran’s new plan for the Strait of Hormuz

By Dr. Steven Wills

USS George H.W. Bush completes pre-deployment exercise

By Hunter Stires

Truman to Trump: The Call “Where Are the Carriers” Still Sounds

By Dr. Steven Wills

Does the US have enough aircraft carriers for all Trump’s wars?

By Hunter Stires

The Pitfalls of Present-day Privateering

By Dr. Steven Wills

A Sea Change: Can the Unted States Maintain Maritime Dominance?

By Dr. Jeff Harley

America’s Maritime Strategy in the Indian Ocean Region

By Matthew Reisener

The Middle East Is Now a Live-Fire Test of American Maritime Deterrence

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

Russian airlines halt flights to Cuba over fuel shortage

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

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

By Dr. Ju Hyung Kim

The Intensification of Russian Shadow Fleet Activities

By Antonio De Santis

The Future of Naval Autonomous Vessels: The Changing Character of Sea Warfare

By Connor Ronka, Matthew Walker

Greece Hosts UN Event on Maritime Trade Security

By Dr. Steven Wills

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

By Kitsch Liao, Fu S. Mei

Dual Use Initiative By China Could Exponentially Increase Its Missile Launch Platforms

By John D. McCown

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

By Hunter Stires

Failure to Launch: How Political Backpedaling Could Hand China the Carrier Edge

By Ethan Connell, Jonathan Walberg

China calls Trump battleship ‘easier target’ amid mixed US reception

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

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

By Matthew Reisener

In Venezuela, Trump Revives ‘Gunboat Diplomacy.’ What Is It?

By Dr. Steven Wills

Fleet Readiness and the Eglin Gulf Testing and Training Range

By Rear Admiral (ret.) Philip Dur

China’s Push to Master the Arctic Opens an Alarming Shortcut to U.S.

By Hunter Stires

Making Sense of Donald Trump’s Venezuela Blockade

By Matthew Reisener

Atlantic Council launches Revitalizing US Shipbuilding Task Force to bolster US maritime industrial base

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

Administration’s New Strategy Points to Larger, More Capable Naval Force

By Dr. Steven Wills

Sea Control 591: Maritime Statecraft and Its Future with Steve Brock and Hunter Stires

By Hunter Stires

The Baltic: A NATO Lake With Crocodiles

By Dr. Steven Wills

Why did Iran Seize a Ship in the Strait of Hormuz?

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

Maritime America: Sea Power, the Early Republic, and America’s Lost Maritime Strategic Tradition

By Samuel Byers

Chinese Maritime Strategy and the PLAN with Toshi Yoshihara

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

Reviving the Escort Carrier for the Drone Age

By Edward Barocela

Peace in Gaza May Not Mean Peace in the Red Sea

By Matthew Reisener

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

By Dr. Ju Hyung Kim

In Defense of Aircraft Carriers and a Navy that is Not ‘Broken’

By Dr. Steven Wills

China, Iran, and Russia will Intervene in Venezuela to Threaten U.S. Regional Hegemony

By LT Sean F. Barry, USN

How Likely is a Chinese Invasion of Taiwan?

By Matthew Reisener

Episode 737: Maritime Statecraft and its Future, with Hunter Stires

By Hunter Stires

Book Review: The Price of Victory: A Naval History of Britain, 1815-1945

By Ken Brown

Frozen Frontiers: The Navy’s Role in Emerging Arctic Sea Lanes

By Ishaan Anand

The Aircraft Carrier Remains Essential to U.S. Joint Warfare

By Dr. Steven Wills

IPDI Spotlight: Reimagining the Allied Maritime Industrial Base

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

Demonstrating the NATO Maritime Strategy in Neptune Strike 25-3

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

Naval Power in Action: Book Launch with Brent Sadler

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

The U.S. Navy and the New “Hybrid Fleet”

By George Galdorisi

Shooting Behind the Duck: Fixing America’s Maritime Strategy with Brent Sadler

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

How Artificial Intelligence Can Provide a Big Assist to Navy Ship Maintenance

By Dr. Steven Wills

Watch Now! Russia’s Danube Attack and its Implications for NATO and Black Sea Security

By Dr. Steven Wills

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

By Dr. Ju Hyung Kim

Russia, China and a Growing Threat to Safety at Sea

By Dr. Steven Wills

Emerging Technologies and Threats to the Homeland

By Hunter Stires

Large-Scale Exercise 2025

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

Piracy in the Gulf of Guinea: Progress and Future Challenges

By Kempton Baldridge

Ukraine Has Innovated Naval Warfare

By Mark Temnycky

The Fragile High Mast of Empire; British Royal Navy Cruising Strategy; Then and Now

By Dr. Steven Wills

Sustaining the Fight: Challenges of Distributed Maritime Operations

By Julian Guevara

The Next Pearl Harbor: The Threat of Modern Drones to America’s Pier Side Fleet

By Matthew Walker

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.)

America Shouldn’t Ignore the South Atlantic

By Michael D. Purzycki

Taiwan’s USV Development and Strategic Learning from Ukraine

By Tin Pak

Command Ships: Fighting from the Maritime Operations Center Afloat

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

How to Build Back the Navy: Unmanned Missile Ships Teamed with Larger Ships

By Dr. Steven Wills

Don’t Sweep Minesweepers Under the Rug: America’s Critical Naval Vulnerability

By Ethan Connell and Jonathan Walberg

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

By Commander Dan Justice, USN

Turning a Navy carrier isn’t enough to cause a jet to fall into the sea, US defense official says

By Dr. Steven Wills

Returning from Ebb Tide LIVE at Sea Air Space 2025

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

Missiles and Rocks: The Real Reason Greenland is Compelling to the Trump Administration

By LTC (Ret.) Darryl W. Lyon

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

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

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

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of the Navy’s Surface Fleet

By Dr. Steven Wills

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.)

Can Europe’s Navies Deter Russia Alone?

By Dr. Steven Wills

Multi-Tasking; A Naval Warfighting Challenge

By Robert C. Rubel

The Case Against Letters of Marque: Combat at Sea Belongs to the Sea Services 

By Lieutenant Junior Grade Brennan Suffern, USCG

Part 2: Can the Greatest Maritime Infrastructure Project Ever Provide Even More Benefits to the United States?

By John D. McCown

In Defense of the German Navy

By Chuck Ridgway

What a NATO-Skeptic U.S. means for NATO Maritime Security

By Nicholas Weising

A Conversation with the Commander of Fleet Forces Command

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

CNO Remarks & Discussion at America’s Future Fleet: Reinvigorating the Maritime Industrial Base

By Admiral Lisa Franchetti, U.S. Navy

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

By Michael D. Purzycki

Understanding and Countering China’s Maritime Gray Zone Operations

By Hunter Stires

Sustaining the Distributed Joint Force in the Indo-Pacific

By Nolan Vihlen

NATO Haze Grey and Underway: Enhanced Vigilance Activity Neptune Strike 24-2

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

The One Year Anniversary of Hamas’ Attack: Implications for the United States Navy in the Red Sea and Beyond

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

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

Tensions in the Red Sea: The Israel-Hamas Conflict a Year On

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

Sidelining Civilian-Crewed Navy Ships Could Harm Overseas Operations, Analysts say

By Dr. Steven Wills

Fleets verses Forts, A Perennial Challenge

By Dr. Steven Wills

Anniversary of Gulf of Tonkin Incident

By Dr. Steven Wills

The CMV-22 OSPREY: A Game-Changer for Today’s COD and Tomorrow’s Contested Combat Logistics Support 

Deterring China’s Salami Tactics

Reflections on the USS Eisenhower Strike Group’s Red Sea Deployment

The Houthis, Operation Prosperity Guardian, and Asymmetric Threats to Global Commerce

Aircraft Carrier Math Is No Conundrum

By Dr. Steven Wills

Hail Amerigo Vespucci!

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

The European Union as a Maritime Security Provider—What Is the EU Doing in the Red Sea?

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

BALTOPS 24 in a Contested NATO Lake

By Dr. Steven Wills

Sweden as an Ally: Implications for the Royal Swedish Navy and NATO

By Gonzalo Vazquez

Lessons for the U.S. Navy from the Sinking of Russian Ship by Surface Drones

By Dr. Steven Wills

Is The U.S. Navy Ready For The Red Sea Threat?

By Dr. Steven Wills

Special Episode: The Future of the Surface Navy

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

Part II: Huzzah! There is a New Frigate on the Horizon

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

Next Steps in the Red Sea: Offense, Not Just Defense

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

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

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

Part I: Sundowning the Oliver Hazard Perry-Class Frigate

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

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

By Thea Dunlevie

U.S. Navy Warship responds to Red Sea Attacks

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

Ukraine’s Strategy for Winning the Battle of the Black Sea

By David Kirichenko

“Zeitenwende” at Sea?: The German Navy’s Purchase of SeaRAMs and Bolstering Security in the Baltic Sea

By Dr. Sebastian Bruns

Bolstering Deterrence in the Indo-Pacific through Long Range Fires

By CDR Josh “Minkus” Portzer

Huge U.S. Naval Force off Israel comes with Costs

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

Where’s the Nearest Carrier?

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

US Navy ships in Mediterranean bring considerable abilities to help Israel if called upon

By Dr. Steven Wills

The Swedish Navy brings Capable Forces to NATO 

By Dr. Steven Wills

Transatlantic Security in Baltic: How Realistic is Poland’s Concept of protecting NATO’s Eastern Flank against Russian Aggression?

By Ewa A. Andryjalowicz

Sea Control in the Black Sea Still up for Grabs

By Dr. Steven Wills

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

By Gonzalo Vázquez

Legitimate Questions about the U.S. Navy’s Struggle to change

By Dr. Steven Wills

A new grain corridor highlights Ukraine’s military successes in the Black Sea, experts say

By Thea Dunlevie

The United States Navy needs An Operational Level of War Strategy to inform Fleet Design

By Dr. Steven Wills

Inside the Navy’s largest exercise: In command and under pressure

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

Too Soon to Call: Betting against Warship Retirement

By Anna Matilde Bassoli

International Reactions to Maritime COIN Project

By Hunter Stires

Why Sevastopol is Important to the Russian Black Sea Fleet

By Dr. Steven Wills

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

By Gonzalo Vázquez

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

Military Sealift Command can “Rule the Waves”

By Dr. Steven Wills

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

By Samuel Byers, Samuel Byers

USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) Delivers at Sea

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

Why BALTOPS Matters in a NATO Lake

By Dr. Steven Wills

Running Ahead of the Rust: The Dangers of Extending Warship Service Lives

By Dr. Steven Wills

Going Asymmetric: How Ukraine is Keeping Russia at Bay in the Black Sea

By Charles Rahr

The Silent Bridge and Empty Control Room: An Update on Unmanned Warfare above and below the Waves

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

Renewed Security Relationship with the Philippines presents An Opportunity to Washington

By Andrew I. Park

Russia’s Lake: How to Liberate the Black Sea

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

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

Reflecting on One Year of War: A Transformational Year in Maritime NATO

By James H. Bergeron

Don’t Fix the Frigate: FFG-62 class is Fine without SM-6 and Tomahawk

By Dr. Steven Wills

New year, new Navy goal: SWO boss wants 75 ships ready daily

By Dr. Steven Wills

Maritime COIN and Integrated Deterrence

By Hunter Stires

Russia’s War in Ukraine Shifts Black Sea From NATO’s Edge to Center Stage

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

The Return of Infernal Machines to Naval Warfare

By Dr. Steven Wills

From the Editor, Journal of Advanced Military Studies (Fall 2022) – Conflict on the Seas

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

No Air Superiority Means No Sea Control: The Case of the Black Sea Fleet

By Dr. Steven Wills

Ukraine contains the Russian fleet despite the inferiority of its troops

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

Twelfth Annual South China Sea Conference

By Hunter Stires

CAVASSHIPS Podcast [Jul 22, ’22] Episode 58…Maritime COIN in INDO-PACOM

By Hunter Stires

Proceedings Podcast Ep. 276: The Maritime COIN Project Begins

By Hunter Stires

The Maritime Counterinsurgency Project Begins

By Hunter Stires

40 Years of Missile Warfare: What the Losses of the HMS Sheffield and RFS Moskva Tell Us About War At Sea

By Dr. Steven Wills

Leading Strategist Questions Russian Forces’ Ability To ‘Act Like A Western Army’

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

The Pentagon can’t confirm yet how the Russian ship Moskva was destroyed

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

What should the US Navy learn from Moskva’s demise?

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

Prized Russian Ship Was Hit by Missiles, U.S. Officials Say

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

Russia Hits Setbacks, as Flagship Sinks and E.U. Mulls Oil Ban

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

Prized Russian Ship Was Hit by Missiles, U.S. Officials Say

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

Deterrence: Selected Articles from the Naval War College Review

By Hunter Stires

Littoral Combat Ships for Maritime COIN

By Hunter Stires

Sea Control 197 – Naval Great Power Competition with Dr. Joshua Tallis and Hunter Stires

By Hunter Stires

A ‘COIN’ Toss in the South China Sea: Defending Free Seas and the Rule of International Law from China’s Maritime Insurgency

By Hunter Stires

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

By Hunter Stires

Why We Defend Free Seas

By Hunter Stires

Understanding and Defeating China’s Maritime Insurgency in the South China Sea

By Hunter Stires

Perrys to the Rescue: Could the U.S. Navy’s Retired Frigates Make a Comeback?

By Hunter Stires

1941 Asiatic Fleet Offers Strategic Lessons

By Hunter Stires