Research Area: Undersea Warfare

Resident Experts

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

Dean

Non-Resident Experts

James H. Bergeron

Non-Resident Senior Fellow

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

The MOC

Russia’s Expanding Robotic Sea Capabilities

Europe & Eurasia, AI & Cyber, Industry & Innovation, Undersea Warfare

External Article

Silent Service, Silent Death…

MENA, Force Design, Undersea Warfare

The MOC

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

Geopolitics, Surface Warfare, Undersea Warfare

External Publication

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

Acquisitions & Budget, AI & Cyber, Surface Warfare, Undersea Warfare

Quoted in Publication

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

Arctic, Geopolitics, Surface Warfare, Undersea Warfare

In the News

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

Acquisitions & Budget, AI & Cyber, Force Design, Industry & Innovation, Personnel, Surface Warfare, Undersea Warfare

Recorded Virtual Interview

Putin’s new submarines are a rapidly expanding Atlantic threat | Admiral James G. Foggo

Europe & Eurasia, Geopolitics, Hybrid Threats, Undersea Warfare

External Article

The Baltic: A NATO Lake With Crocodiles

Europe & Eurasia, Geopolitics, Hybrid Threats, Surface Warfare, Undersea Warfare

External Article

As the Undersea Grows More Contested, U.S. Navy Subs are the Right Response

Force Design, Undersea Warfare

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

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

Interview

Naval Power in Action: Book Launch with Brent Sadler

Strategy & Doctrine, Surface Warfare, Undersea Warfare

The MOC

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

Hybrid Threats, Surface Warfare, Undersea Warfare

Maritime Nation

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

Political Economy, Strategy & Doctrine, Surface Warfare, Undersea Warfare

Recorded Virtual Interview

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

Europe & Eurasia, AI & Cyber, Surface Warfare, Undersea Warfare

The MOC

Anchoring NATO’s Northern Flank: Why and How Poland Should Lead in the Baltic

Europe & Eurasia, Force Design, Undersea Warfare

The MOC

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

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

Quoted in Publication

Undersea cables face rising sabotage risk, analysts warn

Hybrid Threats, Undersea 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

Multi-Tasking; A Naval Warfighting Challenge

Strategy & Doctrine, Surface Warfare, Undersea Warfare

The MOC

Protecting Undersea Cables: Innovative Solutions to Safeguard American Security

Hybrid Threats, Undersea Warfare

The MOC

Leveraging AUKUS to Meet the China Challenge

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

The MOC

Anti-Submarine Warfare: The U.S. Navy’s Strategic Imperative

Acquisitions & Budget, Undersea Warfare

The MOC

Unmanned Vessels Threaten to Undermine the Sea-Based Deterrent

AI & Cyber, Industry & Innovation, Strategy & Doctrine, Undersea Warfare

The MOC

Sub Sunk! The Attack on the Rostov-on-Don

Europe & Eurasia, AI & Cyber, Geopolitics, Hybrid Threats, Undersea Warfare

Live TV Interview

Retired U.S. Navy Admiral is Not Alarmed by Russian Military Exercise Off the Coast of Cuba

Americas, Europe & Eurasia, Geopolitics, Undersea Warfare

The MOC

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

Europe & Eurasia, Force Design, Surface Warfare, Undersea Warfare

The MOC

Why No Naval Band of Brothers?

Undersea Warfare

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

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

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

The MOC

Integrating Developments from Industry for Robust Acoustic Intelligence

AI & Cyber, Industry & Innovation, Undersea Warfare

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

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

Sea Control in the Black Sea Still up for Grabs

Europe & Eurasia, Strategy & Doctrine, Surface Warfare, Undersea Warfare

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

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

External Article

International Reactions to Maritime COIN Project

Acquisitions & Budget, Geopolitics, Hybrid Threats, Industry & Innovation, Personnel, Political Economy, Strategy & Doctrine, Surface Warfare, Undersea Warfare

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

The Enemy Below: Fighting against Russia’s Hybrid Underwater Warfare

Europe & Eurasia, Civil-Military, Force Design, Geopolitics, Hybrid Threats, Undersea Warfare

Maritime Nation

AUKUS: Strength, Silence, Surprise

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

Maritime Nation

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

AI & Cyber, Force Design, Hybrid Threats, Industry & Innovation, Surface Warfare, Undersea Warfare

Recorded Virtual Interview

Maritime Competition in the Indo-Pacific

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

The MOC

NATO Should Mind the Gap

Europe & Eurasia, Geopolitics, Strategy & Doctrine, Undersea Warfare

The MOC

Subs to the Aussies: Impact of the AUKUS Partnership

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

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

The Fourth Battle of the Atlantic Is Underway

Europe & Eurasia, Geopolitics, Strategy & Doctrine, Undersea Warfare

Media Backgrounder

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

Europe & Eurasia, Geopolitics, Surface Warfare, Undersea Warfare

Article

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

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

The MOC

The Return of Infernal Machines to Naval Warfare

Europe & Eurasia, Hybrid Threats, Strategy & Doctrine, Surface Warfare, Undersea Warfare

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

External Article

The Maritime Counterinsurgency Project Begins

Acquisitions & Budget, AI & Cyber, Geopolitics, Hybrid Threats, Industry & Innovation, Political Economy, Strategy & Doctrine, Surface Warfare, Undersea Warfare

Maritime Nation

Below the Surface

Europe & Eurasia, Undersea Warfare

Guest Appearance

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

Geopolitics, International Law, Surface Warfare, Undersea Warfare

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

Thursday December 4, 2025 8:00am

Congressional Maritime Intensive 2025

Tuesday August 12, 2025 9:00am

Sea-Air-Space 2024 – Center for Maritime Strategy Breakfast | Innovation & Technology: Force Multipliers for Sea Power

Tuesday April 9, 2024 7:00am

America’s Future Fleet: Maintaining Peace & Deterring China

Tuesday December 5, 2023 9:00am