The new administration should focus on shipbuilding, seafaring, and sway. Economic power is the root of American prosperity, ...

The administration faces an urgent choice – continue America’s narrow focus on naval power or comprehensively rebuild the commercial capability Mahan identified as essential to national power. By ...

To begin the long voyage back, the new administration must insist that the Navy write a new maritime strategy in the spirit of the famous Maritime Strategy of the 1980s. In the words of former Reagan ...

There has long been public angst in DC about the number of ships in the U. S. Navy, which is projected to decline to 283 in ...

War between the United States and China would be devastating for both states and the world. Such a conflict could include a ...

The U.S. Navy should consider the unintended consequences of revealing sensitive air and missile defense capabilities to China through persistent display of these systems during Red Sea operations.

The most urgent problem facing the Department of the Navy is the critical shortfall in retention and recruitment. Ships, ...

As one financial analyst notes, “Typically, the world’s reserve currency—the U.S. dollar—has given the U.S. a special ...

Much like constructing an investment portfolio, developing a balanced naval force involves spreading risk and resources across complementary assets. While large, heavily armed, and exquisitely ...

The U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Navy find themselves having to reevaluate and evolve their relationship to execute the ...

Coalition warfighting is central to the modern U.S. way of war, placing a premium on linguists. During a crisis or war the demand for these critical personnel will only increase. If the joint force ...

The Yellow Sea is a vital maritime lane for trade and security in Northeast Asia. A 2012 CNA study found that “nearly 57 percent of China’s total trade volume and over 70 percent of South Korea’s ...