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Maritime Strategy
South China Sea: Paracels in the Spotlight
On Sunday, two U. S.
Sea (Maritime, Naval Operations)
Why Do U.S. Warships Keep Having Accidents?
James Goldrick has identified possible systemic problems in the US Navy that help explain recent accidents involving US warships. These problems may...
Maritime Strategy
Chinese Spy Ships: The Devil in the Detail
Recent posts in The Interpreter (by Iain Henry , Euan Graham and James Goldrick ) have commented on the presence of a Chinese intelligence-gathering...
Indo-Pacific/Asia
Game on in the South China Sea, U.S. Freedom of Navigation Operations
According to this Reuters report , which was soon followed by others citing a Pentagon spokesman , a US Navy warship, the destroyer USS Dewey, has...
China
The South China Sea Arbitration Ruling—Two Months On
ASPI recently published an anthology of pieces about the ruling by an Arbitral Tribunal established under the UN Law of the Sea Convention (UNCLOS) to...
Maritime Strategy
Australia and the US: great allies but different agendas in the South China Sea
Several posts on The Interpreter have argued recently that Australia should join the US in conducting freedom of navigation operations (FONOPs) in the...
In Pursuit of Nuclear Abolition
By Peter Huessy • RealClearDefense
Innovation Alone Won’t Prepare the U.S. for the Future Battlefield
By Joshua Segal • RealClearDefense
The sUAS Tactical Trifecta
By Bryan T. Woody • RealClearDefense
The Revolutionary War: When Strategic Options Share the Same Weakness
By Henry Yep • RealClearDefense
The Houthis Are Testing the Limits of Collective Defense
By Saima Afzal • RealClearDefense
Navy Civilianizes Six Former Flag Billets, Reduces Six to Captains
By Mongilio, USNI N.
Raytheon's $8B Contract for Strategic Comms Terminal Modernization
By M+A El
America’s Maritime Moment Will Not Wait
By CDR Salamander
Armor Up?
By Marine Corps Compass Points
Who Shoots Down the Drone Over the Shipyard?
By John Ferrari & Dillon Prochnicki • RealClearDefense
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