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Will-Based Options for Deterring an Invasion of Taiwan

Deterrence measures aimed at breaking China's expansionist will are relatively cheap and degrade Beijing's ability to marshal its people for invasion.

October 2024

Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Elmo Zumwalt

The Navy’s History Shows It Knows How to Overcome a Personnel Crisis

Elmo Zumwalt became Chief of Naval Operations at a time when only one out of 10 first-term sailors reenlisted. His mandate to "modernize and humanize" the U.S. Navy was successful.

By Commander Trevor DiMarco, U.S. Navy

October 2024

The Navy’s History Shows It Knows How to Overcome a Personnel Crisis

Elmo Zumwalt became Chief of Naval Operations at a time when only one out of 10 first-term sailors reenlisted. His mandate to "modernize and humanize" the U.S. Navy is a ...

October 2024

Okean Returns: A Battered Russian Navy Brings Back a Soviet-Era Exercise

More than half a century since the first Okean, the Russian Navy conducts a large, multi-ocean strategic command-and-staff exercise.

Captain Chris Bott, U.S. Navy (Retired)

October 2024

What We Can Learn About a War in Asia Today from World War II

We don’t have to imagine how horrific a war in Asia between great powers would be. We need only look back to the inferno of World War II.

October 2024

Pacific war

The United States rapidly mobilized its manufacturing might during World War II. In a U.S.-China conflict, it would have to do so again.

An Industrial Mobilization Plan to Deter or Defeat China

The United States has neglected one imperative for victory: planning for rapid military industrial mobilization.

Vice Admiral John Morgan, U.S. Navy (Retired)

October 2024

Damaged buildings in Beirut, Lebanon, from Israeli air strikes against Hassan Nasrallah.

A Closer Look at Israel’s Use of 80 Bunker-Buster JDAMs in Beirut

A U.S. Navy aviator and TOPGUN graduate looks at the 27 Sep Israeli Air Force strike that took out Lebanese Hezbollah leader Hassan Nassrallah.

September 2024

Navy

Chinese Sailors on the deck of a cruiser

The Navy’s New NavPlan Sets Its Sights on China, from a Sea Denial Stance

The Navy's new Navigation Plan would have met approval from early 20th-century naval strategist Harry Yarnell.

September 2024

Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Lisa Franchetti testifies before Congress.

Navigation Plan for America’s Warfighting Navy: Aspirational or Actionable?

Admiral Franchetti's new NavPlan sets bold near-term readiness goals for the Navy. Attaining those goals may rely as much on Congress as on the Navy itself.

September 2024

Navy

AI solutions can improve the way the military works and fights today. Leaders should stop thinking of it as a science-fiction capability.

AI Is Neither Panacea Nor Plague

Commentators and pundits do AI a disservice when they make it unapproachable.

September 2024

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