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Op-Ed: Guam's Logistics Capacity Must Be Increased
[By Crispinus Lee and Joe Schwartzstein] Guam is the westernmost territory of the United States in the Pacific region. The Congres...
Covert Maritime Intelligence and Russia’s Shadow Fleet
[By Catherine Marie Abbott] It is widely documented that Russia has leveraged various threat vectors to employ coercive and ancill...
U.S. Navy Outperforms in Mideast, But a Pacific War Would Test Endurance
[By Captains Al Collins and Kevin Eyer] Recent naval operations in the Red Sea and the Strait of Hormuz have demonstrated that the...
The Cost of Abandoning Taiwan
[By Josh Richards and Joseph Hanacek] Foreign policy debates are often framed around a single question: what causes are worth figh...
The Insurance Chokepoint: War-Risk Pricing as an Instrument of Coercion
[By Bruce Randolph Tizes] Most analysis of the U.S.-Iran maritime war will focus on carrier strike group positioning, IRGC small-b...
Hormuz and the Era of Assymetry: Sea Mines and Unmanned Systems
[By Admiral Massimo Vianello (Ret.) and Master Chief Petty Officer Giovanni Giorguli (Ret.)] The conflict between Iran and the Isr...
How Russia Benefited From Iran’s Chokepoint Weapon
[By Rustam Taghizade] When the Trump administration granted India a 30-day waiver on March 5 to purchase Russian oil, the formal j...
Lost in the Small Surface Combatant Wilderness
[By Kevin Eyer] Between January 13 and 15, the 38th Annual Surface Navy Symposium convened in Crystal City, Virginia, offering a d...
Four Fleet Designs: Which Navy is Best for America?
[By Capt. George Galdorisi, USN] Military leaders often use military-industry conferences to unveil new strategies. Coming on the...
The Aramid Shield: Snare Drones for Active Subsea Defense
[By Franciszek Kopczewski] In January and February 2025, Chinese-operated ships Shunxing 39 and Hong Tai 58 committed similar sabo...