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America Needs Another Look at ‘Competitive Strategies’

07.07.2026 8

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Donald Trump’s “Maritime Action Plan” Is Sound Policy

20.02.2026 80

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In the Next Pacific War, America Will Be Imperial Japan

11.02.2026 30

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Four Takeaways from Donald Trump’s National Defense Strategy

08.02.2026 10

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America’s Naval Strategy Is Getting a 21st-Century Update

31.01.2026 20

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Hawaii Was the Greenland of the 19th Century

23.01.2026 20

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How Will China’s DF-27 Long-Range Missile Reshape the Pacific?

20.01.2026 30

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What Would Mahan Think About Trump’s Venezuela Strategy?

24.12.2025 40

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The US Navy Has Canceled the Constellation-Class Frigate. What Comes Next?

16.12.2025 10

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What Would Teddy Roosevelt Think of the “Trump Corollary”?

10.12.2025 10

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The Trump Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine

05.12.2025 10

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South Korea Is Getting Nuclear Submarines? Good!

03.12.2025 10

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The USS Gerald R. Ford Can’t Overthrow Nicolas Maduro. It Might Not Need To.

25.11.2025 10

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Is China’s Defense Industry Actually Outcompeting the United States?

13.11.2025 10

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How Can America Respond to Russia’s New Submarine Detection Grid?

05.11.2025 10

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To Fix Taiwan’s National Defense, Find New Defense Planners

27.10.2025 20

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The Case for American Diesel Submarines

21.10.2025 10

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250 Years On, the US Navy Needs a “Great Relearning”

13.10.2025 10

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The Battleship Continues to Haunt the US Navy

11.10.2025 10

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The Three Outcomes of the Battle of Tsushima

28.09.2025 10

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How Long-Range Weapons Could Upend Modern Warfare

24.09.2025 10

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Can Drones Replace Navy Destroyers? Yes and No

15.09.2025 10

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Who Will Defend the Liberal World Order?

05.09.2025 10

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Laughing at China’s Wolf Warriors

30.08.2025 20

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Admiral Tirpitz’ Lesson for China

China has outperformed Imperial Germany as a burgeoning maritime power. During the fin de siècle decades, German naval potentates—chiefly Admiral...

17.08.2025 10

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What Russia and Ukraine Can Learn from the American Civil War

08.08.2025 10

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Where Should the US Navy Put Its Drones?

27.07.2025 10

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DARPA’s New “Ekranoplan” Could Save America in the Indo-Pacific

18.07.2025 10

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America Is Finally Getting Its Maritime Strategy Right

14.06.2025 10

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The Geopolitics of Darwin, Australia

07.06.2025 10

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How to Strengthen the US Navy on a Budget

30.05.2025 10

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Air Power in the Second Nuclear Age

26.05.2025 10

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Why Did the Houthis Agree to Peace with America?

17.05.2025 20

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Is the Two-Ocean Navy Act of 2025 Finally Here?

09.05.2025 20

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The Democratization of Sea Warfare

01.05.2025 10

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Lessons in Communication from the USS Iowa Battleship Disaster

23.04.2025 10

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