Content Posted in 2025
2024 Conference - Ocean Governance in the South Pacific and Latin America, Center for Oceans Law & Policy
21st Century Mahan: Sound Military Conclusions for the Modern Era, rev. ed, Michael Romero and Benjamin F. Armstrong
6th Annual Alexander C. Cushing International Law Conference, Stockton Center for International Law
A Forgotten Dimension of Naval Diplomacy—The Production of Social Capital in the National Interest, Nell Bennett and Adam Lockyer
AI-Enabled Autonomous Weapons and Human Control: Part I: Human Control and Machine Learning Design and Development, Lena Trabucco
AI-Enabled Autonomous Weapons and Human Control: Part II: Human Control and Military Commanders, Lena Trabucco
AI Enabled Autonomous Weapons and Human Control: Part III: Human Control and System Operators, Lena Trabucco
AI Warfare and the Law, Bill Boothby
A Mission in Trouble—Vietnamization and the U.S. Navy, Edward J. Marolda
Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Systems in Warfighting at Sea, Nicholas Kadlec
Capturing Skunk Alpha: A Barrio Sailor’s Journey in Vietnam, Edmund Hernandez and Raúl Herrera
Changes in U.S. Indo-Pacific Military Strategy and U.S. Bases in Okinawa, Clifton W. Sherrill
China Maritime Report #48: Great Inspectations: PRC Maritime Law Enforcement Operations in the Taiwan Strait, Julia Famularo
China Maritime Report #49: The PLAN Corruption Paradox: Insights from the 1st Destroyer Flotilla, Ryan D. Martinson
China Maritime Report No. 44: Dirty But Preparing to Fight: VADM Li Pengcheng's Downfall Amid Increasing PLAN Readiness, Christopher H. Sharman and Andrew S. Erickson
China Maritime Report No. 45: The PLA Navy's Hospital Ship Fleet: Concerns, Developments, and Future Prospects, Jonathan Robinson
China Maritime Report No. 46: China's Fishermen Spies: Intelligence Specialists in the Maritime Militia, Ryan D. Martinson
China Maritime Report No. 47: The People of China's Navy and Other Maritime Forces: Extended Summary of Conference Findings, Andrew S. Erickson
China’s New Navy: The Evolution of PLAN from the People’s Revolution to a 21st Century Cold War, Mao’s Army Goes to Sea: The Island Campaigns and the Founding of China’s Navy, Andrew S. Erickson, Xiaobing Li, and Toshi Yoshihara
CIWAG Policy Papers #1: Seabed Warfare is Here: A U.S. - Led Global Strategy to Secure the Ocean Floor, Dave Brown
Classification of the Armed Conflicts in the Near East, Marco Sassòli
CMSI Archive Translation: A Summary of Chinese Research on the Construction of the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, Tan S. Yao [谭瑶]
CMSI Archive Translation: Chinese Sea Power Expansion and the State of Sea Power in the Indian Ocean, Li Jian [李剑 ]
CMSI Archive Translation: Five Major Implications of Chinese Surface Task Forces Crossing the International Date Line, Li Jie [李杰 }
CMSI Archive Translation: Making and Breaking the Status Quo: China’s Overseas Strategic Support Points, Hu Zhongjian [胡中建]
CMSI Archive Translation: “Marching West,” the Rebalance of China’s Geo-Strategy, Wang Jisi [王缉思]
CMSI Archive Translation: National Maritime Strategy Founded on Seapower Theory, Liu Yang [刘洋]
CMSI Archive Translation: "One Belt, One Road" and Grand Border Defense, Hau Anghao [侯昂好]
CMSI Archive Translation: Strategic Strongpoints along the “Belt and Road” and Building Military Diplomacy, Liu Lin [刘琳}
CMSI Note #12: Finally, A PLA Navy Missile Gap?, Ian Easton
CMSI Note 13: PLA Navy Enhances Realistic Combat Training: Observations of PLA Navy Operations Around Taiwan, K. Tristan Tang
CMSI Note 14: Bridges Over Troubled Waters: Shuiqiao-Class Landing Barges in PLA Navy Amphibious Operations, J. Michael Dahm and Thomas Shugart
CMSI Note 15: PLAN Chief of Staff VADM Li Hanjun: Fast-Rising Star of Training and Education Extinguished, Andrew S. Erickson and Christopher H. Sharman
CMSI Note 16: Confirmed: ADM Yuan Huazhi Removed as the PLAN’s Political Commissar, Andrew S. Erickson
CMSI Note 17: Replacement Removed: VADM/General Wang Houbin—Naval Star Turned Rocket Force Commander’s Terminal Trajectory, Andrew S. Erickson and Christopher H. Sharman
CMSI Translations #12: Strengthen Command Capabilities to Win Future Naval Battles, Wei Gong
CMSI Translations #13: Mission Command Is Not The Antidote, Cui Yiliang
CMSI Translations #14: Manual for Developing Ship Captains, Liu Xue and Li Mingyu
CMSI Translations #15: Inscribing Loyalty While Endeavoring to Advance into the Deep Blue, Qian Xiaohu, Mo Xiaoliang, Wang Guanbiao, and Liu Bin
CMSI Translations #16: Tracking Their Wake: How Strong Is the U.S. Navy Today?, Fang Zheng
CMSI Translations #17: Analysis of Problems with Warship Damage Control Plans and Methods for Preparing Damage Control Plans, Jian Huajun and Zhu Haishi
CMSI Translations #18: Combine Wisdom and Join Efforts, Training in a Sea of Mines, "Pioneers of Breaking Obstacles", Li Muqiang, Yang Fulong, Qu Bin, and Zhai Dengqian
CMSI Translations #19: Lessons and Thoughts from the Struggle for Command of the Sea in the Red Sea, Zhao Jiaxu and Huang Chunyu
CMSI Translations #20: Spring Breeze Accompanies Us As We Strive Forward, Teng Hao, Yang Liu, and Liu Zihao
CMSI Translations #21: How to Achieve a “Soft Landing” for New Recruits Joining Companies, Cai Qingjian, Miao Pingyi, and Bao Hanliang
CMSI Translations #24: Accelerating the Development of (PLAN) Marine Corps Combat Capabilities to Win in High End Maritime Warfare, Rear Admiral Zhu Chuansheng
Commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, Remarks at the 2025 Military Law and Operations Conference, Samuel J. Paparo
Command: The Twenty-First-Century General, Richard Norton and Anthony King
Contemporary Security Issues in Africa, Richard Norton and William A. Taylor
Cosmic Force: A Framework for Applying the Prohibition of the Use of Force in Outer Space, Erin Pobjie
Destroyer Captain: The Life of Ernest E. Evans, Edmund Hernandez, James D. Hornfischer, and David J. Hornfischer
Episode 14: Perspectives on the Indian Ocean Region, U.S. Naval War College National Security Affairs Department
Episode 15: Economic and National Security at the U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Naval War College National Security Affairs Department
Episode 15: Sun Tzu’s Imperative – to Win Without Fighting; A Strategic Approach, Dave Brown
Episode 16: America in the Arctic: Foreign Policy and Competition in the Melting North, U.S. Naval War College National Security Affairs Department
Episode 16: Tangled Tensions; Is Syria the Next Threshing Floor On the Counter-Terrorism Landscape?, Dave Brown
Episode 17: Security in the Cyber Age: Understanding American Policy and Technology in Cyberspace, U.S. Naval War College National Security Affairs Department
Episode 17: The Janus Protocol: Drones – The New Face of Warfare, Dave Brown
Episode 19: Maritime Sabotage: The Hidden War Underseas, Dave Brown
Episode 1: Friction and Flow – Comparing and Contrasting Clausewitz’ and Sun Tzu’s Theories of War, Brendan Neagle and Vanya Eftimova Bellinger
Episode 20: Non-state Special Operations: Capabilities and Effects, Dave Brown
Episode 2: (Mis)reading Mahan: Strategy and Sea Power, Past and Present, Vanya Eftimova Bellinger
Episode 3: Strategic Leadership Matters: Demosthenes and Brasidas in the Peloponnesian War, Vanya Eftimova Bellinger
Episode 4: A Fort Between Two Waters: Symbolism, Strength, and Strategy in a Hybrid War, Brendan Neagle
Episode 5: From Humiliation to Hegemon: The Influence of 1894-1905 on Chinese Strategy, Brendan Neagle and Vanya Eftimova Bellinger
Episode 6: Dilemmas of Strategic Imagination: The Ottoman Empire's Role in World War I, Vanya Eftimova Bellinger
Episode 7: WWII in Europe: Between Political Visions and Operational Realities, Vanya Eftimova Bellinger
Episode 8: Interview with John Ferling, Author of Whirlwind and Shots Heard Round the World, Brendan Neagle
Fight for the Final Frontier: Irregular Warfare in Space, David T. Burbach and John J. Klein
From the Archives: From Revolution to Evolution: Expanding Methodologies in PME, Lisa Kerr
From the Archives: NWC Time Capsule: Looking at Legacy, John E. Jackson
From the Director, China Maritime Studies Institute
From the Editors, Jonathan D. Caverley Interim Editor
From the Editors, Jonathan D. Caverley Interim Editor
Future Peace: Technology, Aggression, and the Rush to War, Jonathan Alexander and Robert H. Latiff
Houthi Maritime Terrorism: Severing the Iranian Lifeline, Raul (Pete) Pedrozo
Implementing Agreement to Enhance Protection of Critical Undersea Infrastructure, Raul (Pete) Pedrozo
Intervention, Force & Coercion: A Historical Inquiry on the Evolution of the Prohibition on Intervention, Mohamed S. Helal
Iran and Its Proxies: Attribution and State Responsibility, Jennifer Maddocks
Management or Misdirection—Competing Logics for Military-to-Military Contacts between Great-Power Rivals, Travis Sharp
Men of God, Men of War: Military Chaplains as Ministers, Warriors, and Prisoners, Scott Cauble and Robert C. Doyle
Neither Confirm Nor Deny—The U.S. Navy’s Declaratory Policy on Nuclear Weapons (Summer/Autumn 2025 Review), Jeffrey A. Larsen and James J. Wirtz
Newport Manual on the Law of Naval Warfare, Second Edition, Newport Manual Expert Group
New Thinking for a New Age—Competing Visions of American Grand Strategy in the Twenty-First Century, Peter Dombrowski and Simon Reich
Normative Contestation in the International Order: Is China Remaking Global Governance?, Kal Raustiala
Of Duty and Distress: Addressing Sea Slavery Through the Duty to Render Assistance, Austin Fullmer
Okinawa and the Offshore Island Chain—Eisenhower’s Joint Chiefs and the Foundation of Strategic Flexibility, Dylan Yachyshen
Options for Sustainable High Seas Fisheries Management in the Southwest Atlantic, Cornell Overfield and Jessica Yllemo
Original Sin: Power, Technology and War in Outer Space, Richard Norton and Bleddyn E. Bowen
President's Forum, Darryl Walker Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy, President, Naval War College
President's Forum, Darryl "D-Day" Walker Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy, President, Naval War College
Proper Conceptualization of Naval Operational Doctrine—A Case Study of the Israeli Navy, Shaul Chorev
Proportionality: Can’t Live With It But Can’t Live Without It, Geoffrey S. Corn
Re-Envisioning Nuclear Deterrence, Raul (Pete) Pedrozo
Rudderless and Adrift: States’ Unwarranted Timidity Respecting Stateless Vessels, Andrew Norris
Russia and the Changing Character of Conflict, Ian Sundstrom and Tracey German
Sabotage of Submarine Cables and Pipelines as a Use of Force and Armed Attack, Christian Schaller
Safeguarding Submarine Cables and Pipelines in Times of Peace and War, Raul (Pete) Pedrozo
Sailors and Scholars: The History of the U.S. Naval War College, 1884–2009, Vol. 1, John Hattendorf, B. Mitchell Simpson III, and John R. Wadleigh
Sailors and Scholars: The History of the U.S. Naval War College, 1884–2009, Vol. 2, John Hattendorf
Sea Dragons: Special Operations and Chinese Military Strategy, John Chen and Joel Wuthnow
Short-Term Solutions, Long-Term Problems—The U.S. Navy’s Approach to Mines during the Tanker War, Matthew Kastler
Space: The Final Frontier (For State Power): The History of the East India Company and the Future of Outer Space, Richard Culbert
Summer/Autumn 2024 Full Issue, The U.S. Naval War College
Sunk in Battle, But the War is Not Over: Who Owns the Moskva?, Caroline Tuckett
Table of Contents, China Maritime Studies Institute
The 3rd Annual Alexander C. Cushing International Law Conference: "Rule of Law in the Indo-Pacific Region and Beyond", Stockton Center for International Law
The 4th Annual Alexander C. Cushing International Law Conference: "International Law: Conflict at Sea", Stockton Center for International Law
The 5th Annual Alexander C. Cushing International Law Conference: "International Law and Conflict at Sea", Stockton Center for International Law
The Art and Science of Naval Warfare: Essays in Memory of Wayne P. Hughes Jr., Mie Augier, Sean F. X. Barrett, and William F. Mullen III
The Doctrine of Constructive Presence and Damage to Submarine Cables and Other Critical Underwater Infrastructure, Jame Kraska and Elizabeth Hutton
The Kamikaze Throughline—U.S. Fleet Air Defense from Imperial Japan to Drones, Tyler A. Pitrof
The New Age of Naval Power in the Indo-Pacific: Strategy, Order, and Regional Security, Arthur Wong, Catherine L. Grant, Alessio Patalano, and James A. Russell
The Obligation of “Due Regard” in the EEZ During Armed Conflict at Sea, James Kraska
"The People of China's Navy & Other Maritime Forces" Conference Quick Look, China Maritime Studies Institute
The Riparian Logic of the Montreux Convention in Turkey’s Black Sea Policy, Daria Isachenko
The United States–South Korea Alliance: Why It May Fail and Why It Must Not, J. Scott Shaffer and Scott A. Snyder
The U.S. Executive Order on Seabed Mining is Consistent with International Law, James Kraska
The U.S. Navy and Its Cold War Alliances, 1945–1953, Thomas-Durell Young and Corbin Williamson
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Murder, Scott Cauble and David Grann
U.S. Position on the Legal Character of the Law of the Sea Convention's Seabed Mining Provisions: U.S. Intervention on Agenda Item 8, International Seabed Authority Assembly, 30th Session, July 2025, U.S. Observer Delegation to the International Seabed Authority
U.S. Position on the Legal Character of the Law of the Sea Convention's Seabed Mining Provisions: U.S. Statement on Agenda Item 13, Meeting of States Parties to the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, June 25, 2025, U.S. Observer Delegation to the 35th Meeting of States Parties to the Law of the Sea Convention
Volume One Full Issue, China Maritime Studies Institute
Waging War with Gold: National Security and the Finance Domain across the Ages, Anand Toprani, Charles A. Dainoff, Robert M. Farley, and Geoffrey F. Williams
War without Surprises—Education for Command in the People’s Liberation Army Navy, Ryan D. Martinson
White Sun War: The Campaign for Taiwan, Richard Norton and Mick Ryan
Winter/Spring 2025 Full Issue, The U.S. Naval War College
