Content Posted in 2026
2025 Conference - Developing World Approaches to Ocean Governance: Perspectives from the Indian Ocean Rim, Center for Oceans Law & Policy
7th Annual Alexander C. Cushing International Law Conference, Stockton Center for International Law
About this Series, Christopher Sharman
Admiral James Stavridis: Sailor, Scholar, Leader, Christopher Nelson and Stanley D. M. Carpenter
America’s First Aircraft Carrier: USS Langley and the Dawn of U.S. Naval Aviation, Richard Norton and David F. Winkler
Artificial Intelligence Challenge to Strategic Assessment Organizations, Thomas J. Welch
At Sea against the Soviet Fleet: The Evolution of U.S. Navy Operational Intelligence in the Cold War, David F. Winkler and Bryan H. Leese
China Maritime Report #51: The Seafarer Profession in Contemporary China, Conor M. Kennedy
China Maritime Report #52: Everything Everywhere All At Once: The Growing Complexity of PLA Amphibious Exercises, Jason Wang, Marvin Hamor Bernardo, Pei-Jhen Wu, and Andrew S. Erickson
China Maritime Report #53: Filling the Ranks: China's Military Recruiting System and the PLA Navy, Erin Richter and Joshua Arostegui
Closing the “Extreme Circumstances” Gap: The Legality of Nuclear Weapons When the Survival of a State is in Question, Christopher J. Hart
CMSI Archive Translation: Accelerate the Formulation of a National Maritime Strategy and Maritime Basic Law, Wang Hanlin
CMSI Archive Translation: A Maritime Legal Contest, Han Yong
CMSI Archive Translation: Analysis of Problems with Warship Damage Control Plans and Methods for Preparing Damage Control Plans, Jian Huajun and Zhu Haishi
CMSI Archive Translation: An Examination of the Use of Civil Helicopters in Mine Countermeasure Operations, Zhang Wei, Zhang Xiuzhi, and Wang Jiufa
CMSI Archive Translation: Approaches to Improving Support Capabilities for Dock-Less Unloading, Liu Baoxin and Dong Nan
CMSI Archive Translation: Attack of the “Iron Shark”—The Party Committee of an Eastern Theater Command Navy Submarine Flotilla Focuses on Actual Combat to Bolster Its Ability to Prevail in Combat, Lian Wei and Zeng Ningning
CMSI Archive Translation: Construction of Carriers for Strategic Power Projection in Response to National Security Needs, Liu Jiasheng, Sun Datong, and Peng Fubing
CMSI Archive Translation: Countermeasures for Problems in Transport Service Support in Cross-Strait and Beach Landing, Chen Xuanyu, Ren Cong, and Wang Fengzhong
CMSI Archive Translation: Deployment of Petroleum, Oil, and Lubricant (POL) Support Forces for Warship Formations Conducting Distant Ocean Operations, Wei Zhenkun, Liao Xiaowu, Zhao Suli, and Guo Zhan
CMSI Archive Translation: Discussion of Capacity Building of China’s Mine Countermeasure Support Ships, Ni Hua, Zhao Zhiping, Guan Hong, and Ai Yanhui
CMSI Archive Translation: From Yan’an to the United Nations: The Diplomatic Career of Ling Qing, Ling Qing
CMSI Archive Translation: Legal Problems Regarding the Use of Force in Military Actions at Sea, Lin Tianjie
CMSI Archive Translation: Lessons from Foreign Submarine Rotation, Li Jianlin, Wang Ruichen, and Xu Liming
CMSI Archive Translation: Mine Warfare Should Not Be Neglected, Huang Fengzhi
CMSI Archive Translation: Philippines Violates Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea, Feng Liang
CMSI Archive Translation: PRC Coast Guard Law (Draft), Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress
CMSI Archive Translation: Problems with Managing the Use of Warship Damage Control Equipment and Suggestions for Optimization, Deng Kaiyong, Yin Hui, and Shu Xiong
CMSI Archive Translation: Research on Combined Support for Torpedoes and Sea Mines, Jin Mudan, Lu Hui, Feng Shaowei, and Chai Kai
CMSI Archive Translation: Research on Legal Issues Related to Security and Defense of China’s Overseas Military Bases, Zou Ligang and Wang Zhangping
CMSI Archive Translation: Research on Requirements and Measures in Civilian Vessel Mobilization for Maritime Rights Protection, Dai Jiachen and Geng Yueting
CMSI Archive Translation: Serve Readiness and Warfighting, Promote Marine Environmental Construction, Xu Quanjun and Xie Zhimin
CMSI Archive Translation: Sharpening Their Sword, On Course for Victory: An Account of the Armament Department of the East Sea Fleet Leveraging the Advantages of the New System in Order to Improve Equipment Support Abilities, Chen Xiong, Chi Zumin, Liu Yuexiang, Wang Chunfeng, Dai Zongfeng, and Yin Fei
CMSI Archive Translation: Summary of the Workshop on “The Current Legal Struggle for Rights and Interests in the South China Sea, Sun Jianzhong
CMSI Archive Translation: Tasks and Operations of the Maritime Militia When Participating in Maritime Combat, Liu Zili and Chen Qingsong
CMSI Archive Translation: Thoughts on Advancing Ocean Defense Construction Work in the New Situation, Wu Jianhong, Huang Chunyu, and Liu Changlong
CMSI Archive Translation: Why Landing Operations Are Hard, Wang Guo and Wang Xiang
CMSI Note 18: Flooding the Zone: The Use of Civilian Landing Craft (LCTs) in PLA Amphibious Operations, Thomas Shugart and j. Michael Dahm
CMSI Note 19: China’s Blue-Water Research Fleet: Science in Service of Strategy, Ryan D. Martinson
CMSI Note 20: Flying Higher and Higher: VADM Cui Yuzhong - Moving Up in Complex Times, Andrew S. Erickson, Jordan Shaw, and Christopher H. Sharman
CMSI Quarterly (Spring 2026) Full Issue, China Maritime Studies Institute
CMSI Research in the News, China Maritime Studies Institute
CMSI's Recent Publications, China Maritime Studies Institute
CMSI Translations, China Maritime Studies Institute
CMSI Translations #28: Uphold the Idea of a Maritime Community with a Shared Destiny and Forge a New Chapter in Maritime Military Security Cooperation, Du Bo and Wang Chenyuan
CMSI Translations #29: Can “Armchair Strategizing” Secure Victory from a Thousand Miles Away?, Huang Lin, Xu Ting, and Deng Xiaotu
CMSI Translations #30: Vision for Future Next-Generation Aircraft Carrier Supply Ships, Yin He
Concurrent Regimes for the Concept of “Common Heritage” in Seabed Mining, James Kraska and Digvijay Rewatkar
Cyberattack-Resilient Artificial Intelligence in Navies—Solving the Skill-Needs Gap, Chris C. Demchak
Education and Engagement, China Maritime Studies Institute
Emerging Warfare Dynamics in the Algorithmic Age—Artificial Intelligence, Mass, and Deception in Systemic Conflict, Jonathan Compton
Episode 11: NATO and the Warsaw Pact: Collective Security in the Post - WWII World, Brendan Neagle
Episode 12: Interwar Learning: An Interview with Trent Hone, Author of “Learning War”, Brendan Neagle
Episode 13: Propaganda in WWII: The Strategic Lessons for Winning the Information Battlefield, Vanya Eftimova Bellinger
Episode 14: Reassessing Chiang Kai-shek: Strategy, Defeat, and Legacy, Brendan Neagle
Episode 15: The Reality of War with Limited Objectives: The US Media and Vietnam, Vanya Eftimova Bellinger
Episode 16: Henry Kissinger and Cold War Strategy, Brendan Neagle
Episode 17: Between Strategic Rivalry and Uneasy Cooperation: How the Relationship Between Iran and Iraq Shapes the Modern Middle East, Vanya Eftimova Bellinger
Episode 18: Diplomacy on the High Wire: The Distinguished Career of Ambassador Christopher R. Hill, U.S. Naval War College National Security Affairs Department
Episode 19: On the Ground in Vanuatu: How One Navy Captain Helped Establish a New U.S. Embassy, U.S. Naval War College National Security Affairs Department
Episode 24: The Race to Mukalla, Arabian Elite Forces and the War Against Al-Qaeda - (book II in a series with Michael Knights), Dave Brown and Jane Stokes
From the Director, China Maritime Studies Institute
From the Director, Christopher Sharman
From the Editors, Sam J. Tangredi Editor in Chief
From the Editors - Winter 2026, Sam J. Tangredi Editor in Chief
Hill 119: Defending a Reconnaissance Marines’ OP, Vietnam, 1969–70, Steve Fisher and Michael O. Fallon
In Memoriam: Professor Richard J. “Jack” Grunawalt, The Editors
“Let Sleeping Dogs Lie”—The Impact of Naval Air Warfare during the Spanish Civil War on the Royal Navy, 1936–1939, Néstor Cerdá
Near and Far Waters: The Geopolitics of Seapower, Anand Toprani and Colin Flint
On Character: Choices That Define a Life, Edwin Handley and Stanley McChrystal
People’s Republic of China Stratagems and Surprise Attacks—Implications for the Defense of Taiwan, Ian Easton
President's Forum, Darryl "D-Day" Walker Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy, President, Naval War College
President's Forum - Winter 2026, Darryl "D-Day" Walker Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy, President, Naval War College
Red Moon Rising: How America Will Beat China on the Final Frontier, David T. Burbach, Greg Autry, and Peter Navarro
Research & Debate—Operation SLEDGEHAMMER Reconsidered: Disaster Averted or Opportunity Lost?, Gary Giumarra
Research & Debate—The First AI War, Thomas C. Linn
Review Essay—"Spoiling Victory: How Weaker Fleets Win": Deterrence and Denial: The Power of Fleets in Being, Norman Friedman and S.C.M. Paine
Set and Drift—Disposing of Sea Mines in Operation Desert Shield: Developing EOD Doctrine in Wartime, Thomas Bernitt, Michael Dalrymple, and Jason Gilbert
Set & Drift—Disposing of Sea Mines in Operation DESERT SHIELD: Developing EOD Doctrine in Wartime, Thomas Bernitt, Jason Gilbert, and Michael Dalrymple
Shipwrecked—The Burlingame Policy and U.S. Strategy in China, 1867–1871, Eric Anderson
Spring 2026 Full Issue, The U.S. Naval War College
Supremacy at Sea: Task Force 58 and the Central Pacific Victory, Ed Hernandez and Evan Mawdsley
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", The Stockton Center for International Law
The 4th Annual Alexander C. Cushing International Law Conference: "International Law: Conflict at Sea", The Stockton Center for International Law
The 5th Annual Alexander C. Cushing International Law Conference: "International Law and Conflict at Sea", The Stockton Center for International Law
The 6th Annual Alexander C. Cushing International Law Conference, The Stockton Center for International Law
The Art of Securing “Strong Places” Overseas—A History of a British Naval Base in Oman in the Early Twentieth Century, Terence M. Nicholas
The Fate of the Day: The War for America, Fort Ticonderoga to Charleston, 1777–1780, Stanley D. M. Carpenter and Rick Atkinson
The Hand behind Unmanned: Origins of the U.S. Autonomous Military Arsenal, Jonathan Panter, Jacquelyn Schneider, and Julia Macdonald
The Sources of Russian Aggression: Is Russia a Realist Power?, James Kraska and Sumantra Maitra
U.S. and NATO Strategic Sealift and the Role of Norway, Ian Bowers and Øystein Tunsjø
Volume 1 Issue 5 Full Issue - Strategic Projection and Operational Sustainment: Perspectives on Naval Support Systems, China Maritime Studies Institute
Volume 1, Number 3 - From the Director, Christopher Sharman
Volume 1, Number 3 - Table of Contents
Why Taiwan Matters: A Short History of a Small Island That Will Dictate Our Future, Harold Ambler and Kerry Brown
Will Navies Prevail in “Generation Drone”?—An Australian View, Sean A. G. Andrews
Winter 2026 Full Issue, The U.S. Naval War College
