Blackwaters for the Blue Waters: The Promise of Private Naval Companies
In September 2005, the then U.S. Navy Chief of Naval Operations (CNO), Michael Mullen, introduced the concept of a...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
Blackwaters for the Blue Waters: The Promise of Private Naval Companies
A nation must think before it acts.
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Climate Change, Mass Migration and the Military Response
Abstract The displacement of thousands of U.S. Gulf Coast residents in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina is emblematic of...
Chinese Military Power: What Vexes the United States and Why?
Abstract The enhancement of Chinese military power over the past decade is generating ample debate over its meaning and...
China’s Power and Will: The PRC’s Military Strength and Grand Strategy
Abstract China’s international behavior exhibits elements of both threat and peaceful intentions. Greatly increased defense budgets, the acquisition for...
Stability and Change in U.S. Grand Strategy
Abstract Since the Global War on Terror (more recently termed the Long War) emerged as the centerpiece of U.S....
Maritime Strategy in a Globalizing World
Abstract The future of globalization is the crucial issue facing naval planners in deciding future mission priorities and programs....
The United States and Maritime Strategy: A Parochial View from the U.S. Naval War College
Abstract The emergence of transnational non-state threats, America’s ongoing war on terror, and the increasing globalization of the world’s...
In These Pages Fall 2007
Ever since the end of the Second World War, the United States has promoted and supported a more open...
The Pursuit of Happiness and the Discontent of the West
Ronald W. Dworkin, Artificial Happiness: The Dark Side of the New Happy Class. Carroll & Graf, 2007. Darrin M....
Strategic Consequences of Radical Islamic Neofundamentalism
Abstract Militarized Islamic neofundamentalism is a modern and essentially violent ideology. As an ideology, it cannot be killed, but...