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Rebuilding The Ukrainian Navy, Deborah Sanders

Naval War College Review

Russia’s seizure of many of Ukraine’s naval assets dealt a serious blow to the already-small Ukrainian navy. The Ukrainian government’s ambitions to rebuild a balanced fleet may be unrealizable. The progress already made in building a “mosquito fleet” suggests that redirecting development toward coastal defense would be a wiser course.

The New Time And Space, Dimensions Of A Maritime Defense Strategy, Tomohisa Takei

Naval War College Review

China’s aggressive land-reclamation projects in Asian waters represent a challenge to the status quo. The international system, the United States and Japan, and smaller countries seeking regional stability must reexamine their concepts of time and space if they are to better deter the designs of a revisionist power.

German Navies From 1848 To 2016: Their Development And Courses From Confrontation To Cooperation, Werner Rahn

Naval War College Review

Between the German navy’s foundation in 1848 and the present day, it went from initial reliance on USN assistance, to twice attempting to cut Atlantic shipping routes between the United States and Europe, to a cooperative relationship between the two navies built on mutual trust.

On Internationalization, Jeffrey A. Harley

Naval War College Review

No abstract provided.

Winter 2018 Full Issue, The Naval War College

Naval War College Review

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Book Reviews, John Bradford, Matt Noland

Naval War College Review

Japan’s Security Renaissance: New Policies and Politics for the Twenty-First Century, by Andrew L. Oros. New York: Columbia Univ. Press, 2017. 320 pages. $90.

Sea Power In The Peloponnesian War, John Nash

Naval War College Review

The Peloponnesian War (431-404 BCE) was one of the defining conflicts of the ancient Greek world. It involved almost all the Greek city-states, aligned with one of the two main protagonists, Athens and Sparta. Conventionally it is seen as a war between a great land power, Sparta, and a great sea power, Athens. The effect of viewing the war in this way is to give less prominence to the place of sea power in the conduct of the war, with that element viewed as relevant to only one side. Many scholars acknowledge that Athenian war strategy was primarily a maritime …

From A Prestige Fleet To The Jeune Ecole, Hugues Canuel

Naval War College Review

The latter half of the mid-nineteenth century was a period of tremendous and continuous naval transformation--much like the current time. In many ways, twenty-first-century politicians and admirals are arguing in a climate of uncertainty reminiscent of that surrounding the debates that took place in those earlier years. As today, authorities then sought to conciliate conflicting views shaped by the rapid introduction of expensive technologies at sea, the rise of new contenders seeking to challenge the dominating naval power through direct competition or asymmetric warfare, and the ongoing competition for funding among military services that could not agree on a common …

The Aircraft Carrier In Indian Naval Doctrine, Ben Wan Beng Ho

Naval War College Review

In October 2015, the Indian navy released a document entitled Ensuring Secure Seas: Indian Maritime Security Strategy (IMMS-2015). In contrast to its more conservative predecessor, Freedom to Use the Seas: India's Maritime Military Strategy, published in 2007, the new strategic document propounds a more assertive role for the Indian navy over the next ten years. To that end, New Delhi seeks to build up a force structure centered on three aircraft carriers, each of which would form the nucleus of a carrier battle group (CBG).

Riverine Warfare, Kevin Rowlands

Naval War College Review

Despite a long history, riverine operations have received only scant attention from the academic community and military analysts. The little writing that exists on the topic tends to be either personal memoir or tactical instruction, with serious analyses few and far between, and then often hidden away in more-general texts on amphibious warfare. This article sets out to explore this unfamiliar yet vital territory to determine the relevance of riverine operations to contemporary and future military campaigns. It is pertinent now, as budget allocations once again are reviewed and NATO’s amphibious doctrine is refreshed.

Antiaccess Warfare As Strategy, Sam J. Tangredi

Naval War College Review

Thinking about the concept of antiaccess warfare may be likened to thinking about the Renaissance. Leonardo da Vinci, Niccolò Machiavelli, and Dante Alighieri did not know that they were part of a renaissance; they simply experimented, strategized, and wrote in a fashion that seemed logical to them and appropriate to their times. It was the nineteenth-century European historian Jules Michelet who “discovered” that “the Renaissance” had occurred.

From The Editors, Robert Ayer

Naval War College Review

In spite of some early signs of a hardening attitude toward People’s Republic of China (PRC) provocations in the South China Sea, the Trump administration thus far has not articulated a vision of how it intends to deal with what is, in many respects, the sorest spot in U.S.-Chinese relations. Hal Brands and Zack Cooper, in “Getting Serious about Strategy in the South China Sea,” analyze the broad strategic options facing the United States and make the case that a carefully calibrated combination of deterrence and “offsetting” actions holds the most promise. They argue that the Chinese have shown some …

President's Forum, Jeffrey A. Harley

Naval War College Review

The Naval War College's educational and research efforts are focused clearly on maintaining a careful balance between learning the timeless lessons of the past and keeping a steady weather eye on trends that promise to shape the nature of future warfare. Over the past year, we have reoriented our course of study to prepare our students better to man and lead a Navy in which readiness is the key and lethality is the product.

The Russian Army In The Great War: The Eastern Front, 1914–1917, David R. Stone, Dale C. Rielage

Naval War College Review

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Justice And The Just War Tradition: Human Worth, Moral Formation, And Armed Conflict, Christopher Eberle, Ali Ghaffari

Naval War College Review

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Underestimated: Our Not So Peaceful Nuclear Future, Henry D. Sokolski, David Cooper

Naval War College Review

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American Sea Power And The Obsolescence Of Capital Ship Theory, Robert B. Watts, Angus Ross

Naval War College Review

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Review Essay - Strategic Culture And Ways Of War, Elusive Fiction Or Essential Concept?, Antulio J. Echevarria Ii, Frank Hoffman

Naval War College Review

Is there such a thing as “strategic culture” and a distinctive “American way of war”? What defines this supposedly unique approach to warfare? What elements or habits comprise this approach, and how has it been applied over the course of time?

Coming Full Circle - The Renaissance Of Anzac Amphibiosity, Steven Paget

Naval War College Review

Various areas of the “closer defence relations” between Australia and New Zealand are ripe for cooperative enhancement, but one of the most obvious is amphibious operations.

Blunt Defenders Of Sovereignty - The Rise Of Coast Guards In East And Southeast Asia, Lyle J. Morris

Naval War College Review

What is the role of coast guards in the realm of territorial disputes? Until ten years ago or so, few policy makers in East and Southeast Asia had to grapple with this question, because regional navies, not coast guards, were the central actors asserting sovereignty in disputed areas.

Expanding The Rokn's Capabilities To Deal With The Slbm Threat From North Korea, Sukjoon Yoon

Naval War College Review

The navies of both Koreas are capable of conducting effective underwater operations. The North Korean navy possesses more than seventy submarines that, while aging and relatively obsolete, remain difficult to detect. They are tasked mainly with disrupting South Korean sea lines of communication.

Planning For The Kamikazes - Toward A Theory And Practice Of Repeated Operational Games, John T. Hanley, Jr.

Naval War College Review

Operational gaming, which includes war gaming, in this context means a simulation that does not involve actual operations, one in which the flow of events affects and is affected by decisions made during the course of those events by players representing the roles of those involved in shaping the outcomes.

Exporting Security - China, The United States, And The Innovator’S Dilemma, Robert C. Rubel

Naval War College Review

China’s emergence as an economic and military power has absorbed considerable energy on the part of U.S. policy and strategy makers and pundits. One of the big questions is whether China will be content as a regional hegemon with global interests or will seek to displace the United States as the primary global power.

On Navalization, Jeffrey A. Harley Rear Admiral, Us Navy, President, Naval War College

Naval War College Review

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Silent War: Applicability Of The Jus In Bello To Military Space Operations, Kubo Mačák

International Law Studies

There are no molecules of air that could carry sound waves in the vacuum of outer space. Accordingly, space warfare may well become the first type of war whose signature sound would be—silence. But does the law of armed conflict (jus in bello) fall silent in times of Silent War? This article addresses the uncertainty at the heart of this issue. First, it delineates the relevant conceptual framework by examining the factual notion of “military space operations,” and its relationship with the legal concept of “armed conflict,” as well as the overlap between the potentially applicable bodies of …

Echelon Defense: The Role Of Sea Power In Chinese Maritime Dispute Strategy, Ryan D. Martinson

CMSI Red Books

On April 10, 2012, two Chinese law-enforcement cutters on joint patrol in the South China Sea received orders to proceed immediately to Scarborough Shoal, a disputed cluster of rocks 140 nautical miles west of Subic Bay, the Philippines. Earlier that day, a Chinese fisherman aboard one of several boats moored in the lagoon had transmitted an alarming message to authorities in his home port in Hainan: “Philippine Navy ship number 15 heading this way.”

Ship number 15 was BRP Gregorio del Pilar, an elderly former U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) cutter now serving as a frigate in the Philippine navy. …

Hm 25: New Interpretations In Naval History, Lori Lyn Bogle, James C. Rentfrow

Historical Monographs

Selected Papers from the Eighteenth McMullen Naval History Symposium Held at the U.S. Naval Academy 19–20 September 2013.

Islamic State, Center On Irregular Warfare & Armed Groups

CIWAG Reading Lists

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Southeast Asia, Center On Irregular Warfare & Armed Groups

CIWAG Reading Lists

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Yemen, Center On Irregular Warfare & Armed Groups

CIWAG Reading Lists

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