We neglect unsexy functions like civil engineering at our peril.

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/what-great-pacific-war-can-teach-us-military-today-173474

For China strategy, on the other hand . . . .

https://nationalinterest.org/feature/why-quad-should-focus-strategy-contain-china-173294

A 500-ship fleet is off the table. Probably.

How Will Joe Biden Shape the U.S. Navy?

Julian Corbett hints at how to make the U.S. Navy submarine fleet more affordable and effective.

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/ssnx-does-us-navy-need-big-and-expensive-new-attack-submarine-172653

Uniforms and ship names point to something deeper.

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/does-us-navy-have-tradition-problem-172307

Read on to find out.

https://nationalinterest.org/feature/senkaku-islands-could-us-military-and-japan-really-land-troops-171786

Though not entirely without risk.

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/royal-navy-and-us-navy-are-embracing-interchangeability-could-it-backfire-171371

And conveys messages to many audiences in China and abroad.

https://nationalinterest.org/feature/preparing-war-what-chinas-xi-jinping-trying-tell-us-170939

Careful what you wish for –

https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/520767-a-world-without-alliances

Non-Mahanian means to serve Mahanian ends.

https://nationalinterest.org/feature/battle-force-2045-us-navys-bold-plan-500-ship-fleet-170317