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May 21, 2021 by navaldiplomat

China wants an Atlantic base

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What’s not to like if you’re Xi?

Why Does China Want a Naval Base in the Atlantic Ocean?
May 16, 2021 by navaldiplomat

Be Maoist to beat China

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America’s Maoist Maritime Strategy To Beat China in a War
May 12, 2021 by navaldiplomat

It makes sense to focus on U.S. Navy “capability” instead of raw numbers

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But measuring capability is at least as hard.

Raw Numbers or ‘Capability’: What Should the U.S. Navy Focus On?
May 12, 2021 by navaldiplomat

Upgrade America’s shipyards

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Pronto.

Can the U.S. Navy Fix Its Shipyard Problem?

May 7, 2021 by navaldiplomat

Troll China

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And wage “cognitive warfare” to deflate its image.

Time for Cognitive Warfare Against China?
May 3, 2021 by navaldiplomat

Yes, the navy has a strategy

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Despite what you might hear elsewhere.

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/does-us-navy-have-strategy-problem-184237

April 29, 2021 by navaldiplomat

How we should fight China

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Three guiding principles –

The Right Way to Fight a Maritime War Against China
April 24, 2021 by navaldiplomat

Set tripwires for Russia

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Merging U.S. and host-nation military bases is a feature, not a bug –

Joint U.S.-Norwegian Bases Are a ‘Tripwire’ Russia Won’t Like
April 24, 2021 by navaldiplomat

Build a little, test a little, learn a lot

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Tattoo the experimental ethos on U.S. Navy and Marine Corps culture –

An Unmanned Future for the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps?
April 18, 2021 by navaldiplomat

We need a Small Wars Manual for the 21st Century

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Let’s record the lessons from the past twenty years of irregular warfare –

Update the Small Wars Manual for the 21st Century

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