Examining the pre-WWII roots of the LCS and HSV.
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Looking beyond the hardware into the paradoxes of China's naval rise. Part one of a three-part series.
We have met the enemy and it is us. A discussion of what the third offset is actually offsetting.
Unpacking the February 8th unsafe encounter between a US P-3C and Chinese AWACS.
A discussion of the implications of this worrisome and unprecedented escalation.
No longer is Washington able to resource the various elements of national power to maintain the global preponderance to which we have been accustomed since 1945. So, what sort of military—the costliest element—can affordably and best serve 21st century American interest in the long-term?
A few thoughts about what this incident might mean… and how it echoes the past.
CNA’s Peter Swartz has put out several reports on the last 50 years of US naval strategy. Here is his summary.