U.S. Navy

The 1982 Falklands War and the growing tensions now could be instructive for Chinese naval strategists.

The 1982 Falklands War and the growing tensions now could be instructive for Chinese naval strategists.

The U.S. push to ratify the Convention on the Law of Sea is wrong, especially with China’s South China Sea claims.

The British surrender of Singapore to the Japanese in 1942 should be instructive to U.S. policymakers eyeing China’s rise. War isn’t inevitable, but history is full of surprises.

Quality vs. quantity is a classic military debate. In an age of austerity, an unlikely source had some good advice.

If China is right, then there is enough oil under the South China Sea to feed global consumption for several years. But Beijing may be making an aggressive bet on the wrong horse.

Amphibious combat capabilities are vital to the U.S. military. This is no more so than in the Asia-Pacific region.

Barack Obama’s attraction to unconventional operations has perhaps only been rivaled by John F. Kennedy. But plans for a floating base have their limits.

Iran doesn’t need to carry out its threats over the Strait of Hormuz to cause the U.S. and others a headache.

Despite the warnings from China, the Pentagon’s Defense Strategic Guidance offers few surprises. Change has been coming for a while.

Iran’s navy may not be a match for the U.S. on the high seas, but the Strait of Hormuz offers plenty of ways for it to make life tricky.

The U.S. should build large numbers of small attack vessels and export them to allies. It would keep China guessing.