Though there have been efforts at conservation and management, numerous indicators suggest that pervasive overfishing of ...

Recent naval operations in the Red Sea and the Strait of Hormuz have demonstrated that the United States Navy remains ...

The first week of June 2026 marked a seminal event in the history of sleep and fatigue in the military. The Department of War ...

Despite the geographic importance of the island, Guam’s logistical capacity is far below the needs of the United States in ...

As great power competition expands into new domains and climate change alters global geography, the Arctic and Antarctica have become central pieces of the national security conversation. However, the ...

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It is widely documented that Russia has leveraged various threat vectors to employ coercive and ancillary irregular tactics against allied nations, including the pervasive use of sanctioned shadow ...

The Strait of Hormuz is arguably the most consequential chokepoint in the global economy. Barely thirty kilometers wide at its narrowest point, it connects the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman and to ...

Reportedly, approximately 20,000 seafarers on board some 2,000 ships, including tankers, bulk carriers, cargo ships, and cruise ships, were stranded in the Persian Gulf due to Iran’s closure of the ...

Just as oil fueled the mechanized warfare of the 20 th century, electricity is becoming the foundational resource for militaries of the 21 st century. Echoing First Lord of the Admiralty Winston ...

President Donald J. Trump on March 9, 2026 declared that the United States “will not allow Iran’s terrorist regime to stop global oil supply. The Strait of Hormuz is going to remain safe. We have a ...

The joint military campaign launched by the United States and Israel against Iran on February 28, 2026, was initially conceived and executed primarily as an air campaign. The opening phase of the war ...