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Preparing for Tomorrow’s Threats: Overcoming Obstacles to Organize, Adapt, and Innovate

Impacts on Field Training: Recruitment and Retention

Maritime Sabotage: Lessons Learned and Implications for Strategic Competition

North Korea’s Arena of Asymmetric Advantage: Why We Should Prepare for a Crisis in the Yellow Sea

China’s Role in Making Outer Space More Congested, Contested, and Competitive

Life and Leadership Skills in Support of the Navy’s Culture of Excellence

Bridging The Gap: Antioch, California

Life and Leadership Skills: Summary Findings

Identifying Contributions of DOD's Civilian Workforce to Readiness

The Psychology of (Dis)information: A Primer on Key Psychological Mechanisms

Views from the People's Republic of China on US-China Relations since the Beginning of the Biden Administration

Methuen Police Department Performance Audit

The Future of US Alliances and Partnerships: A Data Science Approach

China’s Efforts to Shape the Information Environment in the Mekong Region

The PLA's New Joint Doctrine

Russian Forces in the Southern Military District
Russian Forces in the Southern Military District

Reconstituting a Viable and Effective A-76 Program

Reconstituting a Viable and Effective A-76 Program

Russian Military Strategy: Core Tenets and Operational Concepts

Piracy and the US Navy

Drawing Lines in the Sea: The U.S. Navy Confronts the Unified Command Plan (UCP), 1946–1999

“Forward…from the start”: U.S. Navy Fleet Deployment Policy, 1775–1996

Evolution of U.S. Navy Roles in NATO: Always an Important Part of a Larger Whole

Numbered Fleet Operations in the Current and Future Environments: Analytical Insight from Past Fleet Operational Experience