Charting a New Course: Why the US Navy Must Confront Unrealistic Optimism

Charting a New Course: Why the US Navy Must Confront Unrealistic Optimism

At the 2024 Sea-Air-Space defense conference hosted by the Navy League from April 8-10, U.S. Navy leadership and major defense contractor executives convened in a setting more somber than it appeared. The gathering at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center,  just eight miles due south of the U.S. Capitol, was overshadowed by the results of a damning … Read more

Remaking US Naval Power for the 21st Century

Remaking US Naval Power for the 21st Century

Advertisement The Diplomat author Mercy Kuo regularly engages subject-matter experts, policy practitioners, and strategic thinkers across the globe for their diverse insights into U.S. Asia policy.  This conversation with Brent Droste Sadler – senior research fellow for Naval Warfare and Advanced Technology in the Center for National Defense at the Heritage Foundation and author of … Read more