by Admiral James Stavridis (Bloomberg Opinion) This weekend, President Joe Biden is hosting the three other national leaders of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, or Quad, a loose grouping among India, Australia, Japan and…
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Can The US Navy Deter War In The South China Sea?
by Admiral James Stavridis (Bloomberg Opinion) Summer may be fading, but things are heating up in the South China Sea. With China claiming essentially the entire water space — which is half the…
https://gcaptain.com/us-navy-war-deterrence-south-china-sea/
Stavridis: Red Sea Response Is Anemic And Indecisive
According to Admiral Stavridis, former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO, the Western response to the Red Sea conflict has been “anemic, indecisive, and predominantly defensive.” Do we have the will…
https://gcaptain.com/stavridis-red-sea-response-is-anemic-and-indecisive/
Here’s Why the US Navy Needs More Virginia-Class Submarines Now
by Admiral James Stavridis (Bloomberg Opinion) My first job after graduating from the US Naval Academy in the late 1970s was as the anti-submarine warfare officer on a new Spruance class destroyer….
https://gcaptain.com/heres-why-the-us-navy-needs-more-virginia-class-submarines-now/
Stavridis: Hit the Houthis And Iran Where It Counts
by Admiral James Stavridis (Bloomberg Opinion) A series of brazen attacks in the Red Sea and North Arabian Sea by Yemen’s Houthi rebels against merchant shipping and US Navy warships…
https://gcaptain.com/stavridis-hit-the-houthis-iran-red-sea/
Operation Prosperity Guardian: Can The US-Lead Naval Force End Houthi Ship Attacks?
By James Stavridis (Bloomberg Opinion) US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has announced a new military effort in the Middle East: Operation Prosperity Guardian. It will bring together a coalition of nations…
Houthis’ Ship Seizure Is A Threat To International Trade
Unless Iran reins in its proxy force, the US and its allies may have to turn to the playbook that defeated piracy off East Africa a decade ago. By James Stavridis (Bloomberg…
https://gcaptain.com/houthis-ship-seizure-is-a-threat-to-international-trade/
Should The US Navy Send Hospital Ships To Gaza?
By James Stavridis (Bloomberg) In my military career, I was frequently deployed on the US Navy’s massive nuclear-powered aircraft carriers into combat and on more routine peacetime missions. I embarked in the USS…
https://gcaptain.com/should-the-us-navy-send-hospital-ships-to-gaza/
NATO Convoys Can Protect Ukraine’s Grain Says Stavridis
By James Stavridis (Bloomberg) In the latest escalation of his war crimes against Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin has pulled out of the painfully negotiated grain deal that for months has permitted exports…
https://gcaptain.com/nato-convoys-can-protect-ukraines-grain-says-stavridis/
Could Iran’s Tanker Seizures Bring Navy Convoys Back to the Gulf?
by James Stavridis (Bloomberg Opinion) Virtually unnoticed amid alleged drone attacks on the Kremlin, a looming Ukrainian spring offensive and aggressive Chinese military activity around Taiwan, another region is heating up. Two…
https://gcaptain.com/could-irans-tanker-seizures-navy-convoys/