1. The Rajput class destroyer INS Rana leads a formation of American and Indian warships during Exercise Malabar, October 22, 2008 (US Navy)

    India Needs a Naval Diplomacy

    Balaji Chandramohan examines India’s aim to dominate the Indian Ocean and finds its naval diplomacy lacking.

  1. China's Shi Lang aircraft carrier under construction, 2011

    China’s Useless Aircraft Carrier

    China is refurbishing a Soviet era carrier that poses no threat whatsoever to American naval dominance in the Pacific.

  1. Sailors watch from a landing craft as they pull away from the amphibious assault ship USS Essex off the coast of Cambodia in the Gulf of Thailand, March 2, 2011

    Amphibs vs Carriers: Which Has the Future?

    Could amphibious assault ships replace supercarriers as central to American naval strategy? They are more versatile and much cheaper.

  1. Chinese Yuan class submarine under construction, May 2011

    The Devil We Know

    Miguel Silva wonders whether Pakistan, with Chinese support, will manage to counterbalance India’s naval might in the Indian Ocean.

  1. British Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Nicolas Sarkozy in London, June 18, 2010

    Could Europe Impose a No-Fly Zone Alone?

    With the United States hesitant to intervene in Libya, the Atlantic Sentinel wonders whether Britain and France could on their own.