Naval Blockades Through History: Legality and Effectiveness
From the Royal Navy's close blockade of France to the World Wars, blockades have shaped conflicts and tested the law of neutrality. Here is how they work and when they succeed.
Policy
Shipbuilding budgets, force-level targets, legislation and treaties tracked against delivery reality, with documents quoted and arithmetic checked.
Naval Arms Control: A History of Limits at Sea
From interwar tonnage treaties to modern transparency accords, what naval arms control achieved, and why it faded.
The UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, Demystified
What the treaty actually says about territorial waters, exclusive economic zones, and straits used by navies.
Defense Budgets 101: How Naval Funding Gets Decided
From service requests to appropriated shipbuilding dollars: the annual process, in plain English.
Guide: How U.S. Freedom of Navigation Operations Work
The Freedom of Navigation Program is a Department of Defense initiative, in place since 1979, that uses U.
The Jones Act and the U.S. Naval Shipbuilding Base, Explained
The century-old cabotage law sets three conditions for domestic shipping and has become a fixture in debates over the health of the shipyards the Navy depends on.