Hunter Stires

U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings — The LCS has just what the Navy needs to defend freedom of the seas in the first island chain. https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2021/january/littoral-combat-ships-maritime-coin

U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings — The United States is devoting significant energy to preparing for great power war, but China is waging a maritime insurgency—and could win without firing a shot.

WEST Conference 2020 — WEST 2020 Panel: A 'COIN' Toss in the South China Sea: Defending Free Seas and the Rule of International Law from China’s Maritime Insurgency Panelists: Dr. Steven Wills Research Analyst CNA CAPT Daniel Straub, Ph.D., USN Division Chief, Strategy, Policy, & Plans – Asia The Joint Chiefs of Staff (J5) CAPT Joshua Taylor, USN Department Head, International Plans and Policy (N51) U.S. Pacific Fleet Bryan Clark Senior Fellow Hudson Institute Moderator: Hunter Stires Fellow, John B. Hattendorf Center for Maritime Historical Research U.S. Naval War College

Naval War College Review — The current environment is not the first time the United States has faced a destabilizing challenge in the western Pacific. In 1937, Japanese forces in China undertook a campaign to expel U.S., British, and other Western interests from that country as part of imperial Japan’s effort to dominate East Asia. The gray-zone tactics used during the Japanese campaign of 1937–40, and the deterrence actions of the U.S. Asiatic Fleet, can help shed light on the situation in the China Sea today.

U.S. Naval institute Proceedings — China’s actions in the South China Sea are a “maritime insurgency.” Counterinsurgency is the logical response, and history shows the way. https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2019/may/south-china-sea-needs-coin-toss (Accompanied by "Why We Defend Free Seas," here: https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2019/may/why-we-defend-free-seas)

Proceedings — There is more at stake in the South China Sea than most realize. https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2019/may/why-we-defend-free-seas (Accompanies "The South China Sea Needs a 'COIN' Toss," here: https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2019/may/south-china-sea-needs-coin-toss)

The National Interest — China is treating ocean space in the South China Sea as if it were land territory. How should the United States respond?

The National Interest — The rule of international law will stand or fall on the confidence of civilian mariners to operate where and how they please within the boundaries of their international legal rights.

The National Interest — The Navy should prepare for the logistical challenges of a high-intensity war on the far side of the world.

U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings — In the days after Pearl Harbor, U.S. naval forces managed to hold on, but Japanese successes shattered all assumptions; therein lie some prescient warnings.

The National Interest — With the resulting new capabilities from the SM-6's sophisticated guidance system, U.S. surface ships will be able to use SM-2s to conduct offensive strikes against enemy aircraft and surface ships out to ninety nautical miles while simultaneously remaining at emissions control and preserving their limited stock of SM-6s for more distant or challenging targets.

The National Interest — The Navy is taking “a hard look” at options to rehabilitate, modernize and recommission several of its retired ships.

U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings — The Maritime Counterinsurgency Project aims to shine a bright light on the People's Republic of China's illegal activities to harass, intimidate, and bully other states in the South China Sea region into accepting China's excessive claims to the entire South China Sea.

Proceedings — For all the attention paid to its growing capabilities for a possible future war, China's decisive line of effort to undo the foundation of the U.S.-led rules-based international order is well underway-and has made grave inroads without firing a shot.