Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard participants

Wargame Maritime COIN

Insufficient attention has been paid to gaming possible ways of countering China’s harassment of Southeast Asian allies and partners below the threshold of violence.

Lesley Wilhelm
December 2022
Counterinsurgency operations

One Officer’s Lessons from Vietnam

Operations aimed at defeating the Viet Cong could offer insights into countering China today.

Captain Peter M. Swartz, U.S. Navy (Retired)
October 2022
ships

Dead Men Tell No Tales

A confrontation with China’s maritime militia threatens to explode, and U.S. sailors and Marines must decide how to respond.

July 2022
Ukraine Attack

At War with the Lights Off

As the Ukraine conflict makes plain, the costs of full-scale war can be high and unpredictable. This could reinforce Beijing’s preference for the tactics of insurgency.

Geoffrey Till
July 2022