Sea Control

Dr. Emma Salisbury is a Non-Resident Senior Fellow in the Foreign Policy Research Institute’s National Security Program, an Associate Fellow at the Royal Navy Strategic Studies Centre, and a Contributing Editor at War on the Rocks. She writes widely on military-industrial matters, geopolitics, and national security in the United States, United Kingdom, and Europe, with a particular focus on the maritime. She is based just outside London in the United Kingdom.Links  1. Proposed US Battleship: https://www.fpri.org/article/2026/01/the-trump-class-battleship-spectacle-wins-out-over-combat-power/2. Constellation-Class Frigate: https://www.fpri.org/article/2025/12/want-of-frigates-why-is-it-so-hard-for-america-to-buy-small-surface-combatants/3. Atlantic Bastion: https://www.fpri.org/article/2025/08/atlantic-bastion-the-future-of-anti-submarine-warfare/4. Dr. Salisbury at FPRI: https://www.fpri.org/contributor/emma-salisbury/

Links1. "For 250 years, it’s been ‘change or lose’ for our military. Here’s what needs changing now," by Robert Neller and Peter Singer, Defense One, June 22, 2025.2. "Change or Lose: Past and Future War Lessons on 250th Birthday of the US Army and US Marine Corps," by Robert Neller and Peter Singer, Youtube, November 10, 2025.3. "Thinking First, Adapting Fast: Debating the Marine Corps’ Need for the Information Group," by Brian Kerg, War on the Rocks, November 7, 2025.4. "Kill It or Fix It: Why Marine Corps Information Warfare Has Failed After a Decade of MIGs," by Dan Burns, Information Professionals Association, August 20, 2025.5. "Killing the MIG is the Last Thing We Should Do," by Colonel Ray Gerber, USMC (Ret.), Information Professionals Association, September 7, 2025.6. "Blinding First, Striking Fast: Why the Marine Corps Needs Information Groups," by Ben Jensen and Ian Fletcher, War on the Rocks, October 13, 2025.

Links1. “Bases on the Aleutians Islands Would Project Power Across the Pacific,” by Steven Hulse, Proceedings, January 2025. 

Links1. "Maritime Statecraft and its Future," by Steve Brock and Hunter Stires, CIMSEC, October 21, 2025.2. "SECNAV Del Toro Calls for a New, Bold Maritime Statecraft in Era of Intense Strategic Competition," Department of the Navy, September 23, 2023. 

Links“Carrier 2.0: The Drone Carrier Revolution,” by Colton Byers, War Quants, December 28, 2024. “Damn the Torpedoes: The Return of Naval Mining,” by Colton Byers, War Quants, January 31, 2025. 

Links1. Non-state Special Operations: Capabilities and Effects, Ian Rice and Craig Whiteside, Routledge, 2025.2. The Isis Reader Substack.3. @CraigAWhiteside on X.4. @craigwhiteside@bsky.social on BlueSky.5. Craig Whiteside personal site and publications.

1. "Outsourcing Security at Sea—The Return of Private Maritime-Security Companies and Their Role in Twenty-First-Century Maritime Security," by Pieter Zhao, Naval War College Review, Winter 2024.2. Irregular Warfare Initiative.3. Pieter Zhao LinkedIn.4. Pieter Zhao BlueSky.5. Pieter Zhao Contact Page.

Links1. Elaine Helm Linkedin.

Links1. "What Moral Leadership Looks Like," by William Spears, CIMSEC, July 16, 2025. 2. Stoicism as a Warrior Philosophy: Insights on the Morality of Military Service, by William Spears, Casemate, 2025.3. William Spears website.

Links1. "What Imperial Germany Teaches About China’s Naval Basing Ambitions," by Chuck Ridgway, Proceedings, May 2025.

Links1. Sebastian Bae Twitter.

Links1. Dr Ronald C. Po profile.2. Shaping the Blue Dragon Maritime China in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, by Ronald Po, Liverpool University Press, 2024.3. Dr. Xing Hang on the Zheng regime in Taiwan.4. Dr. Ling-wei Kung  on the Manchu's maritime awareness prior to establishing their capital in Beijing

Ships, Guns and Money: The Logistics of Revolution and Garibaldi’s Campaign of 1860 Garibaldi: Invention of a Hero (Yale University Press, 2007), by Lucy Riall. Enrico Acciai with a more long-term history of Garibaldi's legacy in the terms of war volunteeringMaurizio Isabella providing a good summary of histories of Italy in the nineteenth-centuryDavid Sims with using a "follow the money" approach to Irish nationalism in the same time periodAnd finally some background on the nineteenth-century Mediterranean

The Marine Littoral Regiment's Missing Link

Building Resilient Kill Chains for the Stand in Force

Links1. "Partnering Will Determine the First Days of Conflict in the Western Pacific," by Ben Van Horrick, Proceedings, December 2024.2. "Resolute Dragon: Reassurance, Deterrence, and a Call for Coordination," by Bill Matory and Ben Van Horrick, War on the Rocks, December 6, 2023.

Links1. Chinese Amphibious Warfare, edited by Andrew Erickson, et al., Naval War College, China Maritime Studies Institute, 2024.2. China Maritime Studies Institute homepage. 3. Dr. Andrew Erickson's homepage.4. "Invasion Plans: Operation Causeway and Taiwan’s Defense in World War II," by Ian Easton, China Maritime Studies Institute, Naval War College, 2024. 4. China's New Navy: The Evolution of the PLAN from the People's Revolution to a 21st Century Cold War, by Xiaobing Li, USNI Press, 2023.5. Mao's Army Goes to Sea, by Toshi Yoshihara, Georgetown University Press, 2023.6. Andrew Erickson's Twitter.Dr. Andrew S. Erickson is Professor of Strategy (tenured full professor) in the U.S. Naval War College (NWC)’s China Maritime Studies Institute (CMSI). A core founding member, he helped establish CMSI and stand it up officially in 2006, and has played an integral role in its development; from 2021–23 he served as Research Director. Erickson is currently a Visiting Scholar in full-time residence at Harvard University’s John King Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, where he has been an Associate in Research since 2008. He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Institute of Maritime Policy & Strategy’s International Advisory Committee, and the Japan-America Society of Southern New England and Japan-America Navy Friendship Association (JANAFA)-Newport’s Board of Directors. Erickson serves on the editorial boards of Naval War College Review and Asia Policy and is a Contributing Editor at 19FortyFive. Twitter

Links1. Reconceptualizing War, by Ben Zweibelson, Helion & Company, 2025.2. Understanding the Military Design Movement, by Ben Zweibelson, Routledge, 2024.3. Beyond the Pale: Designing Military Decision-Making Anew, by Ben Zweibelson, Air University Press, 2023.4. War Becoming Phantasmal: A Cognitive Shift in Organized Violence beyond Traditional Limits, by Ben Zweibelson, Marine Corps University Press, May 2024.5. "Breaking the Newtonian Fetish," by Ben Zweibelson, Journal of Advanced Military Studies, Vol. 15. No. 1.

Links1. Sea Control 379: Pacific Wars 1864-1897 with Dr. Tommy Jamison2. The Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895: Perceptions, Power and Primacy, by SCM Paine, Cambridge University Press, 2002. 3. The Pacific’s New Navies: An Ocean, It’s Wars and the Making of US Sea Power, by Tommy Jamison, Cambridge University Press, 2024. 4. Tommy Jamison Linkedin.

1. "Conundrums, right ahead: Five strategic concerns for Baltic Sea decision-makers," by Sebastian Bruns, Royal Swedish Naval Society, 2024. (Website is in Swedish, Click the Ladda ned button to download the issue, the article is on page 61 of the PDF in English.)2."From 'Flooded Meadow' to Maritime Hotspot: Keeping the Baltic Sea Free, Open, and Interconnected," by Sebastian Bruns, Carnegie Endowment, December 20, 2023.3. Sea Control 548 – Maritime Competition in the Mediterranean with Dr. Sebastian Bruns & Dr. Jeremy Stöhs, by Jared Samuelson, CIMSEC, September 21, 2024.4. Institute for Security Policy at Kiel University.