Maritime Nation

Admiral Foggo sits down with renowned shipping expert, Dr. Salvatore Mercogliano, to discuss what the national security community should know about commercial shipping and the most immediate issues facing the commercial shipping sector. Season 3 of Maritime Nation is produced in partnership with Dataminr.

Back again for the second year in a row, CMS presents a live recording of Maritime Nation, now in its third season. World renown futurist and author, Dr. P.W. Singer, joins the podcast’s host, Admiral Foggo, to imagine the U.S. Navy 30 years from today. What role with AI play? How will hybrid warfare evolve? Will our forces be ready?  Season 3 of Maritime Nation is produced in partnership with Dat...

Admiral Linda L. Fagan, 27th Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, joins host Admiral Foggo for a packed conversation reaching from the Arctic to the Indo-Pacific and ranging from the Coast Guard’s role as a unique instrument of national security to what it takes to recruit and retain the personnel who make its incredible operations possible. Season 3 of Maritime Nation is produced in partnership wi...

With the fiscal 2025 presidential budget request release weeks away, the Department of Defense and defense industry remain in limbo under the ongoing continuing resolution. What can we expect from the 2025 defense budget? What impact does the continuing resolution have on defense modernization and readiness? How are the Sea Services uniquely impacted? Season 3 of Maritime Nation is produced in par...

It has been over 700 days since the start of Russia’s most recent invasion of Ukraine. Kicking off Season 3 of Maritime Nation, Admiral Foggo sits down with Major General Borys Kremenetskyi, Ukraine’s Defense Attaché in Washington, and Major General Peter Fuller, USA (ret.) to discuss how the war has progressed and what lays ahead of Ukraine’s security. Season 3 of Maritime Nation is produced in p...

Ahead of the Surface Navy Association’s 36th National Symposium, tune in to this special episode of Maritime Nation, to hear CMS’s Dean and Navalist in conversation with shipbuilders and surface warfare experts, Vice Admiral Rick Hunt, USN (ret.) and Captain Mark Vandroff, USN (ret.).

Dr. Steve Wills, Navalist at the Center for Maritime Strategy, talks with the Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy, Vice Admiral Angus Topshee, on a number of topics to include the modernization of the Canadian Navy’s submarine and frigate arms, its operations with the U.S. and other allies in the Arctic, and the potential for further, cooperative efforts between the U.S. and Canadian navies in th...

Dr. Steve Wills, Navalist at the Center for Maritime Strategy, talks with Secretary John Lehman about the state of and direction for the Congressional Commission on the Future of the Navy. Secretary Lehman offers a unique perspective on Commission — and more broadly on commissions’ organization and functions — thanks to his service on the 9/11 Commission and experience as the 65th Secretary of the...

In the middle of Large Scale Exercise 2023 (LSE 23), ADM James Foggo speaks with ADM Daryl Caudle, Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command and LT GEN Brian Cavanaugh, Commander, Marine Forces Command about LSE 23’s origins, purpose, and impact. ADM Caudle, LT GEN Cavanaugh, and ADM Foggo will each serve in leadership positions overseeing the exercise’s execution. They share expert insights about the...

Admiral Foggo is joined by Admiral Steven Poulin, the 33rd Vice Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, to discuss the Coast Guard’s sprawling responsibilities, emerging capabilities, and how it gets the job done, from maritime response missions to defense operations. Admiral Poulin explains how the Coast Guard joins allies in supporting Indo-Pacific security, leads the fight against illegal, unreport...

AUKUS – the enhanced trilateral security partnership between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States – is perhaps the most consequential security initiative of Washington in the Indo-Pacific. ADM (ret.) Foggo is joined by ADM (ret.) John Richardson, former Chief of Naval Operations, and Dr. Charles Edel, to discuss the background, status, and the future of the AUKUS partnership.

Admiral Foggo is joined by Naval Sea Systems Command’s unmanned programs chief rear Admiral Casey Moton, former Task Force 59 Commander Captain Michael D. Brasseur, and Huntington Ingalls Unmanned Systems Division President Mr. Duane Fotheringham to discuss the past development of unmanned systems and their short and long-term way ahead in U.S. naval service.

Live from the Gaylord Hotel and Convention Center, this is Maritime Nation at Sea-Air-Space 2023. Guests RADM John Kirby and CBS News National Security Correspondent David Martin join ADM Foggo on stage as they discuss their naval careers, opinions on China in the maritime domain, and answer questions from the crowd.

Members of the Center sit down to discuss activities at this year's Sea-Air-Space.

This month, Admiral Foggo is joined by Ambassador Kelly Degnan, U.S. Ambassador to Georgia, and Lieutenant General (ret.) Ben Hodges, to discuss the war in Ukraine at one year. The three discuss where Ukrainian forces stand as we enter year two of war and how the war has shifted the political and security environments of the Black Sea Region.

On the first episode of the second season of Maritime Nation, RDML Michael L. Baker joins the CMS team to discuss his role as the leader of the Navy Foreign Area Officer Community and the Senior Defense Official & Defense Attache to New Delhi, India. Further, they review the critical importance of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue and India’s place in the U.S. Indo-Pacific strategy.

Join the Center for Maritime Strategy team as they take a look back at 2022 and share what's in store for the new year.

Adm. Foggo is joined by LTG (ret.) Mark Hertling and Master Chief (ret.) Raymond Kemp, both of the American Battlefield Monuments Commission, to discuss Veterans Day and how we can remember the service and sacrifice of those lost in battle and those who serve today.

On Oct. 13, 2022, the U.S. Navy celebrated its 247th birthday. Dr. Paul Kennedy joins the CMS team to discuss the history of the Navy, but particularly in the decade of 1936 to 1946 where it grew into the global role it fulfills today. His new book "Victory at Sea" examines this period as reflected through a series of brilliant watercolor scenes by the late Ian Marshall.

On this episode of Maritime Nation, Adm. Foggo is joined by Mike Stevens, CEO of the Navy League of the United States, and Rick West, both former Master Chief Petty Officers of the Navy. They discuss the role of MCPONs and issues facing the enlisted force.

How do different kinds of states approach the development of maritime strategy and its application? Dr. Andrew Lambert, Laughton Professor of Naval History at King’s College London and Director of the Laughton Naval History and Maritime Strategy Unit in the Department of War Studies at King's, joins Dr. Steve Wills and Ben Mainardi to answer this very question. In doing so, we dive into how "Brita...

This episode of Maritime Nation is a special tribute to those who served and fought during the Korean War. Adm. James Foggo, Dr. Steve Wills and Andrew Park are joined by Adm. Harry Harris (ret.), Montford Point Marines Sgt. Ivor Griffin and Staff Sgt. Eugene Groves (ret.) and Ned Forney to discuss the heroes of the Korean War, the critical importance of our allies and the relevance of the Indo-Pa...

On this special episode of Maritime Nation, Adm. Foggo and Dr. Wills are joined by Dr. Nick Lambert and Dr. Ian Ralby to discus the blockade of Odessa and its implications on grain supply. Part one deals with the historic implications of grain supply, warning that those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Part two focuses on the globalization of the world's economy and solution...

As Russian fleet losses continue to mount in the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War, renowned naval analyst Norman Polmar joins Admiral James G. Foggo and Dr. Steven Wills to delve into Soviet and Russian undersea warfare history, strategy and the persistent Russian submarine threat.

On this episode of Maritime Nation, Admiral James G. Foggo, USN (ret.) sits down with Rear Admiral Lars Saunes, Professor and Distinguished International Fellow at the U.S. Naval War College, Major General Randy “Church” Kee, Senior Advisor for Arctic Security Affairs at DoD’s Ted Stevens Center for Arctic Security Studies, and US Navy Commander Rachael Gosnell to discuss the future of Arctic Secu...