Maritime Nation

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.