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China's Belt and Road Initiative, Camouflaged in Silk May. 30, 2018
Think of it as a revived Silk Road, Chinese President Xi Jinping said in 2013 when he announced Chin... Read More
Offshore Well Rules Should Be Made Law May. 04, 2018
Eight years ago this month, a disaster of epic proportions began to unfold in the Gulf of Mexico. A... Read More
The Indo-Pacific Quad Confronts China Apr. 11, 2018
U.S. Pacific Command still calls itself PACOM, but it appears INDO-PACOM — India-Pacific Comma... Read More
Disputing China's Spurious Territorial Claims in the South China Sea Jan. 24, 2018
On January 22, Chinese government media angrily accused the U.S. of "wantonly provoking trouble" in ... Read More
A Welcome Reversal on Drilling Jan. 12, 2018
President Donald Trump's decision Tuesday to reverse course and reinstate the ban on oil and natural... Read More
New Climate Change Report Likely to be Ignored Aug. 21, 2017
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration officially confirmed last week that 2016 was the... Read More
Shades of Gray Aug. 10, 2017
"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the s... Read More
Floating A Diplomatic Solution In The South China Sea Aug. 09, 2017
Beijing's slow but belligerent invasion of the South China Sea has created Cold War conditions in th... Read More
Our View: Planning for Oil That We Don't Need Jul. 18, 2017
News from The Wall Street Journal says, "Despite a 17 percent plunge in prices since April, drillers... Read More
A Renaissance for Small Aircraft Carriers? Feb. 15, 2017
The U.S. Navy may be on the verge of a light aircraft carrier renaissance. New technology spurs the ... Read More
South China Sea Decision A Heavy Political Blow To China Jul. 13, 2016
Arbitrators in The Hague have given the Philippines a unanimous legal victory over China, one that d... Read More
Strand Struggle Nears a Welcome End Apr. 21, 2016
After six years of costly litigation, with dubious benefit, over the installation of entry gates and... Read More
Neglect Has Long-Term Impact Jan. 26, 2016
The world's oceans are in bad shape, and our neglect will have powerful effects. According to a stud... Read More
The Barn
Aug. 24, 2014
Ebola Outbreak an Urgent Call for Finding a New Direction in Disease Treatment by Following an Old Path Aug. 22, 2014
News out of England this past week reads like a script for a remake of James Cameron's "The Abyss," ... Read More
This Week the Answer Man Looks at Ocean Life Aug. 02, 2014
1. Scuba divers may come across an elver while on a dive. What is an elver? 2. What does it mean whe... Read More
Archie
Jul. 17, 2014
Strange Brew
Jul. 03, 2014
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Hoax Jul. 03, 2014
A new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences could mean bad news for env... Read More
Mickey Mouse
Jun. 06, 2014
