John Cordle
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 6
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- Sep 14, 2026
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Elemental Leverage: How the United States Can Stop China’s Rare-Earths Squeeze Before the Next Crisis | Center for International Maritime Security (opens the original)
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When China threatens to close its fist, the world listens. In August 2025, Li Chenggang, Beijing’s chief trade negotiator, didn’t bother with euphemism. If the United States continued tightening controls on advanced technologies, he warned, China would answer by restricting exports of the metals that make those technologies possible.1 Rare-earth elements, the invisible foundation of jet engines, electric vehicles, and precision weapons, had become bargaining chips in a new kind of power game. It
Center for International Maritime Security | Fostering the Discussion on Securing the Seas. | Page 933 (opens the original)
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In late March Google revealed artistic mock-ups and a video (below) of what their secretive Project Glass has been developing. The answer – voice-controlled augmented reality (AR) glasses – have some interesting potential applications for military use, in particular employment aboard ships. This was the first time an AR project garnered widespread media attention (Oakley has also since announced the development of their own AR technology), and for those not familiar with the line of research, it
Discipline as a Tool to Achieve Readiness: A Utilitarian Approach to Discipline | Center for International Maritime Security (opens the original)
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The goal of this article is to articulate one past commander’s approach to discipline, with a focus on improving operational readiness. The author does not mean to imply that other O5 and O6 commanders pursue discipline for solely punitive reasons. Rather, this is an attempt to articulate an approach built on rehabilitative potential and getting Marines “back in the fight.” The framework discussed will rely largely on a “utilitarian” theory of discipline – one in which each decision a commander
New Organization, New Rules: Information Warfare Can Thrive in the New OPNAV | Center for International Maritime Security (opens the original)
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Working afloat and ashore, the U.S. Navy’s Information Warfare Officers engage adversaries, create plans, connect circuits, and drive operations around the world every day. In May 2026, the Information Warfare Community was directed by the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) to reorganize itself within the Pentagon, a large-scale change to the manning, funding, and authorities required for global operations. When taken with the December 2025 creation of the Information Warfare Line designation, the
Russia’s Drone Machinations: Reflexive Control and Cognitive Warfare in the Maritime Domain | Center for International Maritime Security (opens the original)
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A version of this article was originally published by the Center for Maritime Strategy, a non-profit, non-partisan think tank and research institution dedicated to studying maritime issues and their context within wider American national security policy. This article is republished with permission. Reflexive Control in the Maritime Domain Originating in 1960s Soviet strategic military doctrine, reflexive control (RC) allows the user to employ and orchestrate manipulative tactics, including disin
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