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HM 31: New Interpretations in Naval History
Get PDFSelected papers from the twentieth McMullen Naval History Symposium held at the U.S. Naval Academy, 14–15 September 2017.https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/usnwc-historical-monographs/1030/thumbnail.jp
HM 32: New Interpretations in Naval History
Get PDFSelected papers from the twenty-first McMullen Naval History Symposium held at the U.S. Naval Academy, 19–20 September 2019.https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/usnwc-historical-monographs/1031/thumbnail.jp
Joint Maritime Operations
Get PDFDuring this discussion, Professor Jane Stokes, will discuss the integration process of WPS material into JPME curriculum and how to nest contemporary security issues specifically into the Joint Maritime Operations (JMO) syllabus. Through the lens of a JMO professor, Professor Stokes will explain how WPS discussions on state stability and fragility provide an appropriate seminar topic related to the competition continuum. Prof Stokes will then conclude with remarks on the need for additional case study material and experienced based articles to further the depth of these classroom discussions.https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/wps/1008/thumbnail.jp
WPS Curriculum Development
Get PDFThis session will provide an overview regarding the “what” and “how” of teaching WPS based on personal experience over the past ten years teaching WPS civilian graduate and undergraduate courses, integrating WPS into PME core classes, WPS lectures to domestic and international military and civilian audiences, and as part of security cooperation modules. Information provided will focus on learning objectives currently used, challenges encountered, curricular material and methods that has been found useful, best practices to date and ideas regarding what needs to be done going forward to fully integrate WPS into PME and military operations. The intent is to generate discussion integrating the experiences presented with those of others in the audience toward maximizing efforts and effectiveness.https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/wps/1009/thumbnail.jp
Russo-Ukraine War and Gendered Approaches to Strategic Competition
Get PDFThe 2022 invasion of Ukraine by Russia represents a logical step in the Russian war against women, minorities, and “Western values.” The discussion aims to better understand the complexity and fragility of the contemporary security environment by presenting an effective frame for correctly analyzing women’s influence and experience as both agents and subjects of change. The panelists explore the conflict through the weaponization of gender in the global information war against the U.S., NATO, and Ukraine. Furthermore, they highlight the correlation between the weaponization of gendered narratives and its relationship to fostering societal resilience and networks of resistance. The discussion introduces the conceptual framework of information warfare, narrative warfare, and civilizational confrontation, and its linkages with resilience and resilient societies. It provides an analysis of the deeper meaning of WPS in the macro context of the assault on democracy, human rights, and rule of law – to include the role of women in building resilient societies. Information and cognition have impacted the war-fighting experience in the current conflict and its marked role in gendered narratives, which have been utilized by both the Russians and Ukrainians. Lessons learned and policy recommendations for developing a more effective and robust WPS agenda for U.S. (and allied and partner) foreign policy and information operations, especially in advancing new notions of integrated deterrence, while expanding the development of resilience are brought to the fore. Achieving unity of effort is crucial because there can be disjuncture between the declaratory level and WPS policies.https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/wps/1015/thumbnail.jp
Military Masculinities, Tactical Femininities, and the ‘Third Gender’ in Ashley’s War”
Get PDFThe panelist provides a rhetorical analysis of the 2015 book, Ashley’s War: The Untold Story of a Team of Women Soldiers on the Special Ops Battlefield by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, focusing on the “audience” aspect of the rhetorical triangle (author, audience, message). The book is first presented as a celebration of women’s meaningful participation in combat through the Cultural Support Team (CST) program appealing to a public audience. It is viewed as a celebration of women’s abilities to succeed in hypermasculine environments while simultaneously maintaining feminine characteristics. Subsequently, the speaker offers a critique of the book’s instrumentalization of gendered labor, given feminist critiques of stereotypically feminine labors performed by the CSTs.
Finally, another perspective on the book’s glamorization of the performance of military masculinities alongside stereotypical femininities without solving any of the underlying tensions about masculinity or femininity in the context of warfare is shared. As a possible solution, the panelist situates “tactical femininities” within the context of strategic feminism to reclaim ownership of the strategic aims that drove both the CSTs and Ashley’s War. The session calls for the careful examination of the language we use to tell the stories of women in combat to varied audiences.https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/wps/1022/thumbnail.jp
Russia’s Attack on Ukraine: The Montreux Convention and Turkiye
Get PDFThe straits of Çanakkale and İstanbul and the Sea of Marmara, known as the Turkish Straits, together constitute a single waterway that connects the Black Sea to the Mediterranean and the rest of the world\u27s oceans. These maritime passages have always been significant enough to constitute the subject of power struggles between major powers and has therefore been a subject of various international regulations.
The existing international accord regulating the passage though the Turkish Straits is the 1936 Montreux Convention on Straits. The Convention establishes the right to freedom of passage for all ships. It also addresses the security concerns of Turkey and other Black Sea littoral States. Turkey is empowered to supervise application of these and other rules of the Convention both in time of peace and war. The Second World War was the first major test for the Convention but it is being tested again during Russia\u27s ongoing aggression against Ukraine. This article examines the history of the Montreux Convention and how its provisions are being applied during Russia\u27s war with Ukraine with a focus on the closure of the straits to the warships of Russia and Ukraine, the status of trade ships, and the implementation of potential UN sanctions against Russia
