


The Center directly complements the curriculum at NWC by providing a place for researching important professional issues which, in turn, inform and stimulate the faculty and students in the classroom.

Working in close conjunction with the teaching departments, this revitalized research arm of NWC has thus fulfilled inaugural President Luce’s vision of the institution as a center of both scholarship and original research-an academic establishment which would serve as the home of theory and in-depth thinking for the naval profession in the United States. Luce founded the Naval War College as “ a place of original research on all questions relating to war and to statesmanship connected with war, or the prevention of war,” CNWS was established within the College as a nexus for broadly based, advanced research on the naval contribution to a national strategy. In 1981, almost a century after Rear Admiral Stephen B. And, of course, many other entities & individuals conduct important work in these and other vital areas… They all need your leadership-complete information here! With regard to this decade’s overriding challenge of great power competition, working under the Dean are dedicated centers of expertise and research concerning both Beijing and Moscow’s seapower strategy and policies: the China Maritime Studies Institute (CMSI) and the Halsey Alfa Group, and the Russia Maritime Studies Institute (RMSI) and the Holloway Group. Apply now to become the next Dean, Center for Naval Warfare Studies (CNWS) at the Naval War College ( NWC) in Newport, Rhode Island -the Navy’s “ Home of Thought” ! The next individual in this intellectually pivotal position will provide thought leadership and management for a dynamic team of scholars, analysts, international and military operational law experts, cyber specialists, war gamers, staff of the Naval War College Press, and many other top-caliber professionals all serving the Navy and Nation-in ways that matter greatly.
