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ISSN 0028-1484 Published by U.S. Naval War College Digital Commons, 2007 5 T:\Academic\NWC Review\NWC Review Summer 2007\Ventura\NWC Review Summer 2007.vp Thursday, July 26, 2007 8:50:20 AM Color profile: Generic CMYK printer profile Composite Default screen Naval War College Review, Vol. 60 [2007], No. 3, Art. 26 https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/nwc-review/vol60/iss3/26 6 T:\Academic\NWC Review\NWC Review Summer 2007\Ventura\NWC Review Summer 2007.vp Thursday, July 26, 2007 8:50:26 AM Color profile: Generic CMYK printer profile Composite Default screen War College: Summer 2007 Issue CONTENTS From the Editors . 5 Sailing to a New Port . 7 Admiral James G. Stavridis, U.S. Navy President’s Forum . 15 Maritime Terrorism and Piracy Suppression of Piracy and Maritime Terrorism A Suitable Role for a Navy? . 23 Martin N. Murphy The U.S. Navy risks being prepared for and focused on high-technology warfare it might never have to fight while leaving itself ill equipped for a form of warfare that it probably will. Whether that happens depends on how it defines “maritime security” and on how it answers the question: What is the Navy for? Maritime Terrorism Focusing on the Probable . 46 Richard Farrell The world’s oceans sustain the global economy, and consequently there is a great deal of concern about maritime terrorism. Is it justified? What should be the focus of maritime counterterrorism? U.S. Naval Forces in Europe U.S. Naval Diplomacy in the Black Sea Sending Mixed Messages. 61 Deborah Sanders An abortive multilateral operation in the Black Sea in 2006 bears out warnings given by analysts of naval diplomacy: to take full account of the domestic politics of the nations primarily involved, those of their neighbors, and of the relations between them. Naval Response to a Changed Security Environment Maritime Security in the Mediterranean . 73 Commander Alan Lee Boyer, U.S. Navy Can the United States, specifically European Command, create a coalition with the right capabilities to deal with maritime threats to American and allied interests in the Mediterranean? The answer depends on how well the command’s planners understand the limitations of the United States and of its partners and how well they mitigate risk. Published by U.S. Naval War College Digital Commons, 2007 7 T:\Academic\NWC Review\NWC Review Summer 2007\Ventura\NWC Review Summer 2007.vp Thursday, July 26, 2007 8:50:26 AM Color profile: Generic CMYK printer profile Composite Default screen 2 NAVAL WARNaval COLLEGE War REVIEWCollege Review, Vol. 60 [2007], No. 3, Art. 26 Expectation, Adaptation, and Resignation British Battle Fleet Tactical Planning, August 1914–April 1916 . 101 Jon Tetsuro Sumida Recent study of contemporary sources challenges the conventional portrayal of British naval tactical planning early in World War I. Technical, strategic, operational, and intelligence factors shaped tactical intent in ways quite different from those suggested by canonical analyses of that war. Review Essay The Search for Strategy . 123 Forging a World of Liberty under Law: U.S. National Security in the 21st Century—Final Report of the Princeton Project on National Security, by G. John Ikenberry and Anne-Marie Slaughter reviewed by William C. Martel Book Reviews The Science of Military Strategy, edited by Peng Guangqian and Yao Youzhi reviewed by Andrew S. Erickson . 133 China’s Rising Sea Power: The PLA Navy’s Submarine Challenge, by Peter Howarth, reviewed by Peter J. Woolley . 134 Taiwan’s Security: History and Prospects, by Bernard D. Cole reviewed by Michael S.