Stockdale Debates
Conversations, Point Papers and Debates covering ethical leadership issues relevant to military operations, national security and domestic politics.
The opinions expressed in these posts are the authors’, and do not represent those of the Stockdale Center, Navy or Department of Defense.
Forged in Tradition: The Chief’s Season and the Making of Enlisted Leaders
The Season of Becoming Every year, the Chief’s Season reminds me why the Navy’s backbone isn’t built in classrooms or through instruction manuals — it’s
Leveraging Coaching to Support Midshipmen: A Research Review
Midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy undergo a critical period of growth and change marked by academic challenges, significant personal development, intense physical training, and
Of Banana Suits and Battle Scars: Why America Needs a Citizen-Soldier Revival
Recently, I participated in a regional Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu tournament as one of the assistant coaches of the US Naval Academy’s extracurricular Brazilian Jiu Jitsu team.
Like Spartans
Shall we be Athens or Sparta? As long as there have been service academies, this comparison has been trotted out in debates over their proper
Does Terminator Have Rights?
Within contemporary discourse on the ethics of AWS (autonomous weapons systems), one of the most popular in-principle moral arguments against the use of such technologies
Great Power, Responsibility, and Killing in War
[T]he current surge … in robotic warfare is being driven by the promise of efficiency and control and the hunger for what militaries have tasted
The Yugoslav Wars and the Dangers of an Emotion Fueled Media Environment
Introduction In 1992, Bosnia declared independence from Yugoslavia, following in the footsteps of Croatia and Slovenia, who had done the same the previous year. Bosnian
This Kind of Academy
“The problem is to see not what is desirable, or nice, or politically feasible, but what is necessary.” – T.R. Fehrenbach, This Kind of War
Forged in Tradition: The Chief’s Season and the Making of Enlisted Leaders
Leveraging Coaching to Support Midshipmen: A Research Review
Of Banana Suits and Battle Scars: Why America Needs a Citizen-Soldier Revival
Like Spartans
Does Terminator Have Rights?