How America Lost Control of the Seas

“He who commands the sea has command of everything,” the ancient Athenian general Themistocles said. By that standard, the United States has command of very little.

Arnav Rao on how a new era of American maritime greatness can still be possible: www.theatlantic.com/economy/archive/2025/05/american-shipbuilding-decline/682945/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYUvPxWfGVixbDcd0wuQ1JEI&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social