375 Guillem Colom Piella Defining the US Navy in the 21st Century Guillem Colom Piella Professor in Political Science and Public Administration at the University Pablo de Olavide (Seville) and co-director of THIBER, the cybersecurity think tank. - Submited: September 2014. - Accepted: October 2014. DEFINING THE US NAVY IN THE 21ST CENTURY Abstract Since the end of the Cold War, the U.S. Navy has made profound changes in its strategic concepts, operating structures, naval doctrines and combat systems to adapt its forces both to the changing security environment and to achieving a Revolution in Military Affairs that promised to transform war at sea. This article examines those changes – firstly oriented towards littoral warfare, later to achieve the revolution and nowadays to secure its access to any point of the globe by contributing to the Air-Sea Battle – aimed at maintaining the relevance of the U.S. Navy in American foreign policy. KeyWords U.S. Navy, post-Cold War, transformation, littoral warfare, air-sea battle – Revolution in Military Affairs – anti-access – area denial
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