Thesis (M.A. in National Security Affairs)--Naval Postgraduate School, June 2007. / Thesis Advisor(s): Daniel J. Moran. "June 2007." Includes bibliographical references (p. 75-91). Also available in print.

Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited / This thesis makes a cost benefit analysis of relocating the outdated and earthquake damaged supply distribution center of the Turkish Navy. Given the dynamic environment surrounding the military operations, logistic sustainability requirements, rapid information technology developments, and budget-constrained Turkish DoD acquisition environment, the site selection of a supply distribution center is critical to the future operations and logistics supporting the Turkish Navy. Additionally, this thesis analyzes site selection alternatives through the use of three modeling techniques; the Center of Gravity Method, the Electre Method, and the Logical Decisions for Windows methodology. The results of the analysis indicate that the most advantageous location for the naval supply center is in the port city of Pendik. / Lieutenant Junior Grade, Turkish Navy

Thesis (M.S. in Management)--Naval Postgraduate School, March 2003. / Thesis advisor(s): Brad Naegle, Kevin R. Gue. Includes bibliographical references (p. 77-79). Also available online.

Thesis (M.S. in Management)--Naval Postgraduate School, March 2009. / Thesis Advisor(s): Buttrey, Samuel E. ; Mehay, Stephen L. "March 2009." Description based on title screen as viewed on April 23, 2009. Author(s) subject terms: United States Naval Academy, Retention, Naval Officer, Marine Corps Officer, Global War on Terror, Navy, Marine Corps, Hostile, Hostile Deployment. Includes bibliographical references (p. 73-74). Also available in print.

Project (D. Min.)--New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, 2008. / Abstract and vita. Includes final project proposal. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 145-149, 52-55).

Project (D. Min.)--New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, 2008. / Abstract and vita. Includes final project proposal. Description based on Print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 145-149, 52-55).

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Wollongong, 2006. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references: leaf 296-320.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Illinois State University, 1996. / Title from title page screen, viewed May 18, 2006. Dissertation Committee: John R. McCarthy (chair), Larry D. Kennedy, Marcia D. Escott, Lemuel W. Watson. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 77-81) and abstract. Also available in print.

Since the re-establishment of Estonian navy, Baltic naval cooperation has played various roles for the Estonian navy. During different periods, Estonian involvement in cooperation has been fluctuating and in 2014, Estonia decided to withdraw from afloat cooperation, yet continuing with other forms of it. In 2018, Estonia proposed new concept and goals for Baltic Naval cooperation. To better understand the current state of affairs, the main motives behind Estonia’s acting in cooperation from establishing the cooperation until today are studied and presented. The main aim of this thesis is high-light which factors are favourable to carry out the ideas presented in the concept for future cooperation, Baltic Naval Vision 2030+. Results show that there are factors indicating favourable conditions to carry out the plans, nevertheless, there are also factors less favourable. The most salient favouring factor is the strategic culture which is similar in Baltic countries, the most salient hindering factor is lack of top-down political support.

Previous historiography on late Qing naval technology has been geared toward locating the root causes of the Qing’s defeat in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895. Pushing back against this teleological view of late Qing naval development, this dissertation underscores the global, multidirectional, and highly contingent processes undergirding the Qing’s naval rebuilding project in the late nineteenth century. Starting from the 1860s, the Qing empire strove to reassert itself as a competitive naval power by establishing new dockyards and arsenals; procuring arms, warships, and machineries from abroad; as well as dispatching educational missions to European naval schools, technical institutes, factories, and shipyards. The Chinese diplomats and students that the Qing sent overseas served as transnational agents who cultivated close-knit networks with Western diplomats, merchants, shipbuilders, military officers, and arms manufacturers. These networks formed the basis upon which the Qing navigated a global marketplace of warships and armaments spanning Asia, Europe, and the Americas. Tracing the personal, material, and institutional networks connecting late Qing China to the world’s naval technology reveals how the Qing engaged actively in a global regime of arms production and arms trading. This regime, driven by the transnational sourcing of raw materials and the export-oriented tendencies of Western arms manufacturers, gave rise to a shared, decentralized, and surprisingly open terrain of material circulation and technological transmission. It produced highly fluid circuits of military industrial products and knowledge that blurred the boundaries between the arms race and the arms trade, secrecy and openness, competition and collaboration. This dissertation shows how the Qing tapped into these tensions through intertwining networks of trade and diplomacy. It also shows how the material and logistical processes underlying the importation of warships, machineries, and shipbuilding components constituted crucial channels for the transfer of naval engineering knowledge from the West to China.