There was another recent article on STRATFOR regarding US naval strategy. I do not have a URL so I'll just post a link to an ARRSE thread on it........
Sea Power in US Grand Strategy
One of the dangers of wars like those in Iraq and Afghanistan is that they soak up resources and intellectual bandwidth. It is said that generals always fight the last war. Another way of stating that is to say they believe the war they are fighting now will go on forever in some form. That belief leads to neglect of capabilities that appear superfluous for the current conflict. That is the true hollowing-out that extended warfare creates. It is an intellectual hollowing-out.
Elsewhere there have been other
carrier related discussions. Additionally, there has been discussion of the scarcity of carrier capable aircraft post
Sea Harrier.