The Cost of Abandoning Taiwan

Published Jul 12, 2026 9:04 PM by CIMSEC

[By Josh Richards and Joseph Hanacek] Foreign policy debates are often framed around a single question: what causes are worth figh...

Emiratis Hang On in the Gulf of Aden

Published Jul 12, 2026 8:53 PM by The Maritime Executive

Last December, in a sudden reversal of fortune, Emirati-backed forces of the Southern Transitional Council (STC) were forced to ce...

Published Jul 10, 2026 3:58 PM by The Maritime Executive

With no end in sight to the conflict in the Middle East, the Nimitz-class carrier USS Abraham Lincoln is now setting a daily recor...

Published Jul 10, 2026 10:51 AM by The Maritime Executive

Russian Pacific Fleet ships led by the missile cruiser RFS Varyag have commenced the at-sea phase of Exercise Joint Sea 2026 with...

Published Jul 9, 2026 7:57 PM by The Maritime Executive

Readers of The Maritime Executive will not be surprised by the collapse of the 60-day ceasefire during which negotiations between...

Published Jul 9, 2026 3:19 PM by The Maritime Executive

The German military is investing hundreds of millions of dollars in the development of a real-world laser weapons system for shipb...

Published Jul 9, 2026 1:01 PM by The Maritime Executive

Ukraine is continuing its fierce pace of drone attacks, reporting it has now struck a total of 35 vessels in the Sea of Azov over...

Published Jul 8, 2026 10:00 PM by The Maritime Executive

As Japan and the Philippines prepare to formally settle the small overlap between their respective exclusive economic zones, China...

Published Jul 8, 2026 6:51 PM by The Maritime Executive

Late Wednesday, U.S. Central Command announced that it is launching more airstrikes against targets in Iran, hoping to blunt the I...

Published Jul 8, 2026 2:12 PM by The Maritime Executive

Commanders from Ukraine’s drone forces are reporting that they have now struck a total of 21 vessels in the Sea of Azov over the p...