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Op-Ed: Bringing the Navy's Fleet into the Robotic Age
[By Dmitry Filipof] As a part of CIMSEC’s Force Structure Perspectives Series, CIMSEC discussed the Battle Force 2045 fle...
Op-Ed: Handysize Bulkers Would Make Useful Unmanned Surface Combatants
[By Chris Bassler and Steve Benson] On October 6 2020, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper debuted Battle Force 2045. As foundation...
How Weak Maritime Enforcement Emboldened Ansar Al-Sunna
[By Kelly Moss] Two months ago, the insurgent group Ahlu Sunna Wal Jamaa (“Ansar al-Sunna”) attacked the strategic...
Vietnam's Struggles in the S. China Sea: Challenges and Opportunities
[By Viet Hung Nguyen Cao] The new U.S. South China Sea policy, recently announced by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, once again...
The Sino-Japanese Maritime Dispute in the East China Sea
[By Yoichiro Sato] In August 2020 China lifted the annual summer ban on its fleet’s fishing in the East China Sea (ECS)....
COVID-19 and the Straining U.S. Merchant Marine
[By Dr. Salvatore R. Mercogliano] On July 29, 2020, the heads of three maritime unions – Marshall Ainley of the Marine En...
Op-Ed: The Navy's Perpetual Racism Problem and How to Fix It
[By LCDR Reuben Keith Green, USN (ret.)] The Navy has always had the same three problems when it comes to diversity and inclusi...
Ecuador's Constant Struggle Against Illegal Fishing
[By Wilder Alejandro Sanchez] Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing is a constant challenge for Latin American navi...
Ocean Governance and Maritime Security in the Gulf of Guinea
[By Bem Ibrahim Garba] The world’s oceans occupy over 70 percent of the earth’s surface, playing a significant role...
Unmasking Trends in Maritime Crime in the Caribbean
[By Dr. Ian Ralby, Lt. Col. Michael Jones and Capt. Errington Shurland (ret.)] While life on land for most people has been unus...