CIMSEC
CIMSEC's mission is to build a global community of professionals, academics, and forward thinkers from a variety of fields who wish to further international maritime peace and security through an exchange of ideas and the rigor of critical thought and writing.
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...
Op-Ed: The U.S. Should Fight Illegal Fishing for Great Power Advantage
[By Matthew Ader] Illegal, unregulated, and unreported (IUU) fishing costs Asia billions of dollars a year and constitutes a th...
Interview: Commanding the Futuristic Destroyer USS Zumwalt
[By Dmitry Filipoff] CIMSEC had the opportunity to discuss commanding the USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) stealth destroyer wi...
How China Has Overtaken Japan in Naval Power and Why it Matters
[By Toshi Yoshihara] A major reversal of fortunes at sea has gone largely unnoticed. Over the past decade, the Chinese Navy spe...
The Challenge of Guarding Bab el-Mandeb
[By Elizabeth White] Many a discussion of the Bab Al Mandeb Strait starts with the translation from the Arabic name (Gate of Te...
How the U.S. Can Improve its Maritime Anti-Smuggling Program
[By Laura Burroughs] On April 1, President Trump announced that the United States is doubling its counternarcotics operations i...
Taking Notes from Narcos on Unmanned Ship Design
[By Collin Fox] In September 2018, the Panamanian Aeronaval Service (SENAN) captured a fairly crude low-profile vessel (LPV). I...
Maritime Law Enforcement and Overfishing in the South China Sea
[By Michael Perry] Fish are the primary source of animal protein for populations bordering the South China Sea (SCS) and overfi...
China's Bid for Maritime Primacy in the Indo-Pacific
[By Dr. Patrick M. Cronin] In this decade, the United States Navy may be displaced as the most formidable maritime presence in...