Global Ocean Protection is No Simple Equation

Published Jun 26, 2026 6:45 PM by The Lowy Interpreter

The global ambition to protect 30 percent of the world’s land and ocean by 2030 – known simply as “30x30” – has helped galvanize g...

Hormuz and the Era of Assymetry: Sea Mines and Unmanned Systems

Published Jun 26, 2026 2:34 PM by CIMSEC

[By Admiral Massimo Vianello (Ret.) and Master Chief Petty Officer Giovanni Giorguli (Ret.)] The conflict between Iran and the Isr...

Published Jun 26, 2026 2:20 PM by The Maritime Executive

The long-running and carefully-designed Ukrainian campaign to weaken Russia’s occupation of Crimea appears to be building and may...

Published Jun 26, 2026 11:39 AM by The Maritime Executive

There have been a number of worrying indicators recently that tensions between the Houthis in the north and the Internationally Re...

Published Jun 25, 2026 7:28 PM by The Maritime Executive

South Korea's government-backed policy banks are gearing up for a well-publicized initiative to invest in the U.S. domestic shipbu...

Published Jun 25, 2026 6:20 PM by CIMSEC

[By Rustam Taghizade] When the Trump administration granted India a 30-day waiver on March 5 to purchase Russian oil, the formal j...

Published Jun 24, 2026 8:31 PM by Sindhura Polepalli and Rehana Dhawade

Every year for the past two decades, the world has celebrated June 25 as the Day of the Seafarer. This year’s theme, “Carrying wor...

Published Jun 24, 2026 4:47 PM by The Maritime Executive

On Wednesday, the German government announced that it would be scrapping its F126 frigate program after a series of setbacks, citi...

Published Jun 24, 2026 2:38 PM by The Maritime Executive

[By Hunter Marston] The ink has barely dried from the latest deal between the United States and Iran, and analysts have doubts abo...

Published Jun 24, 2026 9:34 AM by The Maritime Executive

A flotilla of ships destined to bulk out the FS Charles de Gaulle Carrier Strike Group has joined up in the Arabian Sea, all part...