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.
Cybersecurity at U.S. Ports: Clear Rules Require Rulemaking
[By CDR Michael C. Petta, USCG] Following the September 11, 2001 attacks, the U.S. Coast Guard led the way on maritime security...
A Global Accelerator Network to Launch the "Digital Ocean"
[By Julie Angus and Michael D. Brasseur] Oceans support the livelihoods of over three billion people, provide the primary sourc...
Op-Ed: Why the U.S. Navy Needs to Start Building its Future
[By Frank T. Goertner] Four years ago, the U.S. Navy began talking seriously about future fleet design. Directives we...
Op-Ed: Rep. Elaine Luria on the U.S. Navy's Shipbuilding Plans
[By Dmitry Filipoff] As a part of CIMSEC’s Force Structure Perspectives Series, CIMSEC discussed the Battle Force 2045 fl...
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...