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.
The Cost of Abandoning Taiwan
[By Josh Richards and Joseph Hanacek] Foreign policy debates are often framed around a single question: what causes are worth figh...
The Insurance Chokepoint: War-Risk Pricing as an Instrument of Coercion
[By Bruce Randolph Tizes] Most analysis of the U.S.-Iran maritime war will focus on carrier strike group positioning, IRGC small-b...
Hormuz and the Era of Assymetry: Sea Mines and Unmanned Systems
[By Admiral Massimo Vianello (Ret.) and Master Chief Petty Officer Giovanni Giorguli (Ret.)] The conflict between Iran and the Isr...
How Russia Benefited From Iran’s Chokepoint Weapon
[By Rustam Taghizade] When the Trump administration granted India a 30-day waiver on March 5 to purchase Russian oil, the formal j...
Lost in the Small Surface Combatant Wilderness
[By Kevin Eyer] Between January 13 and 15, the 38th Annual Surface Navy Symposium convened in Crystal City, Virginia, offering a d...
Four Fleet Designs: Which Navy is Best for America?
[By Capt. George Galdorisi, USN] Military leaders often use military-industry conferences to unveil new strategies. Coming on the...
The Aramid Shield: Snare Drones for Active Subsea Defense
[By Franciszek Kopczewski] In January and February 2025, Chinese-operated ships Shunxing 39 and Hong Tai 58 committed similar sabo...
The United States Can’t Deter China Without Allied Shipyards
[By Patrick M. Cronin and David Glick] Industrial endurance and allied integration are indispensable to making deterrence-by-denia...
Archers Need Arrows: Strengthening the U.S. Navy's Submarine Arsenal
[By Alana Davis] In 2023, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) wargamed a conflict between the United States...
Op-Ed: Congress Should Let Foreign Shipbuilders Help Strengthen U.S. Navy
[By CDR Chase E. Harding, USN] The balance of power in the Indo-Pacific is shifting rapidly as China's shipbuilding hegemony endur...