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.
To Expand U.S. Reach, Station a Coast Guard Cutter at American Samoa
[By Lt. Ridge Alkonis] Regardless of prognostications of future conflict it is clear that the history of the 21st century...
Beyond the Gulf: Broadening U.S. Maritime Security Ops in the Mideast
[By Jeffrey Payne] Despite rumors to the contrary, the United States is not interested in disengaging from the Middle...
Lessons From 40 Years of Missile Warfare: HMS Sheffield to the Moskva
[By Dr. Steven Wills] The recent loss of the Russian Navy guided missile cruiser RFS Moskva from a cruise missil...
Op-Ed: Retire the LCS and Hand Off Small-Ship Patrols to the USCG
[By Bryan Clark and Craig Hooper] News recently leaked that the Navy’s Independence-class Littoral Combat...
U.S. Navy Can Demonstrate the Freedom to Operate in the Taiwan Strait
[By Capt. Raul (Pete) Pedrozo] Introduction A Turkish news report indicated that the transit of the Taiwan Strait by the USS...
How Would the Russian Navy Fight in a Full-Scale Conflict?
[By Michael B. Petersen] How might Russian maritime forces be brought to bear against the United States and its allies? This qu...
Beware Buyer's Remorse: Why the Coast Guard Should Avoid the LCS
[By Lt. Joseph O’Connell] With all the negative publicity surrounding the Navy’s littoral combat ship (LCS) program...
Could There be a Role for Wing-in-Ground Craft in Naval Warfare?
[By Cmdr. Michael Knickerbocker] The People’s Liberation Army – Navy, PLA(N), has rapidly modernized and grown thei...
Op-Ed: Russian Hypocrisy and "Unlawfare" in the Black Sea
[By Dr. Ian Ralby and Col. Leonid Zaliubovsky] Despite Russia continuing to bomb civilians and target hospitals amid an aggress...
The Islamic State's Maritime Operations: Fighting, Fishing and Filming
[By Lucas Webber] In 2004, two US Navy personnel and one member of the Coast Guard were killed in a blast while attem...