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.
Tankers for the Pacific Fight: A Crisis in Capability
[By Stephen M. Carmel, MLL] The Department of Defense is projected to need on the order of one hundred tankers of various sizes...
Cuban Missile Crisis: When Soviet Subs Nearly Used Nuclear Arms
[By LtCol Brent Stricker] “It would be well for your government to consider that having your ships and ours, your aircraf...
China Next Door: The CCP's Growing Influence in Latin America
[By Captain Steven Arango, USMC] Americans hear about countries such as China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran on a frequent basi...
Russia's New Maritime Doctrine: “Hybrid War With the Collective West"
[By Olga R. Chiriac] On July 31, 2022, Russian Navy Day, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the approval of the new Mar...
Op-Ed: U.S. Navy Must Adapt Quickly to New Threats and Capabilities
[By CAPT Jamie McGrath, USN] Night had fallen in the sweltering South Pacific. The cruiser’s captain paced nervously...
Defusing the Cuban Missile Crisis: Naval Quarantine for De-Escalation
[By LtCol Brent Stricker] “I thought of the many times that I had hear the military take positions which, if wrong, had t...
Get Real, Get Better: Overhauling U.S. Navy Officer Training
[By Bill Golden] First awarded in 1975, the SWO pin was created to identify a cadre of professional mariners who operate U.S. w...
Smuggler Tech: Low-Profile Boats Could Resupply the Marine Corps
[By LtCol Brent Stricker, USMC] The Marine Corps is faced with an intensified challenge of contested logistics as it emplo...
In New Era of Competition, American Maritime Needs Geostrategists
[By Drake Long] In 1567, a Spanish navigator named Álvaro de Mendaña y Neira set sail for an ill-fated voyage to...
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...