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.
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...
Op-Ed: Peace in Gaza May Not Mean Peace in the Red Sea
[By Matt Reisener] Since October 2023, the Houthis, a Yemeni rebel group that seized control over much of the country over a decad...
Op-Ed: A "Night Court" for the U.S. Navy's Administrative Overload
[By Lt. Chris Rielage] Time is our critical resource now. The Navy knows that we have a few scant years before we face major risk...
Maritime Statecraft and its Future
[By Steve Brock and Hunter Stires] With shipping and shipbuilding receiving high-level political and diplomatic attention across t...
Op-Ed: US Navy's Networks Aren't Ready for a Contested Comms Environment
[By Nicholas A. Kristof] In his remarks at his assumption of office ceremony, Admiral Caudle stated that, “Great power competition...