Our top ten most-viewed articles from 2024 are listed below. We look forward to an exciting year in 2025! 1. “Basing U.S.

A new administration is assuming office in the U.S. amidst many national security challenges. What does the incoming ...

Jonathan G. Panter joins the program to talk about his PhD dissertation “The Illogic of Naval Forward Presence.” Jonathan is a Stanton Nuclear Security Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, a ...

Tuneer Mukherjee, a researcher of Asian security with a focus on the maritime domain, joins the program to talk about his recent article “The Proliferation of Drones in Naval Warfare,” published by ...

Toshi Yoshihara, Mao’s Army Goes to Sea: The Island Campaigns and the Founding of China’s Navy, Georgetown University Press, 2023. 176 pages, $34.95.

The Center for International Maritime Security (CIMSEC) is a 501(c)3 non-partisan non-profit that publishes reader submitted content on international maritime security. CIMSEC was formed in 2012 and ...

LT Corbin Jasmin wandered down to the wardroom to get some “fresh” coffee. The lights in the wardroom were dimmed for darkened ship, creating a very relaxed atmosphere despite the persistent ...

Sporting the distinctive racing stripe worn by many of the globe’s coast guards, the world’s newest polar-capable research vessel left the protected waters of the Gerlache Strait behind as it prepared ...

Much of what the Department of Defense calls wargaming is not actually wargaming and this abuse of nomenclature has real consequences. Wargame-like activities, if conducted properly, are necessary and ...

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America’s military vessels brave contested waters, hurricanes, tropical storms, and other chaos—so why is the presence of U.S. Navy ships in the Arctic so limited? The Arctic, after all, is no longer ...