Contemporary Piracy
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Winning High-End War at Sea: Insights into the PLA Navy’s New…
By Ryan D. Martinson American leaders have finally awakened to the challenges posed by an ascendant People’s Republic of China…
Impact of warmer seas on fish stocks leads to rise in pirate attacks
Study of piracy hotspots in east Africa and South China Sea found that piracy increases when fish populations decline and vice…
Hybrid Work Is Here to Stay. It's Time for Security to Catch Up to…
As hybrid work becomes the new normal, workplace practices—security-focused and otherwise—may need to reconsider whether physical…
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Woke the plank! Were pirate ships actually beacons of diversity and…
They’ve been portrayed as toothless, wooden-legged cut-throats. But a new exhibition in Cornwall shows there were queer pirates,…
Murder, kidnapping and arson: Nigerian pirates switch targets from…
More security around the country’s coast means attacks on commercial vessels have dropped – but small fishing communities are…
Puddle Jumpers
Fiction Contest Week By Kevin P. Smith “Fly low, fly fast, get paid.” Pops’ words rang through my head, in tune with the sound of…
Dobbs v. The Ocean
By Claude Berube The Supreme Court ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization at first glance may not appear to have…
Vice Admiral Vasili Arkhipov on Soviet Submarine Operations During…
The following translation was conducted by Svetlana Savranskaya for the National Security Archive and is republished with…
Despite High Prices, Oil Piracy Is In Decline
Oil piracy is as oil as the oil industry itself, but advances in monitoring and security mean that reports of oil thefts around…
Beyond the Gulf: U.S. Maritime Security Operations in the MENA Region
By Jeffrey Payne Despite rumors to the contrary, the United States is not interested in disengaging from the Middle East. The…
Marine Corps Metamorphosis: Legal Considerations
Transforming the Marine Corps Topic Week By Brent Stricker The ongoing transformation of the U.S. Marine Corps has raised some…
U.S. Seizes Russian Tanker Full Of Iranian Crude Near Greece
As the U.S. ramps up efforts to stop an Iran-linked oil smuggling network, it has targeted a Russian-operated tanker carrying…
Let the Navy Retire LCS and Build a U.S. Maritime Constabulary Instead
By Bryan Clark and Craig Hooper News recently leaked that the Navy’s Independence-class Littoral Combat Ships suffer from hull…
Brazilian Navy Participates in Exercise Obangame Express 2022
By Wilder Alejandro Sánchez The Southern Tide Written by Wilder Alejandro Sanchez, The Southern Tide addresses maritime security…
Russian Naval Strategy for the Indo-Pacific
Russia-Ukraine Topic Week By David Scott Context Currently, much of the attention given to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is…
Exercise Tradewinds 2022: Mexico’s and Belize’s Time to Shine
By Wilder Alejandro Sanchez The Southern Tide Written by Wilder Alejandro Sanchez, The Southern Tide addresses maritime security…
Data as an Approach to Yemen’s Maritime Security Challenges
By Jeffrey Payne and William Thompson According to a study by Stable Seas, illicit actors are exploiting instability in Yemen’s…
A Timely Opportunity for the U.S. Coast Guard to Teach a Man to…
The U.S. Coast Guard has made strong statements suggesting it would be increasing its effort to deter illegal, unreported, and…
The Strait of Malacca: From Sultanates to Singapore
By Adam Greco For centuries, merchant vessels have passed from the Indian Ocean to Eastern Asia through a small waterway nestled…
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