Maritime Issues and Oceans: Research & Analysis | CSIS
Mar 12, 2026 · Maritime Issues and Oceans CSIS experts spotlight the maritime security environment in the Indo-Pacific, using regional experience and satellite imagery to provide leading analysis.
How the United States Can Overcome Icebreaker Construction Woes
Jul 15, 2025 · The United States needs to rapidly recapitalize and increase its fleet of three polar icebreakers to address national security risks in the Arctic. Foreign ship construction can rapidly …
Maritime Port Digitization and Systemic Cyber Risk - CSIS
Feb 5, 2026 · Maritime Port Cybersecurity The world’s largest ports in central global hubs have made the greatest progress in digitization, and ongoing trends point to near-universal maritime port …
Next Navy: Transforming American Maritime Power - CSIS
Next Navy—a CSIS Futures Lab project—examines how autonomy, unmanned systems, and evolving warfighting concepts are transforming maritime strategy, fleet design, and naval operations As the …
Signals in the Swarm: The Data Behind China’s Maritime Gray Zone ...
Oct 8, 2025 · This brief presents a new data-driven framework for identifying Chinese maritime gray zone activity near Taiwan, using AIS tracking, fishing effort data, and military drill zones to flag …
The U.S. Coast Guard and the Future of Maritime Cybersecurity
Oct 23, 2025 · With nearly $25 billion in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, a deep bench of cyber executive leaders, and recently expanded cyber authorities, the Coast Guard is poised to make generational …
Pulling Back the Curtain on China’s Maritime Militia - CSIS
Nov 18, 2021 · The CSIS Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative and the Center for Advanced Defense Studies present the most comprehensive study to date of the structure, subsidies, and ownership …
The State of Maritime Supply-Chain Threats - CSIS
Nov 4, 2024 · The global maritime supply chains primer from the CSIS Economics Program and Scholl Chair in International Business identifies and assesses current and potential key threats to seaborne …
What China’s 2025 White Paper Says About Its Maritime Strategy
Aug 19, 2025 · China's 2025 white paper reflects Beijing’s effort to recalibrate its national security strategy to both integrate domestic development priorities and respond to a rapidly evolving strategic …
Countering Coercion in Maritime Asia - CSIS
May 9, 2017 · In the past decade, tensions in Asia have risen as Beijing has become more assertive in maritime disputes with its neighbors and the United States.