Maritime Issues and Oceans: Research & Analysis | CSIS
Apr 13, 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.
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 …
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 …
What the New National Security Strategy Means for Naval Forces
Dec 18, 2025 · The 2025 National Security Strategy (NSS) has undercurrents of a classical maritime document that connects strategy to economic power. Echoes of the turn of the nineteenth century …
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 …
Signals in the Swarm: The Data Behind China’s Maritime Gray ... - CSIS
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 …
Don’t Miss the Boat: Considerations for U.S.-South Korea Maritime ...
Jun 12, 2025 · As China’s shipbuilding surge outpaces U.S. capacity, the U.S. Navy’s fleet readiness faces critical gaps. Leveraging South Korea’s world-class shipyards for maintenance and new-build …
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 …
Oceans of Opportunity: Southeast Asia’s Shared Maritime Challenges
Sep 10, 2021 · CSIS held a three-part virtual conference in June 2021 on the maritime challenges facing Southeast Asian states. This white paper discusses urgent human, ecological, food, and climate …
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 …