The first week of June 2026 marked a seminal event in the history of sleep and fatigue in the military. The Department of War ...

Recent naval operations in the Red Sea and the Strait of Hormuz have demonstrated that the United States Navy remains ...

It is widely documented that Russia has leveraged various threat vectors to employ coercive and ancillary irregular tactics ...

Despite the geographic importance of the island, Guam’s logistical capacity is far below the needs of the United States in ...

In order to meet this urgent challenge, the United States government and military must treat grid expansion as a national ...

From December 1-12, CIMSEC featured short stories submitted in response to our annual Call for Fiction. Authors explored a wide variety of scenarios and dilemmas. From unmanned warship attacks to ...

In the last two weeks, CIMSEC featured writing submitted to our Call for Articles on maritime conflict with Iran. Authors covered a wide range of topics, inclu ...

Recent conflicts in the Middle East highlight how maritime kill chains from ashore impose risk on global shipping. However, Western navies have yet to fully grasp that within these loosely integrated ...

French maritime strategy has been on full public display with the deployment of the French Carrier Strike Group (CSG) from November 2024 to April 2025, carrying out an extended deployment across the ...

Tanmen Militia’s Leading Role in the 2014 Haiyang Shiyou (HYSY)-981 Oil Rig Standoff, Spratly Features Construction, and Beyond Tanmen maritime militia report for duty in uniform, likely a training ...

The role of civilian roll-on/roll-off (RO-RO) ferries in a PLA invasion of Taiwan deserves its growing notoriety. With port access secured or coupled with developing logistics over the shore ...

The People’s Republic of China (PRC) has embarked on a massive investment spree and established a meaningful stake in the control of global maritime infrastructure. These investments include the ...