Maritime Issues and Oceans: Research & Analysis | CSIS
Oct 23, 2025 · 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.
Unpacking the White House’s Executive Order on Restoring the U.S ...
Apr 10, 2025 · An ambitious new White House executive order seeks to revitalize the U.S. maritime industry. This article unpacks the dynamics driving the push to restore U.S. shipbuilding and how …
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 …
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 …
The Ripple Effects of Vietnam’s Island-Building in the South China Sea
Mar 31, 2025 · Deployments and Defense Since China completed the expansion of its own artificial island bases in 2017, it has used those ports to operate continuous coast guard patrols and flotillas …
How Taiwan Reimagines Maritime Security: Insights from the 2025 ...
Nov 24, 2025 · The 2025 white paper marks a major shift in Taiwan’s view of maritime security. The 2020 White Paper approached maritime security mainly through territorial disputes. Chapter 2, …
China’s Maritime Silk Road Initiative: Economic Drivers and ... - CSIS
Apr 2, 2018 · China’s leaders have mapped out an ambitious plan, the Maritime Silk Road Initiative (MSRI), to establish three “blue economic passages” that will connect Beijing with economic hubs …
What China’s 2025 White Paper Says About Its Maritime Strategy
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 landscape.
Manila and Beijing Clarify Select South China Sea Claims
Nov 21, 2024 · The Philippines’ passage of two new maritime laws and China’s publication of baselines around Scarborough Shoal are the latest in a series of legal developments in the South China Sea. …
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 …