Maritime Issues and Oceans: Research Analysis | CSIS CSIS experts spotlight the maritime security environment in the Indo-Pacific, using regional experience and satellite imagery to provide leading analysis With nearly $25 billion in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, a deep bench of cyber executive leaders, and recently expanded cyber authorities, the
Unpacking the White House’s Executive Order on Restoring the U. S . . . 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 these measures are tied to competition with China
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
The U. S. Coast Guard and the Future of Maritime Cybersecurity 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 improvements in maritime cybersecurity while bolstering its own cyber workforce
The State of Maritime Supply-Chain Threats - CSIS 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 trade
Unpacking China’s Naval Buildup - CSIS China now possesses the world’s largest maritime fighting force, operating 234 warships to the U S Navy’s 219 This count of China’s fighting ships encompasses all of its known, active-duty manned, missile- or torpedo-armed ships or submarines displacing more than 1,000 metric tons, including the 22 missile-armed corvettes recently transferred to the China Coast Guard but not the
Responding to China’s Growing Influence in Ports of the Global South Maritime transport is the backbone of international trade Around 80 percent of the volume of international trade in goods is carried by sea; this figure is even greater for developing countries Lower-income countries and small islands are 1 5 to 2 times more reliant on their ports for global trade than the global average
Identifying Pathways for U. S. Shipbuilding Cooperation with . . . - CSIS U S naval shipbuilding faces production and capacity constraints that undermine fleet readiness Closer cooperation with allies like Japan and South Korea on ship construction and repair could help counter China’s maritime threat and bolster U S industrial resilience
Gregory B. Poling - CSIS Gregory B Poling directs the Southeast Asia Program and Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, where he is also a senior fellow He is a leading expert on the South China Sea disputes and conducts research on U S alliances and partnerships, democratization and governance in Southeast Asia, and maritime security across the Indo-Pacific He
How the United States Can Overcome Icebreaker Construction Woes and . . . 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 deliver the needed icebreakers as the U S grows its domestic shipbuilding industry