CSIS experts spotlight the maritime security environment in the Indo-Pacific, using regional experience and satellite imagery to provide leading analysis.
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 permeate the strategy, with implicit allusions to the Roosevelt Corollary, the Great White Fleet, and, most of all ...
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 digitization by the mid-twenty-first century. However, rapid innovation outpaces security measures and exposes port infrastructure to cyber threats.
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.
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.
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 civilian vessels likely engaged in state-directed operations.
Signals in the Swarm: The Data Behind China’s Maritime Gray ... - CSIS
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 collaboration could revitalize the United States' maritime strength and supply chain resilience.