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Maritime Statecraft and its Future

By Steve Brock and Hunter Stires With shipping and shipbuilding receiving high-level political and diplomatic attention across two administrations after...

Call for Articles: Should the U.S. Surface Warfare Community Specialize?

Articles Due: December 8, 2025 Week Dates: January 5-9, 2026 Story Length: 1,5000-3,000 Words Submit to: Content@cimsec.org By Dmitry Filipoff The...

Strategic Minerals and the False Promise of Seabed Mining

By Drake Long On April 29, a small seabed mining enterprise known as The Metals Company (TMC) formally submitted an...

Building Tactical Excellence: How SWCTC Supports LT Breen’s Call for Higher SWO Proficiency

By LCDR Jeffrey Bolstad (ASW/SUW WTI) and LT Matthew Bain (ASW/SUW WTI) In his recent CIMSEC article, “Reprioritize SWO Tactical...

Made In China 2025’s Impact on Chinese Shipbuilding

By Dan Katz Ten years ago, the Chinese Communist Party, under the leadership of Xi Jinping, introduced two major policy...

Notes to the New CNO Series Concludes on CIMSEC

By Dmitry Filipoff For the past two weeks, CIMSEC featured short notes submitted to our Call for Notes to the...

Three Focus Areas for the New CNO

Notes to the New CNO Series By Jacob Wiencek The U.S. Navy faces multiple, simultaneous pressures that necessitate equal levels...

Navigate the Future Through Maritime Wisdom

Notes to the New CNO Series By Roshan Kulatunga Subtle intellect remains the most essential trait for individuals steering maritime...

Technical Interoperability in Contested Environments is a Must

Notes to the New CNO Series By Nicholas A. Kristof In his remarks at his assumption of office ceremony, Admiral Caudle...

Rugby and Rivalry: Use Sports Diplomacy to Counter China in the South Pacific

Notes to the New CNO Series By Jason Lancaster Despite U.S. and allied development aid contributions dwarfing PRC contributions in...

Disney Cruise Line’s Sexual Assault Problem

Disney Cruise Line built its reputation as the safest, most family friendly vacation at sea. The data tells a different...

Conduct Legal Preparation of the Battlespace

Notes to the New CNO Series By James Kraska The U.S. Navy must rebuild its capacity to shape and influence...

The Imperative for Integrated Maritime Operations

Notes to the New CNO Series By Steven Bancroft and Benjamin Van Horrick The Amphibious Ready Group/Marine Expeditionary Unit (ARG/MEU)...

Start Building Small Warships

Notes to the New CNO Series By Shelley Gallup and Ben DiDonato In past wars, small and well-armed ships have...

Norovirus Outbreak Sickens at Least 98 on Royal Caribbean’s Serenade of the Seas

Ninety-eight people have fallen ill with norovirus aboard Royal Caribbean’s Serenade of the Seas, according to a CDC report on...

The Indian Ocean: An Opportunity to Strengthen Alliances and Deter China

Notes to the New CNO Series By Captain Renato Scarfi, (Italian Navy, Ret.) and Captain Gian Carlo Poddighe (Italian Navy,...

To Win the Fight, We Must First Win the Mind: Create NDP-1.1 Naval Warfighting

Notes to the New CNO Series By Paul Nickell The new CNO’s vision to place the Sailor at the center...

Expand the Navy’s Over-the Horizon Targeting Solutions

Notes to the New CNO Series By Richard Mosier Since the fielding of the Harpoon missile in the 1970s and...

“Rogue Wave” Rocks Vision of the Seas

A proverbial “rogue wave” struck the Vision of the Seas cruise ship a week ago, on September 20th 2025, as...

Anchor Acquisition and Force Development on Targeting China’s C4ISR

Notes to the New CNO Series By Nicholas Weising Admiral Daryl Caudle’s tenure as CNO began on August 25th, 2025,...