Dear CIMSEC Readers, It’s Christmas, and the time of gifting is here. Although we try to provide our readers with the best naval and maritime security articles, we are also providing a Holiday Reading list put together by various CIMSEC members. Great ways to use your Amazon and Barnes & Noble gift cards. Additions to … Continue reading Holiday Reading List
Meet the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force’s (JMSDF) newest and largest member, the Izumo (DDH183).
It’s been one year since we started CIMSEC as an experiment in empowering maritime security collaboration and discussion (alright, after I stared it as a. During this time we’ve published over 250 articles and posts on the NextWar blog and have grown to over 100 members. Our articles and authors have been re-run, cited, or quoted in … Continue reading CIMSEC 1-Year Anniversary and April DC Meet-Up
Heat waves, rising temperatures, and retreating ice grab headlines today. However, receding sea ice in the Arctic and a concurrent increase in shipping traffic will intensify attention on the globe’s (still) frigid northern reaches. Though the United States issued a forward-looking Arctic policy with National Security Presidential Directive 66 in 2009, it has not seriously faced the implications … Continue reading Winter is Coming
