Members’ Roundup: March 2016 Part One

By Sam Cohen Welcome to part one of the March 2016 members’ roundup. Over the past month CIMSEC members have examined several international maritime security issues, including an increase in Russian naval activities and deployments, recent U.S. naval exercises demonstrating the Fleets’ application of the distributed lethality concept, laser technologies and the U.S. defense acquisition … Continue reading Members’ Roundup: March 2016 Part One

CIMSEC February Recap

CIMSEC Announcements Distributed Lethality Task Force Launches CIMSEC Topic Week by Ryan Kelly CIMSEC Releases First 2016 Compendium by Matt Merighi January Recap by Dmitry Filipoff Invite – Feb 18 – CIMSEC DC’s Distributed Lethality Meet Up by Scott Cheney-Peters CFAR 2016 Nominations Now Open by Scott Cheney-Peters Distributed Lethality Week Kicks Off on CIMSEC by Dmitry … Continue reading CIMSEC February Recap

Book Review: Piracy and Armed Robbery at Sea

Robin Geiss and Anna Petrig. Piracy and Armed Robbery at Sea: The Legal Framework for Counter-Piracy Operations in Somalia and the Gulf of Aden. Oxford University Press, 2011. 340 pp. $110  By Alex Calvo The Law of Counter-Piracy Operations: From Hollywood films to some Chinese popular perceptions of their Eastern neighbors, piracy and pirates retain … Continue reading Book Review: Piracy and Armed Robbery at Sea

February

Announcements Distributed Lethality Task Force Launches CIMSEC Topic Week by Ryan Kelly CIMSEC Releases First 2016 Compendium by Matt Merighi January Recap by Dmitry Filipoff Invite – Feb 18 – CIMSEC DC’s Distributed Lethality Meet Up by Scott Cheney-Peters CFAR 2016 Nominations Now Open by Scott Cheney-Peters Distributed Lethality Week Kicks Off on CIMSEC by Dmitry Filipoff … Continue reading February