Abstract Perhaps partly inspired by the great successes of the U.S. submarine force, navies around the world have invested heavily in undersea warfare, especially in…
Topic: Maritime Security
Abstract This article analyzes China’s plans to control the entire oil supply chain in order to guarantee its oil supply during times of crisis and…
Summary China’s seaborne energy imports have become as vital a lifeline as was a waterway known as the “Grand Canal” in the central part of…
Summary China’s aircraft carrier program is making major waves well before the first ship has been completed. Undoubtedly, this development heralds a new era in…
Summary China’s turn toward the sea is evident in its stunning rise in global shipbuilding markets, its expanding merchant marine, its wide reach of offshore…
Abstract Taiwan’s security is inextricably linked to the sea. Indeed, the nation’s economic livelihood, as well as its national security, requires that Taipei secure the…
Abstract This article addresses elements of Russia’s plans for the Arctic in terms of economic policy and legal and military issues and devotes particular attention…
Abstract This paper explores historically Russia’s status as a great power in first the European and later the global states system. It argues that its…
Abstract The Black Sea is bordered by three NATO members: Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey, as well as Ukraine, Russia and Georgia and it faces a…
Abstract Revitalizing its fleet and making political inroads in the region, the Kremlin hopes to reassert its strategic influence—putting U.S. interests in potential jeopardy. Recent…
Abstract As a powerful littoral state with important security interests in the Black Sea, Russia has the ability to use the maritime domain to advance…
Summary The risks dealt with are set in the context of current radioactive contamination issues in the Arctic, the operation and infrastructure of the Russian…
Abstract There has been considerable progress to date in the general processes of nuclear submarine dismantlement in Russia. A large portion of the Soviet Union’s…
Abstract This assessment of Russia as an Arctic power derives from an analysis of structural and ideological factors. It looks at the following indicators: Russia’s…
Abstract The rapidly changing Arctic has received much media attention in recent years. The planting of a Russian flag underneath the North Pole in August…
