The International Chamber of Commerce’s International Maritime Bureau (IMB) has raised concern on the resurgence of reported incidents in the Gulf of Guinea waters and the increase in incidents in the ...

Armed Guards: One of the most visible roles of PSCs is providing armed security personnel onboard vessels. These guards act as a deterrent, and their presence can significantly reduce the risk of a ...

The vast, open oceans have long served as conduits for commerce, adventure, and exploration. However, along with the grandeur of maritime activities comes inherent risks, one of which is the specter ...

The Heritage Foundation's Maritime Security Working Group--composed of representatives from academia, the private sector, research institutions, and government--produces cutting-edge policy ...

The Jolly Roger -- the skull-and-crossbones flag of the pirates of old -- no longer flies from the masts of ships marauding the Barbary Coast. Bearded men wearing eye patches and peg legs and ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. Cheryl Strauss Einhorn is the creator of the AREA Method, a decision-making system ...

International piracy costs the shipping industry billions of dollars a year and leads to high-profile murders that make global headlines. Longstanding concerns over piracy have led to numerous ...

Although it’s not always a main topic of the sport-fishing conversation, most boats heading offshore or to remote fishing locations have no shortage of firearms on board. They do have more rods and ...

For perhaps only the second time in its long history, China’s military and economic future seems to point towards the sea. Its transformation in the early twenty-first century from a land to a sea ...