By Dmitry Filipoff Last week CIMSEC featured articles submitted in response to our Call for Articles on NATO Naval Power. Authors explored a wide variety of themes and scenarios for the NATO alliance. How does NATO naval strategy evolve if the U.S. scales back its commitment and the Ukraine war rages on? How does the … Continue reading NATO Naval Power Week Concludes on CIMSEC→| Center for International Maritime Security
NATO Naval Power Week By Anna Matilde Bassoli After more than a year of disrupted global trade, the Red Sea Crisis appears to have no end in sight. Rather, in a series of leaked messages, senior U.S. officials have cast doubts over U.S. involvement and “having to bail Europe out again.” However, while frustration on … Continue reading A Post-Mortem of the Red Sea Crisis: NATO versus the European Union→| Center for International Maritime Security
NATO Naval Power Week By Walter Berbrick and Terence Nicholas Based on our experience designing and analyzing recent Naval War College wargames in the Euro-Atlantic theater, U.S. and NATO maritime forces face several challenges in maintaining readiness, enhancing lethality, and accelerating decision-making—core priorities underscored by U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. The North Atlantic and High … Continue reading Strengthening Unity of Effort in the Atlantic: Lessons from Wargamin...| Center for International Maritime Security
NATO Naval Power Week By David Scott French maritime strategy has been on full public display with the deployment of the French Carrier Strike Group (CSG) from November 2024 to April 2025, carrying out an extended deployment across the Indo-Pacific in the furthest ever Operation Clemenceau. The French Carrier Strike Group included various components: FS … Continue reading French Maritime Strategy – Carrier-Led and Indo-Pacific Focused→| Center for International Maritime Security
NATO Naval Power Week By Michael D. Purzycki Introduction For the next several years, European security is likely to appear less prominent within United States foreign policy. Even if the U.S. remains militarily present in Europe and the North Atlantic, it may demand some form of financial compensation for doing so, as evidenced by the … Continue reading Keeping America Engaged: Three Possibilities for European Navies→| Center for International Maritime Security
NATO Naval Power Week By Steinar Torset and Ian Bowers Despite significant and ongoing losses suffered as a result of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia remains a significant threat to NATO members. As NATO restructures to address this new reality, NATO’s naval forces must also restructure to both exploit NATO’s enlargement and better address … Continue reading The Case for a Baltic SNMG-3: Developing Regional NATO Forces at Sea→| Center for International Maritime Security
NATO Naval Power Week By Gonzalo Vázquez Introduction With the return of great power competition and the prospects for a highly-contested maritime space in the Euro-Atlantic area, NATO will be called to play a more active role at sea to preserve stability and freedom of navigation. The protection of maritime commerce and critical undersea infrastructure, … Continue reading Maritime Security on NATO’s Southern Flank: The Case for a Spanish Coast Guard→| Center for International Maritime Security
NATO Naval Power Week By CDR Paul Viscovich, USN (Ret.) In this era of increasing danger, great power competition, and uncertain loyalties, the time has come for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to declare its independence. As at the time of its founding, NATO’s strategic adversary is Russia. But unlike during the Cold War, the … Continue reading Parting Ways: A NATO Naval Strategy Without America→| Center for International Maritime Security
By Dmitry Filipoff This week CIMSEC will feature articles submitted in response to our Call for Articles on NATO Naval Power. NATO finds itself at an inflection point as U.S. commitment to the alliance is in doubt while the war in Ukraine rages on. The maritime dimension of NATO’s security deserves to be extensively reevaluated … Continue reading NATO Naval Power Week Kicks Off on CIMSEC→| Center for International Maritime Security