MAP Publications
ICAS Maritime Affairs Program (MAP) Publications focus on analyzing and understanding the evolving and long-standing multinational interactions uniquely found in the maritime realm. MAP publications can range in size from blog posts and commentaries to full-length books and our monthly maritime newsletter, the MAP Handbill.
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MAP Handbill

February 25, 2025
Volume 4
Issue 2
Spotlight Topic:
Renaming the Gulf of Mexico
Spotlight Author:
Kailyn Provitt

January 28, 2025
Volume 4
Issue 1
Spotlight Topic:
Offshore Wind Power
Spotlight Author:
Jessica Martin

December 31, 2024
Volume 3
Issue 12
Spotlight Topic:
J-35A Stealth Fighter
Spotlight Author:
Yilun Zhang
Released the last Tuesday of every month, the MAP Handbill is a specialized newsletter that highlights the major news stories, research products, analyses, and events occurring in and regarding the global maritime domain across the past month.
ICAS Maritime Affairs Handbill (online ISSN 2837-3901, print ISSN 2837-3871)
Maritime Tracker Issue Briefs
- Issue Brief
- Asia-Pacific, China, South China Sea, U.S.
- Issue Brief
- The Antarctic
Released periodically throughout the year, often alongside new Maritime Issue Tracker releases, ICAS Maritime Tracker Issue Briefs further explore both maritime disputes and collaborations utilizing mapping data as a visual resource.
Issue Briefs, Commentaries & Blog Posts
MAP Spotlights
Offshore Wind Power
(January 2025)
Offshore Wind Power
J-35A Stealth Fighter
(December 2024)
J-35A Stealth Fighter
Port of Chancay
(November 2024)
Port of Chancay
Maritime Affairs Program Spotlights are a short-form written background and analysis of a specific issue related to maritime affairs, which changes with each issue. The goal of the Spotlight is to help our readers quickly and accurately understand the basic background of a vital topic in maritime affairs and how that topic relates to ongoing developments today.
There is a new Spotlight released with each issue of the ICAS Maritime Affairs Program (MAP) Handbill – a regular newsletter released the last Tuesday of every month that highlights the major news stories, research products, analyses, and events occurring in or with regard to the global maritime domain during the past month.
Books, Reports & Journal Articles
- Report
- Asia-Pacific, China, Eurasia, Europe, Global, The Americas, The Arctic, U.S.
- Book, Books & Journal Articles
- Asia-Pacific, China, East Asia, East China Sea, Eurasia, Europe, Global, South Asia, South China Sea, The Americas, The Antarctic, The Arctic, U.S.
- Journal Article
- Asia-Pacific, China, Global, U.S.
- Book Chapter
- Asia-Pacific, China, East Asia, East China Sea, Eurasia, Global, South Asia, South China Sea
Who owns the Arctic? Trump’s vision and the global power struggle