Maritime Affairs Program

The ICAS Maritime Affairs Program (MAP) stimulates intellectual research and exchanges on ocean governance in the global maritime domain.

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

May 27, 2025

Volume 4

Issue 5

Spotlight Topic:

Emissions Strategy for Maritime Shipping

Spotlight Author:

Kailyn Provitt

April 29, 2025

Volume 4

Issue 4

Spotlight Topic:

U.S. Tariffs on Shipbuilding

Spotlight Author:

Zichong Ye

March 26, 2025

Volume 4

Issue 3

Spotlight Topic:

The U.S. Shipbuilding Industry

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

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

Emissions Strategy for Maritime Shipping

By Kailyn Provitt
(May 2025)

Emissions Strategy for Maritime Shipping

Maritime transport is essential to global trade but remains a major source of greenhouse gas emissions, prompting efforts to decarbonize through international regulations, technological innovations, and alternative fuels...
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U.S. Tariffs on Shipbuilding

By Zichong Ye
(April 2025)

U.S. Tariffs on Shipbuilding

The U.S. has launched new tariffs and port fees targeting China’s shipbuilding industry after a Section 301 investigation found extensive state subsidies and restrictive trade practices, aiming to counter China’s dominance and support domestic shipbuilding. However, the measures have sparked strong backlash from industry stakeholders...
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The U.S. Shipbuilding Industry

By Yilun Zhang
(March 2025)

The U.S. Shipbuilding Industry

Once a dominant force in global maritime production in the mid-20th century, the U.S. shipbuilding industry has been in a prolonged and steady decline since the end of the 1980s...
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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