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
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
February 25, 2025
Volume 4
Issue 2
Spotlight Topic:
Renaming the Gulf of Mexico
Spotlight Author:
Kailyn Provitt
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
- Issue Brief
- Nong Hong
- April 29, 2025
- Commentary
- Ding Duo
- April 24, 2025
- Commentary
- Ding Duo
- April 10, 2025
- Commentary
- Nong Hong
- April 2, 2025
- Commentary
- Nong Hong
- March 31, 2025
MAP Spotlights
The U.S. Shipbuilding Industry
(March 2025)
The U.S. Shipbuilding Industry
Renaming the Gulf of Mexico
(February 2025)
Renaming the Gulf of Mexico
Offshore Wind Power
(January 2025)
Offshore Wind Power
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
- Book Chapter
- Asia-Pacific, Global, South China Sea
- 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.
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