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

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

Commentary

Sourabh Gupta

September 5, 2017

What South China Sea Rivals Can Learn From the Doklam Border Dispute

Commentary

Sourabh Gupta

August 12, 2017

Forget the Chatter, ASEAN-China Relations are Actually Stable

Issue Brief

Sourabh Gupta

June 30, 2017

Trump's Emerging South China Sea Policy

What You Need to Know

Report

Nong Hong

May 16, 2017

Understanding the Freedom of Navigation Doctrine and China-U.S. Relations in the South China Sea

Legal Concepts, Practice, and Policy Information

Commentary

Nong Hong

April 21, 2017

Uncertainty in ASEAN-China-US Relations on the South China Sea

Commentary

Nong Hong

February 17, 2017

Beyond the UUV Incident: Challenges in the South China Sea for the Trump Administration

MAP Spotlights

U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Arctic Affairs

By Zhangchen Wang
(October 2024)

U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Arctic Affairs

The U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Arctic Affairs is a position in the U.S. government that was established in 2022 to enhance America’s role in the Arctic, a maritime region that has become increasingly central to global geopolitics, economics, and environmental concerns...

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IUU Fishing

By Jessica Martin
(September 2024)

IUU Fishing

Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU fishing) is a broad term that generally refers to the fishing and fishing-related activities that violate or circumvent fisheries laws and regulations that are designed to prevent overfishing and the resulting dangerous ecological imbalances...

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The Nord Stream Pipelines

By Yilun Zhang
(August 2024)

The Nord Stream Pipelines

The Nord Stream pipelines, run by Nord Stream AG, an international consortium of five major companies established in 2005, were built to transport natural gas directly from Russia to Europe...

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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.

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