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

March 26, 2024

Volume 3

Issue 3

Spotlight Topic:

Unmanned Underwater Vehicles

Spotlight Author:

Ao Gu

February 27, 2024

Volume 3

Issue 2

Spotlight Topic:

Offshore Drilling

Spotlight Author:

Zhangchen Wang

January 30, 2024

Volume 3

Issue 1

Spotlight Topic:

Deep-Sea Mining

Spotlight Author:

Amanda Jin

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

The East China Sea Tracker

Tracking the Evolving Dynamics in Maritime Security and Economics in the East China Sea

September 23, 2019
Asia-Pacific, East China Sea

Issue Brief

The South China Sea Maritime Tracker

Introducing ICAS' Newest Learning Tool

June 14, 2019
Asia-Pacific, South China Sea

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

Nong Hong

March 17, 2024

How Ukraine war and sanctions on Russia put Arctic cooperation on ice

Commentary

Yilun Zhang

March 12, 2024

Spy cranes or not, the U.S. will come after China’s shipping industry

Commentary

Nong Hong

February 13, 2024

As Red Sea shipping attacks continue, pressure grows for China to act

Commentary

Nong Hong

February 2, 2024

2024-The South China Sea at a Crossroads, More Unilateral Actions Ahead (9DASHLINE In Forum)

Commentary

Nong Hong

January 22, 2024

Navigating U.S.-China Maritime Relations

Commentary

Nong Hong

January 11, 2024

Emission Control Areas in the Mediterranean and their implications for the South China Sea

MAP Spotlights

ITLOS

By Wyatt Huang
(June 2024)

ITLOS

The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) is an independent, international judicial body established by the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)...

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Baltic Sea

By Jessica Martin
(May 2024)

Baltic Sea

The Baltic Sea is a large, shallow, brackish inland sea of the North Atlantic Ocean found in the northeastern part of the European continent...

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Hainan

By Yilun Zhang
(April 2024)

Hainan

Hainan is an island province directly south of China’s mainland. The province administers the island of Hainan, which is the largest island of mainland China, and various smaller islands in the South China Sea...

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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.