Maritime Security

Hinata-Yamaguchi published in North Korea News on North Korea’s naval modernization challenges

On September 27, IPSI nonresident senior fellow Ryo Hinata-Yamaguchi published an article in North Korea News. He discusses the challenges facing North Korea surrounding its efforts to modernize its outdated Navy, writing that “deployment of nuclear arms and a few new ships can’t overcome antiquated technology and decades of poor defense planning.” 

Townsend featured in Foreign Policy on Ukraine’s strike on Russian port in occupied Crimea

By James J. Townsend Jr.

On September 13, Transatlantic Security Initiative senior advisor Jim Townsend was quoted in Foreign Policy arguing that the Ukrainian strike on Russia’s home port in occupied Crimea is a psychological blow.

Guevara in El Heraldo de Mexico on China’s asymmetric capabilities in the naval domain

By Inigo Guevara Moyano

On September 12, Transatlantic Security Initiative nonresident senior fellow Inigo Guevara authored an op-ed in El Heraldo de Mexico on China’s asymmetric capabilities in the naval domain (text in Spanish).