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Norm B

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Sep 18, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 18, 2026 · Norm B

    Strategic Messaging, Deterrence, and RIMPAC 26 | Center for International Maritime Security (opens the original)

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    Between June 24 to July 31, Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2026 took place on and around the Hawaiian Islands. RIMPAC is the world’s largest international exercise. In this, its 30th iteration, RIMPAC boasted 25,000 personnel, 40 surface ships, 5 submarines, and 140 aircraft. Beyond the impressive headlines, however, RIMPAC has become a relic of the Cold War and needs revitalization and reorientation. Major maritime exercises serve a range of functions, including to certify crews, and for

  2. Article · Sep 16, 2026 · Norm B

    Beyond Drug Seizures: What Nigeria’s Meth Labs Reveal About the Flow of Transnational Crime | Center for International Maritime Security (opens the original)

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    By Ebunoluwa George Ojo-Ami and Dr. Ian Ralby The recent discovery of covert methamphetamine laboratories in southwestern Nigeria should not be viewed simply as another successful drug raid. Instead, these operations provide a glimpse into an emerging reality, revealing a fundamental shift in how transnational criminal organizations are actively adapting their production models, expanding their geographic footprint, and embedding themselves deeper within West Africa. In June 2026, Nigeria’s Nati

  3. Article · Jul 31, 2026 · Norm B

    The Insurance Trigger: Sovereign Guarantees and Commercial Lawfare as Deterrence Against a Chinese Quarantine of Taiwan | Center for International Maritime Security (opens the original)

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    Tanker traffic in the Persian Gulf fell from 138 transits to fewer than eight within days of insurers withdrawing war-risk coverage in 2026. No ships were seized nor missiles were fired. Rather, the market closed the water before any navy could. That episode clarifies the problem in the Taiwan Strait more starkly than any fleet comparison. A quarantine there need not begin with interdiction. It can begin with paperwork of how a change in risk is priced and who is willing to bear it. The strategi

  4. Article · Jul 27, 2026 · Norm B

    Vanished Lobsters, Devastated Reefs: The Question of Chemical Fishing in the Caribbean | Center for International Maritime Security (opens the original)

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    Law enforcement officials are accustomed to interdicting shipments of precursor chemicals used in drug production. The chemicals used for illegal fishing, however, tend to go unchecked. This is partly because those substances, from bleach to cyanide to fertilizers, have no immediately obvious links to fishing. Yet maritime authorities need to attend more closely to the dangers posed by chemical fishing. The practice is extremely hard to detect, and it inflicts lasting damage on marine environmen

  5. Article · Jul 24, 2026 · Norm B

    The Curious Rise of Military Bullshit | Center for International Maritime Security (opens the original)

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    This article was originally published at The Cove, the Australian Army’s professional military education platform, and is republished with permission. Clarity of purpose is a combat multiplier and central to mission command, yet anyone who has spent time in a large headquarters knows that language in the modern Army can sometimes resemble a map overlaid with too many graphics.1 Each symbol intended to clarify, but collectively obscuring the ground truth and making it harder to see what matters.

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