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Maritime Security
News & analysis tagged Maritime Security — diplomacy, politics, and global affairs coverage from Model Diplomat.
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Solomon Islands Signs US Coast Guard Patrol
Solomon Islands PM Matthew Wale signed a US Coast Guard shiprider deal 68 days after taking office, reversing four years of Chinese-aligned maritime policy and signaling a strategic balancing act in the Pacific.
2026-07-22
China's Kinmen Campaign: The Deceptive Calm
China's coast guard entered Kinmen's restricted waters 24 times in 2026, desensitizing Taiwan's public and eroding territorial jurisdiction through a deliberate gray-zone campaign.
2026-07-20
China's Grey-Zone Pressure on Taiwan
China has replaced episodic military exercises with round-the-clock grey-zone pressure around Taiwan, turning 'law enforcement' into a coercive instrument below the threshold of war.
2026-07-20
China's Taiwan Blockade Playbook: White Hulls
Senator Tammy Duckworth warns China will likely impose an economic blockade on Taiwan by 2028 using coast guard vessels under legal cover, not military invasion, citing rehearsed exercises and $2.45 trillion in trade at risk.
2026-07-19
US Strikes Push Inland to Iran's Missile Fact
US strikes push into Iran's Semnan missile-production heartland and turn Hormuz blockade enforcement kinetic, as the June 17 ceasefire collapses and Brent crude nears $86.
2026-07-17
US Reinstates Iran Blockade, Splits Hormuz
The US reinstated its naval blockade of Iran on July 14, ending a 26-day ceasefire and splitting the Strait of Hormuz into competing toll-controlled corridors, with a 60-day war-powers clock now ticking toward Congress.
2026-07-16
Trump's Hormuz Toll Reversal Masks a Bigger
Trump's Hormuz policy is not about reopening the strait — it is about owning it, and making Gulf states pay for the privilege through investment deals.
2026-07-16
Trump's Hormuz Toll Collapsed In 24 Hours
Trump's 20% Strait of Hormuz toll collapsed in 24 hours after Gulf states refused; the real leverage is marine insurance, not firepower.
2026-07-16
Strait of Hormuz Becomes the Prize as US-Iran
The US-Iran ceasefire collapsed over who gets to charge for passage through the Strait of Hormuz, with both sides now imposing tolls that violate international law and Gulf states paying the price.
2026-07-16
Oil Rises as U.S. Reimposes Iran Blockade
The U.S. reimposes a naval blockade on Iran as the June ceasefire collapses, with war-risk insurance keeping the Strait of Hormuz economically closed and Asia burning through strategic reserves.
2026-07-16
Manila's South China Sea Ruling: 10 Years On
Ten years after the Hague ruling, China has won the facts-on-the-water battle but is losing the legitimacy battle as Manila makes noncompliance steadily more expensive.
2026-07-16
Manila Won at The Hague a Decade Ago; Beijing
Ten years after the 2016 UNCLOS arbitral award invalidated China's nine-dash line, Beijing has not complied. Manila now uses the ruling to build a U.S.-Japan-Philippines defense network outside ASEAN.
2026-07-16
Taiwan Turns Coast Guard Into Diplomatic
Taiwan puts foreign lawmakers on coast guard patrol off Kinmen to counter China's gray-zone tactics by creating international witnesses.
2026-07-10
Strait of Hormuz at Near-Standstill as Med
Qatar-led mediators scramble to salvage a collapsing US-Iran MOU as Hormuz shipping grinds to a halt and 6,000 seafarers remain stranded.
2026-07-10
US Strikes Iran Again as Hormuz Ceasefire F
The U.S. strikes Iran to assert control over the Strait of Hormuz.
2026-07-09
Taiwan's Drone Doctrine Against China
Taiwan's drone-first doctrine aims to counter China's maritime pressure effectively.
2026-07-09
Taiwan's Coast Guard Patrol with Foreign MPs
Taiwan's Coast Guard hosts foreign lawmakers to counter Chinese maritime pressure.
2026-07-09
Taiwan Warns of New Indo-Pacific Status Quo
Taiwan warns that China's maritime tactics are reshaping regional norms.
2026-07-09
Marcos Orders AFP to Hold the Line in SCS
Marcos directs AFP to maintain a strong defense posture in the West Philippine Sea.
2026-07-09
IPAC's Kinmen Patrol Exposes Beijing's Tactic
Taiwan's IPAC patrol signals a push against China's gray-zone tactics in Kinmen.
2026-07-09
Hormuz Traffic Collapses as Iran Gains Power
Iran's influence over the Strait of Hormuz grows as shipping traffic plummets.
2026-07-09
Hormuz Shipping Halts as Iran Cements Grip
Iran's control over the Strait of Hormuz escalates as shipping traffic plummets.
2026-07-09
China's Maritime Gambit: 110 Ships Shift Tide
China's deployment of 110 vessels signals a strategic shift in the Indo-Pacific.
2026-07-09
China's Gray-Zone Tactics in Taiwan Strait
Taiwan's coast guard warns that China's gray-zone tactics are reshaping maritime norms.
2026-07-09