--- title: "Maritime Security — News & Analysis | Model Diplomat" description: "Browse 96 stories and expert analysis tagged Maritime Security on Model Diplomat — diplomacy, politics, and global-affairs coverage for Model UN." url: "https://modeldiplomat.com/tag/maritime-security" --- > For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://modeldiplomat.com/llms.txt). Skip to main content ## 96 Stories [asia_pacific](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/solomon-islands-signs-us-coast-guard-patrol) ### [Solomon Islands Signs US Coast Guard Patrol](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/solomon-islands-signs-us-coast-guard-patrol) [Solomon Islands PM Matthew Wale signs 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.](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/solomon-islands-signs-us-coast-guard-patrol) [2026-07-22](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/solomon-islands-signs-us-coast-guard-patrol) [asia_pacific](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/chinas-kinmen-campaign-the-deceptive-calm) ### [China's Kinmen Campaign: The Deceptive Calm](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/chinas-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.](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/chinas-kinmen-campaign-the-deceptive-calm) [2026-07-20](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/chinas-kinmen-campaign-the-deceptive-calm) [asia_pacific](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/chinas-grey-zone-pressure-on-taiwan) ### [China's Grey-Zone Pressure on Taiwan](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/chinas-grey-zone-pressure-on-taiwan) [Analysis of China's June 2026 deployment east of Taiwan: CCG and navy vessels maintain round-the-clock presence, using 'law enforcement' to assert jurisdiction and test Taiwan's defenses.](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/chinas-grey-zone-pressure-on-taiwan) [2026-07-20](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/chinas-grey-zone-pressure-on-taiwan) [asia_pacific](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/chinas-taiwan-blockade-playbook-white-hulls) ### [China's Taiwan Blockade Playbook: White Hulls](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/chinas-taiwan-blockade-playbook-white-hulls) [Senator Tammy Duckworth warns China will likely blockade Taiwan by 2028 using coast guard vessels under legal cover, not military invasion, citing rehearsed exercises and economic stakes of $2.45 trillion in trade.](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/chinas-taiwan-blockade-playbook-white-hulls) [2026-07-19](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/chinas-taiwan-blockade-playbook-white-hulls) [mena](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/us-strikes-push-inland-to-irans-missile-fact) ### [US Strikes Push Inland to Iran's Missile Fact](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/us-strikes-push-inland-to-irans-missile-fact) [US strikes hit Iran's Semnan missile factories and disable a tanker running the Hormuz blockade, escalating a conflict that has slashed strait traffic to 11 vessels daily and pushed Brent crude toward $86.](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/us-strikes-push-inland-to-irans-missile-fact) [2026-07-17](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/us-strikes-push-inland-to-irans-missile-fact) [politics_diplomacy](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/us-reinstates-iran-blockade-splits-hormuz) ### [US Reinstates Iran Blockade, Splits Hormuz](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/us-reinstates-iran-blockade-splits-hormuz) [US reinstates naval blockade of Iran on July 14, ending 26-day ceasefire. Strait of Hormuz splits into competing toll lanes as traffic collapses to 23 ships daily. 60-day war-powers clock ticks toward Congress.](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/us-reinstates-iran-blockade-splits-hormuz) [2026-07-16](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/us-reinstates-iran-blockade-splits-hormuz) [mena](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/trumps-hormuz-toll-reversal-masks-a-bigger) ### [Trump's Hormuz Toll Reversal Masks a Bigger](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/trumps-hormuz-toll-reversal-masks-a-bigger) [Trump reverses 20% Hormuz cargo fee, replacing it with Gulf state investment demands. Strait traffic collapses 84% as US-Iran war escalates with strikes on power plants and bridges threatened.](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/trumps-hormuz-toll-reversal-masks-a-bigger) [2026-07-16](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/trumps-hormuz-toll-reversal-masks-a-bigger) [mena](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/trumps-hormuz-toll-collapsed-in-24-hours) ### [Trump's Hormuz Toll Collapsed In 24 Hours](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/trumps-hormuz-toll-collapsed-in-24-hours) [Trump announced a 20% toll on Strait of Hormuz shipping but reversed after Gulf states refused. The US reinstated blockade, but the real constraint is marine insurance market.](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/trumps-hormuz-toll-collapsed-in-24-hours) [2026-07-16](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/trumps-hormuz-toll-collapsed-in-24-hours) [mena](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/strait-of-hormuz-becomes-the-prize-as-us-iran) ### [Strait of Hormuz Becomes the Prize as US-Iran](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/strait-of-hormuz-becomes-the-prize-as-us-iran) [US-Iran ceasefire collapses over Strait of Hormuz toll dispute. Both sides now seek to charge for passage, violating international law. Gulf states pay the price as traffic grinds to a halt and Brent crude jumps 18%.](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/strait-of-hormuz-becomes-the-prize-as-us-iran) [2026-07-16](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/strait-of-hormuz-becomes-the-prize-as-us-iran) [mena](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/oil-rises-as-us-reimposes-iran-blockade) ### [Oil Rises as U.S. Reimposes Iran Blockade](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/oil-rises-as-us-reimposes-iran-blockade) [US reimposes naval blockade on Iran as June ceasefire collapses; Trump's 20% Hormuz toll reversed in 24 hours. War-risk insurance keeps strait effectively closed, squeezing Asian oil importers.](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/oil-rises-as-us-reimposes-iran-blockade) [2026-07-16](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/oil-rises-as-us-reimposes-iran-blockade) [asia_pacific](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/manilas-south-china-sea-ruling-10-years-on) ### [Manila's South China Sea Ruling: 10 Years On](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/manilas-south-china-sea-ruling-10-years-on) [Philippines marks 10 years of South China Sea ruling as 14 governments call it binding, but China doubles coast guard patrols at Scarborough Shoal, testing U.S. treaty trigger.](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/manilas-south-china-sea-ruling-10-years-on) [2026-07-16](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/manilas-south-china-sea-ruling-10-years-on) [asia_pacific](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/manila-won-at-the-hague-a-decade-ago-beijing) ### [Manila Won at The Hague a Decade Ago; Beijing](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/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.](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/manila-won-at-the-hague-a-decade-ago-beijing) [2026-07-16](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/manila-won-at-the-hague-a-decade-ago-beijing) [asia_pacific](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/taiwan-turns-coast-guard-into-diplomatic) ### [Taiwan Turns Coast Guard Into Diplomatic](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/taiwan-turns-coast-guard-into-diplomatic) [Taiwan hosts seven foreign lawmakers on a coast guard patrol off Kinmen, turning Beijing's gray-zone pressure into a diplomatic incident with international witnesses.](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/taiwan-turns-coast-guard-into-diplomatic) [2026-07-10](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/taiwan-turns-coast-guard-into-diplomatic) [mena](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/strait-of-hormuz-at-near-standstill-as-med) ### [Strait of Hormuz at Near-Standstill as Med](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/strait-of-hormuz-at-near-standstill-as-med) [Qatar-led mediators scramble to salvage a US-Iran MOU as Hormuz shipping collapses to 16% of pre-war levels, 6,000 seafarers stranded, and both sides claim authority over the strait.](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/strait-of-hormuz-at-near-standstill-as-med) [2026-07-10](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/strait-of-hormuz-at-near-standstill-as-med) [conflict_security](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/us-strikes-iran-again-as-hormuz-ceasefire-f) ### [US Strikes Iran Again as Hormuz Ceasefire F](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/us-strikes-iran-again-as-hormuz-ceasefire-f) [U.S. Central Command conducts strikes on Iran, targeting over 80 sites as tensions escalate over the Strait of Hormuz and a ceasefire collapses.](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/us-strikes-iran-again-as-hormuz-ceasefire-f) [2026-07-09](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/us-strikes-iran-again-as-hormuz-ceasefire-f) [asia_pacific](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/taiwans-drone-doctrine-against-china) ### [Taiwan's Drone Doctrine Against China](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/taiwans-drone-doctrine-against-china) [Taiwan adopts a drone-first strategy with 1,320 uncrewed vessels to counter China's maritime threats, focusing on detection and enforcement.](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/taiwans-drone-doctrine-against-china) [2026-07-09](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/taiwans-drone-doctrine-against-china) [asia_pacific](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/taiwans-coast-guard-patrol-with-foreign-mps) ### [Taiwan's Coast Guard Patrol with Foreign MPs](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/taiwans-coast-guard-patrol-with-foreign-mps) [Seven foreign lawmakers join Taiwan's Coast Guard patrol, highlighting rising Chinese maritime pressure and Taiwan's strategic response.](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/taiwans-coast-guard-patrol-with-foreign-mps) [2026-07-09](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/taiwans-coast-guard-patrol-with-foreign-mps) [asia_pacific](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/taiwan-warns-of-new-indo-pacific-status-quo) ### [Taiwan Warns of New Indo-Pacific Status Quo](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/taiwan-warns-of-new-indo-pacific-status-quo) [Taiwan's Ocean Affairs Minister warns that China's maritime pressure risks creating a new status quo in the Indo-Pacific before allies react.](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/taiwan-warns-of-new-indo-pacific-status-quo) [2026-07-09](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/taiwan-warns-of-new-indo-pacific-status-quo) [asia_pacific](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/marcos-orders-afp-to-hold-the-line-in-scs) ### [Marcos Orders AFP to Hold the Line in SCS](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/marcos-orders-afp-to-hold-the-line-in-scs) [President Marcos orders the Armed Forces of the Philippines to hold their ground in the West Philippine Sea as tensions with China escalate.](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/marcos-orders-afp-to-hold-the-line-in-scs) [2026-07-09](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/marcos-orders-afp-to-hold-the-line-in-scs) [asia_pacific](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/ipacs-kinmen-patrol-exposes-beijings-tactic) ### [IPAC's Kinmen Patrol Exposes Beijing's Tactic](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/ipacs-kinmen-patrol-exposes-beijings-tactic) [Taiwan's IPAC delegation patrols Kinmen, highlighting China's gray-zone tactics and the need for international witnesses against Beijing's encroachments.](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/ipacs-kinmen-patrol-exposes-beijings-tactic) [2026-07-09](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/ipacs-kinmen-patrol-exposes-beijings-tactic) [mena](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/hormuz-traffic-collapses-as-iran-gains-power) ### [Hormuz Traffic Collapses as Iran Gains Power](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/hormuz-traffic-collapses-as-iran-gains-power) [Ship transits through the Strait of Hormuz drop to 23, revealing Iran's strategic control over Gulf shipping amid escalating US-Iran tensions.](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/hormuz-traffic-collapses-as-iran-gains-power) [2026-07-09](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/hormuz-traffic-collapses-as-iran-gains-power) [mena](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/hormuz-shipping-halts-as-iran-cements-grip) ### [Hormuz Shipping Halts as Iran Cements Grip](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/hormuz-shipping-halts-as-iran-cements-grip) [Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz nearly stopped after U.S.-Iran strikes, highlighting Iran's control over a key maritime chokepoint for global oil.](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/hormuz-shipping-halts-as-iran-cements-grip) [2026-07-09](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/hormuz-shipping-halts-as-iran-cements-grip) [asia_pacific](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/chinas-maritime-gambit-110-ships-shift-tide) ### [China's Maritime Gambit: 110 Ships Shift Tide](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/chinas-maritime-gambit-110-ships-shift-tide) [China's record deployment of over 110 ships along the First Island Chain challenges US influence and alters regional security dynamics.](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/chinas-maritime-gambit-110-ships-shift-tide) [2026-07-09](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/chinas-maritime-gambit-110-ships-shift-tide) [asia_pacific](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/chinas-gray-zone-tactics-in-taiwan-strait) ### [China's Gray-Zone Tactics in Taiwan Strait](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/chinas-gray-zone-tactics-in-taiwan-strait) [Taiwan's coast guard reports a 500% increase in Chinese incursions, signaling a shift in maritime security norms in the Taiwan Strait.](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/chinas-gray-zone-tactics-in-taiwan-strait) [2026-07-09](https://modeldiplomat.com/story/chinas-gray-zone-tactics-in-taiwan-strait)