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"Unpowering Russia: How the EU Can Counter and Undermine the Kremlin" European Union Institute for Security Studies

2025

U.S. Energy Information Administration Foreign Govt Energy Resource Profiles

U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command. Foreign Military Studies Office

"The Integrated Review, Defence in a Competitive Age and the Defence and Security Industrial Strategy: Government Response to the Committee’s Second Report" House of Commons Defence Committee

Third Special Report of Session 2022–23 Nov. 8, 2022

"Guns for gold: the Wagner Network exposed" House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee

Government Response to the Committee’s Seventh Report Seventh Special Report of Session 2022–23 Ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 17 October 2023

"New EU Strategy for Secure, Prosperous, and Resilient Black Sea Region" European Commission

"The Ukraine war and the emergence of the European commission as a geopolitical actor." by Calle Håkansson

Journal of European Integration, 46 (1)(2023): 25-45

"The Global Actors and the Black Sea's Geopolitics in the Context of the War in Ukraine" by Valentin Naumescu

2024

"Bargaining for Justice: Ukraine, Gaza, and the Ethics of Conflict Termination" by C. Anthony Pfaff

U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute, 2024

"Ukraine Report from the Front Lines November 30, 2017" U.S. Congress, Commission for Security and Cooperation in Europe

2018

"Russia's Invasion of Ukraine: Turkey's Response and Black Sea Access Issues" by Clayton Thomas and Jim Zanotti

Congressional Research Service, 2022

"Antagonizing the Neighborhood: Putin's Frozen Conflicts and the Conflict in Ukraine" U.S. Congress. House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, Energy, and the Environment

Washington, DC: GPO, 2021

"Life Under Occupation: The State of Human Rights in Crimea" U.S. Congress. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe

Washington, DC: GPO, 2020

“The Montreux Convention: A key for understanding the geopolitics of the Eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea.” by Kivanc Ullosoy

"Navigating the Aegean Sea: smartphones, transnational activism and viapolitical in(ter)ventions in contested maritime borderzones" by Simon Noori

University of Zurich Open Repository and Archive, 2022

"Phase Line Attila: The Amphibious Campaign for Cyprus, 1974" by Eric J. Edwardson and Mesut Uyer

Quantico: Marine Corps University Press, 2020

"Eastern Mediterranean: Analysis Brief" U.S. Energy Information Administration

2022

"Greece" U.S. Energy Information Administration

2023

"Cyprus" U.S. Energy Information Administration

2023

"Turkey" U.S. Energy Information Administration

2023

"Countries and Regions" U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. Foreign Agricultural Service

Find information about agricultural conditions in these countries, U.S. agricultural exports to these countries, agricultural data, and local agricultural conditions

U.S. International Trade Administration (ITA)

U.S. Dept. of Commerce agency charged with promoting U.S. exports to other countries and providing information on economic conditions and opportunities within these countries

"Turkiye Country Commercial Guide" U.S. International Trade Administration (ITA)

"Cyprus Information" U.S. Department of State

"Greece Information" U.S. Department of State

"Turkiye Information" U.S. Department of State

"World Factbook" Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Classic reference source providing information about countries and oceans including maps, history, demographics, economics, geography, transnational disputes etc. along with country comparisons such as birth rate, life expectancy, etc.

"Greece" Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

United Kingdom. Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office

Global Affairs Canada

"Countries, Economies, and Regions" Australia. Dept. of Foreign Affairs and Trade

"Assessment of undiscovered conventional oil and gas resources in the eastern Mediterranean area, 2020" by Christopher J. Schenk

US Geological Survey, 2021

"Bridging the Gap: Turkey Between East and West" U.S. Congress. House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Europe

March 5, 2025

“The impact of the belt and road initiative on the Suez Canal cargo trade.” by Anas Rakha and Khadiga El‑Aasar

Journal of Shipping and Trade, 9 (9)(2024): 19 pages

“The costs of maritime supply chain disruptions: The case of the Suez Canal blockage by the ‘Ever Given’ megaship.” by Nguyen Khoi Tran et. al.

International Journal of Production Economics, 279 (January 2025)

"Country Analysis Briefs: World Transit Chokepoints" U.S. Energy Information Administration

2024

"H. Con. Res. 98 Affirming the vital importance to the United States and its allies and partners of actions necessary to preserve peace, security, and freedom of navigation in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden" U.S. House of Representatives

2024

"Houthi Attacks in the Red Sea: Issues for Congress" by Christopher M. Blanchard

Congressional Research Service, 2024

"Menace on the Red Sea: securing shipping against threats in the Red Sea" U.S. Congress. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation

Washington, DC: GPO, 2024

"Red Sea Shipping Disruptions: Estimating Economic Effects" by Andres B. Schwarzenberg

Congressional Research Service, 2024

"Worldwide Threats to Shipping" U.S. Office of Naval Intelligence

2018-present - Updated monthly, these report cover all global maritime regions

"Seized at Sea: Iranian Weapons Smuggled to the Houthis" U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency

2024

"Yemen: Houthi Attacks Placing Pressure on International Trade" U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency

2024

"Iran: Enabling Houthi Attacks Across the Middle East" U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency

2024

"Lessons from the Black and Red Sea on the Use and Design of Future Fleets" by Sidharth Kausha

RUSI, 2024

"Lessons for the Royal Navy’s Future Operations from the Black and Red Sea" by Sidharth Kaushal

RUSI, 2024

"Piracy" by Martin Murphy

Newport: U.S. Naval War College, Center for Irregular Warfare and Armed Groups. (2012)

"China's Nine-Dashed Map: Continuing Source of Maritime Geopolitical Contention." by Bert Chapman

Geopolitics, History, and International Relations, 8 (1)(2016): 146-168

"What Are Australia's National Security Interest in the South China Sea" by Richard Keir

Indo-Pacific Strategic Papers. Australian Dept. of Defence, 2015

"Australia Must Not Become Complacent to China's Aggression in the South China Sea." by Jennifer Parker

The Conversation, May 27, 2025

"Lasers and Water Cannons: Exposing the Communist Party's Harassment in the South China Sea" U.S. Congress. House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on the Indo-Pacific

Washington, DC: GPO, 2023

"The Maritime Fulcrum of the Indo-Pacific: Indonesia and Malaysia Respond to China's Creeping Expansion in the South China Sea" by Scott Bentley

Newport: China Maritime Studies Institute, U.S. Naval War College, 2023

"Map of the South China Sea" Nations Online Project

"South China Sea" U.S. Energy Information Administration

2024

"South China Sea Resources" U.S. Geological Survey

Varying Dates

Naval War College Review articles on South China Sea

"Libguide: South China Sea" U.S. Naval War College

UK Government Position on Legal Issues Arising in the South China Sea

2020

"Pressure Points" Australian Strategic Policy Institute

"Still Not Confident Enough: China Isn't Likely to Move on Taiwan in 2025" by Joe Keary

ASPI Strategist (Feb. 19, 2025)

"Ten for Taiwan: Policy Recommendations to Preserve Peace and Stability in the Taiwan Strait" U.S. Congress. House Select Committee on Strategic Competition With the Chinese Communist Party

2023

"Crossing the Strait: Taiwan's Military Prepares for War With Taiwan" by Joel Wuthnow, ed.

Washington, DC: National Defense University Press, 2022

"Civilian Shipping and Maritime Militia" by Lonnie Henley

Newport: U.S. Naval War College, China Maritime Studies Institute, 2022

"The PCH191 modular long-range rocket launcher : reshaping the PLA Army’s role in a cross-strait campaign" by Joshua Arostegui

Newport: U.S. Naval War College, China Maritime Studies Institute, 2023

"Military and security developments involving the People’s Republic of China : a report to Congress pursuant to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year..." U.S. Department of Defense

Each of these reports includes an appendix on the cross-straits military balance between China and Taiwan

"Study No. 8: Chinese Amphibious Warfare: Prospects for a Cross-Strait Invasion" by Andrew S. Erickson, Conor M. Kennedy, & Ryan D. Martinson

Newport: Naval War College, China Maritime Studies Institute, 2024

"Naval War College Review"

"China's Offshore Islands: Pathway or Barrier" by Bruce A. Elleman

Newport: U.S. Naval War College Press, 2019

"Taiwan Geological Data Including Taiwan Strait" National Central University Taiwan. Basin Research Group

"Taiwan Resources" U.S. Geological Survey

"Taiwan" U.S. Energy Information Administration

2023

"Taiwan Maps" Central Intelligence Agency

2022 - Include administrative, physiographic, and transportation in PDF and JPEG formats.

"Taiwan Strait" Marine Traffic.org

From July 15, 2025

"The East China Sea in DOD Military Power Reports." by Bert Chapman

The Korean Journal of Defense Analysis, 29 (1)(March 2017): 71-93

"Department of Defense Releases Declassified Images, Videos, of Coercive and Risky PLA Behavior." U.S. Department of Defense

October 17, 2023

Reaffirming the peaceful and collaborative resolution of maritime and jurisdictional disputes in the South China Sea and the East China Sea as provided for by universally recognized principles of international law, and reaffirming the strong support of the United States Government for freedom of navigation and other internationally lawful uses of sea and airspace in the Asia-Pacific region : markup

U.S. Congress. House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific - Washington, DC: GPO, 2014

"The Senkakus (Diaoyu/Diaoyutai) Dispute: U.S. Treaty Obligations" by Mark E. Manyin

Washington, DC: Congressional Research Service, 2021

"Tectonics of the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea." by Xianglong Jin and Puzhi Yu. Translated K.Y. Lee

Reston, VA: U.S. Geological Survey, 1984

"Oil and Mineral Resources of the East China Sea: Prospects in Relation to Maritime Boundaries." by Noel A. Ludwig and Mark J. Valencia

GeoJournal, 30 (4)(August 1993): 81-87

"The East China Sea Dispute: Context, Claims, Issues, and Possible Solutions." by Mark J. Valencia

Asian Perspective, 31 (1)(2007): 127-167

"Regional Analysis Brief: East China Sea" U.S. Energy Information Administration

Washington, DC: EIA, 2024

Naval War College Review articles on the East China Sea

Various Years

"China Maritime Reports" U.S. Naval War College. China Maritime Studies Institute

various years

China Maritime Studies Institute Red Books

China Maritime Studies Institute Notes

"Pressure Points" Australian Strategic Policy Institute

Resource analyzing the Chinese military's use of air and maritime coercion to enforce Beijing's excessive territorial claims and advance China's security and defence interests in the Indo-Pacific

"Database and time series of nearshore waves along the Alaskan Coast from the United States-Canada border to the Bering Sea" by Anita C. Engelstad

Reston, VA: U.S. Geological Survey, 2024

"Results of the 2014 Underwater Camera Survey of the Eastern Bering Slope and Outer Shelf" by Pamela Goddard et. Al.

National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, 2016

"Maritime Doctrine of the Russian Federation 2015" Anna Davis, translator

Newport, RI: Russia Maritime Studies Institute

"Maritime Doctrine of the Russian Federation 2022" Anna Davis & Ryan Vest, translators

Newport, RI: Russia Maritime Studies Institute

Naval War College Review articles

Various Years

Journal of Arctic Security

"Conference and Workshop Reports" Stevens Center

"Executive Briefs" Stevens Center

"Operational Analyses" Stevens Center

"Bridging the gap : strategies for civic engagement and diplomacy in the Bering Strait" by Sonia Cuesta & Robyn Sundlee

New London, CT: U.S. Coast Guard Academy, Center for Arctic Study & Policy, 2020

"Changes in the Arctic: Background and Issues for Congress" Laura B. Comay et. Al.

Congressional Research Service, 2025

Department of the Air Force Arctic Strategy 2020

United States Army Regaining Arctic Dominance 2021

U.S. Department of Defense. 2024 Arctic Strategy

"A Strategic Blueprint for the Arctic" Department of the Navy

2021

U.S. Government Legal Definition of the Arctic 15 USC 4111

Arctic Council The Arctic Council | Arctic Council Intergovernmental forum promoting Arctic Cooperation

Members include Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden, and the United States

"The Bering Strait: An Arena for Great Power Competition." by Ryan Tice

Joint Force Quarterly (JFG), 96, 1st Quarter 2020

U.S. Geological Survey Bering Sea resources

"Northern Sea Route Reconnaissance Study: A Study of Icebreaking Technology" by D.S. Sodhi

Hanover, NH: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Cold Regions Research & Engineering Laboratory, 1995

"The Northern Sea Route: It's Development and Evolving State of Operations in the 1990s" by Nathan D. Mulherin

Hanover, NH: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Cold Regions Research & Engineering Laboratory, 1996

"When the Ice Melts: Developing Proactive American Strategy for the Eurasian Arctic" by Jason A. Turner

Maxwell AFB, AL: Air University Press and Air Force Research Institute, 2015

"Geopolitics and the Northern Sea Route" by Margaret Blunden

International Affairs, 88 (1)(January 2012): 115-129

"The Future of the Northern Sea Route: A 'Golden Waterway' or a Niche Trade Route." by Malte Humpert

Washington, DC: The Arctic Institute for Circumpolar Studies, September 15, 2011

"Minister Joly Launches Canada's Arctic Foreign Policy," Global Affairs Canada

2024

"China's Arctic Ambitions and What They Mean for Canada" P. Whitney Lackenbauer et. Al.

University of Calgary Press, 2018

"Polar Cousins: Competing Arctic and Antarctic Strategic Futures" by Christian Leuprecht and Douglas Causey, eds.

University of Calgary Press, 2022

"The Fast-Changing Arctic: Rethinking Arctic Security for a Warmer World" Barry Scott Zellen, ed.

University of Calgary Press, 2013

"A Historical and Legal Study of Sovereignty in the Canadian North: Terrestrial Sovereignty, 1870-1939" by Gordon W. Smith, Edited by P. Whitney Lackenbauer

University of Calgary Press, 2014

"The Joint Arctic Weather Stations: Science and Sovereignty in the High Arctic, 1946-1972" by Daniel Heidt and P. Whitney Lackenbauer

University of Calgary Press, 2022

"Arctic Surveillance: Civilian Commercial Aerial Surveillance Options for the Arctic" by Dan Brookes et. Al.

Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC), 2013

"U.S. Maritime Strategy in the Arctic: Past, Present, and Future" by James G. Foggo III and Rachael Gosnell

Naval War College Review, 75 (3)(2022): 13-25

Decree By The President of the Russian Federation On Military-Administrative Divisions of the Russian Federation. Anna Davis and Ryan Vest, translators

Newport, RI: Russia Maritime Studies Institute, 2024

"Maritime Doctrine of the Russian Federation" Anna Davis and Ryan Vest, translators

Newport, RI: Russia Maritime Studies Institute, 2022

"On Thin Ice: UK Defence in the Arctic: Twelfth Report of Session 2017-19" Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons Defence Committee

HC 388. (2018)

"Defence in Scotland: the North Atlantic and the High North Seventh Report of Session 2022–23" Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons Scottish Affairs Committee

2023

"UK Defence in 2025: Renewed Interest in the Arctic" by Claire Mills et. Al.

London: House of Commons Library, 2025

"Looking North: The UK and the Arctic: The United Kingdom's Arctic Policy Framework" UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and Lord Goldsmith

2023

"The EU in the Arctic" European Union External Action

2025

"How Certain is the Continuity of the Panama Canal and How Will It Affect the Global Supply Chain Industry?" by Emmanuel Rodriguez Correa

Honors Thesis, Western Michigan University, 2025

"Strategic Support Points" by Leland M. Lazarus

Jack D. Gordon Institute for Public Policy. Florida International University, 2025

"Examining the PRC’s strategic port investments in the Western Hemisphere and the implications for homeland security. Part I" U.S. Congress. House Committee on Homeland Security. Subcommittee on Transport & Maritime Security

Washington, DC: GPO, 2025

"Expanding the Panama Canal : what does it mean for American freight and infrastructure?" U.S. Congress. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation

Washington, DC: GPO, 2014

"Panama Canal expansion study : phase I report, developments in trade and national and global economies" U.S. Department of Transportation. Maritime Administration

Washington, DC: Maritime Administration, 2014

"U.S. Trade and the Impact of Low Water Levels in Gatun Lake and the Panama Canal" U.S. Dept. of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics

Washington, DC: BTS, December 2, 2024

Panama Canal Authority

Features news, trade information, and transit statistics

"The Panama Canal: An Army's Enterprise" by Jon T. Hoffman

Washington, DC: U.S. Army Center for Military History, 2009

University of Florida Libraries Panama Canal Documents Collection

Historic documents on this entity by the U.S. Panama Canal Commission and historic predecessor agencies

"The Financial and Commercial Impact of the Panama Canal Treaty" U.S. Congress. House Committee on Banking & Financial Services. Subcommittee on Domestic and International Policy

Washington, DC: GPO, 2000

"Foreign Relations of the United States, 1977-1980 Volume XXIX " by Laura R. Kolar, ed.

Washington, DC: GPO, 2016 - This edited volume includes the text of Panama Canal treaties and post-treaty debate

CIA National Intelligence Estimates and Other Resources on the Panama Canal

"Central America and the Caribbean" Central Intelligence Agency

2025

CIA World Factbook Panama

State Dept. Resources on Panama Canal 2025-present

Naval War College Review articles on Panama Canal

Document Library - William Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies

This entity conducts research and education for security practitioners in the Americas

"Panama" U.S. Energy Information Administration

"Country Analysis Brief: World Oil Transit Chokepoints" U.S. Energy Information

2024

U.S. Southern Command (SOCOM) Website

Geographic unified command branch of U.S. military covering the land mass of Latin America south of Mexico and including the Caribbean Sea and waters adjacent to Central & South America