China Coast Guard ships block a Philippine supply boat the near Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea. Initiatives like Project Myoushu help counter China’s gray zone tactics.

Lighting Up the Maritime Gray Zone

Initiatives like Project Myoushu help counter China’s gray zone tactics.

Captain Benjamin Goirigolzarri, U.S. Air Force
November 2023
“Battle of Tripoli,” 3 August 1804.

Counterinsurgency to the Shores of Tripoli

The Navy’s operations against Barbary corsairs in the early 19th century provide lessons for operating in the gray zone today.

Captain B. J. Armstrong, U.S. Navy
October 2023
The USCGC Stratton (WMSL-752) with Indonesian Maritime Security Agency patrol boat Belut Laut-406 and Republic of Singapore Navy MSRV Bastion in May 2023.

Maritime COIN Is a Team Sport

China’s insurgency demands a regional response.

Rear Admiral Rommel Jude G. Ong, Armed Forces of the Philippines (Retired)
August 2023
Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard participants

Wargame Maritime COIN

Insufficient attention has been paid to gaming possible ways of countering China’s harassment of Southeast Asian allies and partners below the threshold of violence.

Lesley Wilhelm
December 2022