Piracy

There was a lengthy period of time when Netflix was open about not really caring whether its subscribers shared their passwords. Most of the motion picture industry is pretty fanatical...

During the so-called “Golden Age of Piracy” of the seventeenth century, it took squadrons of Royal Navy frigates as well as other European nations to finally clear the waters of...

The Biden administration’s ongoing blitz of diplomatic visits—including Vice President Kamala Harris’s visits to Vietnam and Singapore at the end of August; Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s virtual meetings in...

Here’s What You Need to Know: The terms of privateer and pirate may suggest an entirely unconventional approach to modern warfare, but the premise is in place. As the United States...

Here’s What You Need to Know: The role of privateers in great power competition remains up for debate. As the United States military shifts its focus away from counter-terror operations around...

As the United States military shifts its focus away from counter-terror operations around the world, and back to a great power competition—which is primarily directed against China and Russia—the U.S....

For the last several months, one of the most-watched dramas in Hollywood has had to do with when Tenet, the latest movie from director Christopher Nolan, might actually be released in...

In early April, eight armed raiders boarded the container ship Fouma as it entered the port of Guayaquil, Ecuador. They fired warning shots toward the ship’s bridge, boarded the ship...

We all know that the stay-at-home orders and closures of movie theaters worldwide have led to massive levels of subscriptions and hours spent on streaming services. But another method of...

President-elect Donald Trump has set a goal of a 350-ship navy, an increase of nearly 80 ships.  The conventional wisdom is that it will be achieved through the construction of...