Maritime Security
1 articleWithin Security and Defence, Maritime Security isolates the questions around naval patrol operations, piracy risks and offshore infrastructure protection. Editors trace port security, naval cooperation and coastal surveillance through capabilities, operational risk, state responses, deterrence and cross-border security spillovers, asking which changes alter policy, markets or strategic risk. The editorial test is whether maritime security leads the analysis; Arms Transfers and Defence Controls and Counterterrorism should not displace that intent.
US Africa Command launches Phoenix Express 2026 in Tunisian waters
Phoenix Express 2026 has commenced at the Port of La Goulette in Tunisia, uniting Moroccan, Tunisian, US and European naval personnel in a high-stakes exercise to sharpen maritime security operations across the southern Mediterranean.