Each Defending Blue podcast episode produces a Curated Briefing: a short policy document translating conversation into consequence.
Built from cross-sector expert discussions, these briefings identify:
the core challenges,
the questions that should be shaping decision-making,
and the actors required to address them effectively.
Together, these briefings form a growing library of analytical tools designed to help maritime, security, industry, and sustainability actors navigate the Blue Nexus more coherently and collaboratively.
Curated Briefings
Framing Brief
Every actor in the maritime domain is defending something. The problem is that they rarely mean the same thing by it. This inaugural Defending Blue briefing explores how competing definitions of defence shape maritime policy, security, sustainability, and governance — and why a shared language may be the first step towards meaningful cooperation.
Using IUU fishing as a case study, it shows how environmental degradation, economic vulnerability, and maritime insecurity are often different manifestations of the same underlying challenge.
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