A Conversation on the U.S. Role in Global Port Infrastructure

Global seaport infrastructure has become an important arena of great power competition, particularly as China seeks to expand their foothold across Africa, Latin America, and Asia. Ports are essential to U.S. trade, military sealift and force mobilization. Yet the United States has a limited commercial presence in overseas ports, creating a strategic vulnerability for U.S. economic and national security interests. 

Join CSIS’s newly renamed Economic Development and Prosperity Program (formerly PPD), for the report launch of “Strategic Shores: Strengthening Overseas Port Infrastructure to Safeguard U.S. Economic and Security Interests”. This new report assesses U.S. strengths and vulnerabilities across the global maritime port sector and presents recommendations for ways to strengthen U.S. engagement overseas. 

The discussion will bring together leading experts to examine the evolving landscape of global port infrastructure and its implications for the United States. 

This project would not have been possible without the generous support of the Smith Richardson Foundation.