The Gordian Knot Center for National Security Innovation at Stanford University is pleased to announce the public launch of the SeaLight web site on July 12, 2023. 

SeaLight is a major milestone achieved after a year of hard work and innovation by the Project Myoushu team--a collection of undergraduates, graduate students and volunteer professionals who collaborated to develop a method of rapidly informing the public about the harassment, coercion and other illegal activities that occur in the maritime "gray zone"--that collection of shadowy places at sea where malign actors thrive because they think they can't be seen.

Using the Gordian Knot Center's entrepreneurial methodology the team concluded that public exposure is crucial to deterring gray zone actors and building resilience against them, but that governments are naturally slow to release information. That's why we decided to "light up the maritime gray zone" with commercially available data!

Since January 2023 we have been revealing gray zone activities across the Indo-Pacific, with special emphasis on the South China Sea. We have developed relationships with government officials, journalists, civil society leaders and other influencers to engage the public and inspire action against these predators and the governments that enable or accommodate them.

Our new web site will be a portal for researchers who want to deep-dive the gray zone problem, as well as the general public just looking to understand what's happening and what's at stake. 

And of course, SeaLight will continue to expand the tools we have to expose the bad actors at sea. 

Join us as we continue to light up the maritime gray zone!