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Suez Transit Volumes Approach Full Recovery
Canal authority figures show tonnage back to within five percent of baseline as regional e...
Suez, Egypt · Jul 21, 2026Multinational Hormuz Escort Mission Extended Twelve Months
The coalition renewed its tanker escort mandate, citing continued drone and mine risk in t...
Strait of Hormuz · Jul 11, 2026Djibouti Approves Further Basing Expansion on Its Coastline
A new logistics pier and expanded airfield apron add capacity to one of the world's denses...
Djibouti · Jul 01, 2026Gibraltar Strait Surveillance Network Upgraded
New over-the-horizon radar and unmanned surface vessels extend coverage of one of Europe's...
Strait of Gibraltar · Jun 21, 2026Malacca Littoral States Renew Coordinated Patrol Agreement
The trilateral patrols enter their third decade with expanded air surveillance and shared ...
Strait of Malacca · Jun 14, 2026From the Blog
Chokepoint Arithmetic: Eight Straits That Price the World
A handful of narrow waters carry most of global trade. Their insurance premiums are the world's honest risk index.
Jul 16, 2026The Carrier Question, Asked Honestly
Carriers are simultaneously the most useful and most targetable assets afloat. Both facts are true; policy must hold them together.
Jul 06, 2026The Age of Alliance Hedging
Middle powers are no longer choosing sides; they are choosing overlapping memberships and calling it strategy.
Jul 04, 2026Originally on Geopolitics
Deterrence by Detection: Making Surveillance Do Coercion's Work
Persistent, publicised observation raises the cost of aggression before a single shot is fired.
Jun 24, 2026Amateurs Talk Strategy: The Unfashionable Primacy of Logistics
Every recent conflict has retaught the oldest lesson — magazines, maintenance and movement decide outcomes.
Jun 13, 2026