What Happens if Beijing Expands its Indo-Pacific Push?

Published May 3, 2026 6:14 PM by The Strategist

Posted in: Government

[By Joe Keary, Raji Rajagopalan and Linus Cohen] Rather than gradually expanding its defense and security engagement across the In...

Updated: A Hormuz War Summary for Mariners

Published May 3, 2026 1:08 PM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Government

The maritime community knows the Gulf well. But the current situation as it pertains to the Strait of Hormuz, the maritime focus o...

Containers Don’t Lie Symposium: Actionable Forum in Chaotic Times

Published Apr 29, 2026 12:10 PM by Lori Ann LaRocco

Posted in: Shipping

The inaugural launch of the CDL 2026 trade and supply chain symposium will bring together some of the industry's greatest minds to...

China is Remaking the South China Sea With a Return to Island-Building

Published Apr 28, 2026 9:13 PM by The Lowy Interpreter

Posted in: Government

[By Lowell Bautista] After nearly a decade of relative pause, China has resumed large-scale island-building in the South China Sea...

Why Freight Decarbonization Must Become Network-Based

Published Apr 28, 2026 12:29 AM by Mikael Lind et al.

Posted in: Shipping

[By Mikael Lind, Sandra Haraldson, Wolfgang Lehmacher, Thomas Bjørdal, Valdemar Ehlers, Cecilia Gabrielii, Ida Kallmyr Lerheim, Ke...

China's Push Beyond the First Island Chain

Published Apr 27, 2026 10:47 PM by The Strategist

Posted in: Government

[By Joe Keary, Raji Rajagopalan and Linus Cohen]dd China’s defense and security presence beyond the Western Pacific is set to inte...

Churn in Horn of Africa Political Alliances

Published Apr 26, 2026 1:24 PM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Government

The Horn of Africa, embracing Eritrea with its Red Sea coastline, Djibouti and the component parts of what used to be Somalia, is...

With the Ceasefire on the Brink, Gulf States Prepare

Published Apr 25, 2026 5:37 PM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Government

With the ceasefire between Iran and its adversaries hanging in the balance, a lack of substantial progress in the negotiations tak...

The IRGC's Hormuz Toll System is Unlikely to be Exposed

Published Apr 23, 2026 5:04 PM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Government

Tasnim and Fars, both IRGC-linked semi-official news agencies in Iran, have claimed that Strait of Hormuz transit fees are being d...