PGSA Expands Non-Compliance Register to 77 Vessels: A Growing Maritime Security Challenge Across the Strait of Hormuz and the Indian Ocean

Image: Tasnim News Agency/AP The maritime-security environment around the Strait of Hormuz has entered another potentially consequential phase following the latest update by Iran’s Persian[…]

THE TANKER WAR: WHEN COMMERCIAL SHIPPING BECOMES A BATTLEFIELD

Photo: US Central Command The destruction of Iranian oil tankers by the United States represents far more than an escalation between Washington and Tehran. It[…]

THE INDIAN OCEAN IS NO LONGER NEUTRAL:The New Architecture of Global Power, when geography Becomes Power

The New Battle for Maritime Power, Chokepoints and Strategic Influence. That title gives you room to develop a much deeper argument than the original article:[…]

Strategic Analytics Report of the Strait of Hormuz: The Emerging Contest for Maritime Control

Assessment level: Strategic / Maritime Security The reported statement by US President Donald Trump that the United States could declare the Strait of Hormuz a[…]

Strategic Analysis: The Houthi Maritime Blockade and the Return of Somali Piracy Reshape Global Maritime Security

Since Ansar Allah, commonly known as the Houthis, announced a maritime blockade against Saudi Arabia, there has been a significant escalation in the security crisis[…]