Three Corridors, Three Risk Channels — July 2026
Corridor risk can build through compliance, insurance and strategy before freight prices react.
About Power & Corridors
About
Power & Corridors is an independent media and intelligence platform examining the intersection of geopolitics, trade, infrastructure, maritime security, energy and business risk.
Global influence is increasingly exercised through ports, shipping lanes, logistics networks, energy routes, critical infrastructure and access to strategic markets. Conflict, sanctions, investment competition and economic coercion now move through these systems, shaping how states project power and how businesses understand exposure.
The platform was built for readers who want more than headlines. It connects geopolitical events with the corridors, chokepoints, infrastructure and commercial systems that determine how risk travels across regions, sectors and supply chains.
Founder introduction
Built to explain how power moves through corridors.
Power & Corridors was founded by Dean Mikkelsen as a platform for understanding how geopolitical power is exercised through ports, shipping lanes, logistics networks, energy routes, infrastructure, sanctions, investment flows and access to strategic markets.
Dean Mikkelsen is the Founder & Editorial Director of Power & Corridors. His work focuses on geopolitics, maritime security, trade corridors, infrastructure, energy, aviation, regional risk and the strategic systems that connect political decisions with commercial exposure.
Through analysis, downloadable reports, intelligence notes, contributor insight and the Global Crossroads podcast, Power & Corridors aims to connect geopolitical events with real-world implications for business, security and strategy.
Mission
Where geopolitics meets global trade.
Power & Corridors looks beyond headlines to explain how global events move through the systems that keep economies functioning: ports, aviation routes, pipelines, subsea cables, logistics networks, financial restrictions, industrial capacity and critical infrastructure.
The goal is to make complex geopolitical and commercial risk easier to understand for those who need to follow how power, trade, security and infrastructure interact.
What we aim to do
Explain strategic corridors
Track the routes, ports, chokepoints, infrastructure and energy systems that shape global power and commercial exposure.
Connect risk to business
Translate geopolitical disruption into practical implications for companies, investors, insurers, logistics operators and decision-makers.
Build serious analysis
Publish informed articles, downloadable reports, briefings and expert commentary with a focus on clarity, relevance and strategic value.
Core areas
People
Contributors and analysts
Power & Corridors brings together analysis, reporting and specialist insight from contributors focused on geopolitics, infrastructure, maritime security, energy and business risk.
Dean Mikkelsen
Dean Mikkelsen is Founder and Editorial Director of Power & Corridors. Based in Abu Dhabi, he focuses on geopolitical risk, maritime security, trade corridors, energy, logistics and critical infrastructure.
Kristian Alexander
Dr. Kristian Alexander is a geopolitical analyst and former senior fellow at Rabdan Security & Defence Institute and TRENDS Research & Advisory. He previously taught international relations and security studies at Zayed University and UOW Dubai.
Contribute
Share reports, articles and specialist analysis.
Power & Corridors welcomes selected contributions from analysts, researchers, practitioners, journalists, academics, former officials and industry specialists working on geopolitics, maritime security, trade corridors, energy, infrastructure, aviation, sanctions, supply chains, defence, intelligence and strategic risk.
Articles, reports, book reviews, commentary, podcast ideas and specialist analysis can be shared with the wider Power & Corridors community where they fit the platform’s editorial focus.
Contact Power & Corridors