Beyond the Bypass: ASTRA and the Arabian Peninsula’s New Energy Architecture
ASTRA proposes resilient Arabian Sea energy corridors linking Saudi Arabia and Yemen, bypassing vulnerable chokepoints.
Topic
Maritime
Analysis, reports and commentary from Power & Corridors connected to this topic.
Maritime
Beyond the Hormuz Paradox: Strategic Redundancy in an Era of Interconnected Chokepoints
ASTRA offers strategic redundancy beyond Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb through Arabian Sea connectivity.
Maritime
China’s Arctic Shipping Ambition Is Moving From Experiment to Network
China’s scheduled Arctic service transforms seasonal access into a developing logistics network.
Geopolitics
Groundhog Day in Hormuz: The Strait Is Open, but the Fight Is Over Who Controls It
Hormuz remains open, but control, revenue and authority are now contested.
Analysis
The Strait of Hormuz's Paradox: When Strategic Leverage Becomes a Strategic Liability
Weaponising Hormuz accelerates alternative corridors, gradually eroding Iran’s greatest strategic leverage.
Analysis
The Jones Act Debate Is Really About America’s Maritime Capacity Problem
Jones Act waivers expose America’s deeper maritime capacity and shipbuilding weakness.
Geopolitics
China’s Arctic Push Is About More Than Icebreakers
China’s Arctic presence is shifting from scientific access to strategic influence.
Defence & Security
Türkiye’s Blue Homeland: Doctrine, Sea Power and the New Maritime Map
Türkiye’s Blue Homeland doctrine turns maritime geography into strategic power projection.
Maritime
Canada Cannot Break Gravity, But It Can Build Corridors
Canada must build strategic corridors, not simply surrender to US economic gravity.
Geopolitics
Panama Canal’s Next Crisis Is Not Just Drought: It Is Water, Power and Displacement
As El Niño risk returns, Panama is trying to secure the canal’s future. But the fight over the Rio Indio reservoir shows that global trade resilience may come at a local human cost.
Analysis
Hormuz, Lebanon and the New Risk Premium for Gulf Stability
The US-Iran memorandum may ease immediate pressure, but renewed uncertainty around the Strait of Hormuz and Israel-Hezbollah exchanges shows that resilience, not normalisation, is now the central issue.
Critical Infrastructure
DP World’s Corpus Christi Play Is About More Than Containers
DP World’s Corpus Christi move signals Gulf logistics capital returning to strategic US port infrastructure.
Maritime
The Indo-Pacific Is Being Built by Coast Guards
Coast guards now shape Indo-Pacific power before navies enter the fight.