Maritime

From the Black Sea to Malta: How the Ukraine-Russia War Reached the Mediterranean’s Shadow Fleet

Ukraine’s maritime war now targets Russia’s shadow fleet, exposing salvage and legal gaps.

Hormuz as a Live Testbed for Unmanned Warfare: Drones, Sea Robots and the New Maritime Battlespace

Hormuz is becoming a live testbed for drones, sea robots, and escalation.

Private Force at Sea: Floating Armouries, Armed Guards and the New Maritime Security Economy

The return of private maritime security is not only an anti-piracy story. It is a warning that the state’s monopoly over force at sea is being reworked through contracts, floating armouries, weapons licences, insurance demands and commercial risk management.

Pirates Are Only Part of the Problem

Maritime insecurity is widening from piracy and armed robbery to state seizures, military strikes, narcotics interdiction and chokepoint coercion