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Suez Canal ship traffic has dropped sharply due to frequent attacks at sea.
With the Panama Canal in drought and the Strait of Hormuz also vulnerable to Iran, global trade routes are under severe pressure.
The raid follows warnings from Washington to cease attacks in the Red Sea − but it could serve to strengthen rebels and reignite civil war.
The Iran-backed Houthi rebels have the power to significantly destabilise global trade by endangering maritime activity in the Red Sea.
Piracy off the Somali coast remains a high-risk undertaking with a low probability of success.
A new documentary has tracked a Russian vessel apparently collecting data on energy and communications infrastructure in the North Sea and Baltic.
Most of the fighting has been on land, but key developments at sea have put Russia at a disadvantage.
Europe needs to coordinate surveillance of its underwater infrastructure to safeguard vital gas power and data supplies.
If the Nord Stream attacks were an act of sabotage, this shows how energy infrastructure can be strategically targeted as an act of ‘hybrid warfare’.
The trend globally is for countries to be explicit about their maritime interests, underpinned by a sound security strategy.
As the war drags on and its maritime dimension intensifies, Russia is more likely to be strategically defeated in the long term.
The Montreux Convention Regarding the Regime of the Straits gives Turkey control over the water route between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean.
There are important strategic and political maritime dimensions to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Efforts to combat illegal fishing and fisheries crime must recognise the relationship between the sector and maritime security.
The maritime situation in Mozambique must not be allowed to emulate the maritime threats found off Nigeria, Somalia, and the rebel-held territories in Libya.
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Direct implications for maritime security are unlikely. But there will be ripple effects in the shipping industry and in many commercial sectors.
Sea piracy often grabs the headlines, but it is just one of many symptoms of insecurity at sea.
Besides the misalignment of its resources, design, equipment and its additional roles, the military has also been hobbled by misappropriation of funds.
Top contributors
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Professor of International Security, Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion, Lancaster University
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Professor of International Relations, University of Copenhagen
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PhD (Maritime Security), University of Greenwich
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Assistant Professor in Maritime Security, Coventry University
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Assistant Professor, University of Birmingham
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Professor of International Security at University of Bristol and Director of the Centre for Global Insecurity, University of Bristol
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Research Coordinator, Security Institute for Governance and Leadership in Africa, Stellenbosch University
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Lecturer, University of Aberdeen
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Nelson Mandela University
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PhD candidate, Centre of Criminology, University of Cape Town
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Research Fellow in Maritime Security, Coventry University
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Maritime Logistics Expert, Centre for Supply Chain and Logistics (CSCL), Deakin University
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Lecturer in Operations Management Operations and Supply Chain Management, University of Liverpool
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Vice-Dean Research, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Stellenbosch University
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Research Fellow, Coventry University
