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Dada-inspired editorial collage featuring oversized AfD lettering alongside USA, Russland, China, Türkei, Ukraine, Realpolitik, and “Im deutschen Interesse”

Analysis

If the AfD ruled Germany: a foreign policy blueprint

Fresh state-election victories and local gains have pushed the AfD further into Ger-many’s political mainstream. Its foreign-policy blueprint points to strategic autonomy, renewed ties with Russia and a markedly different European order

01/10/2026

Sea

Market

Where the market finds its wind: tight tonnage, firm cargo and shifting currents

28/09/2026

A Capesize bulk carrier displayed as a prized museum exhibit behind red ropes, symbolising scarcity and rising asset values

Maritime Industry

Capesize boom: longer hauls, 80% higher earnings and rising asset values

29/09/2026

Close-up of a weathered ship’s hull with rust-streaked grey and orange paint and a dark rectangular opening

Maritime Industry

Decks and Deals Weekly #50

27/09/2026

Security

Editorial illustration of a distant vessel above a scarred seabed, suggesting deliberate selection among vulnerable submarine cable routes

When the adversary chooses the failure

27/08/2026

Erdoğan, Mohammed bin Salman and Sharif holding signed copies of the Mecca Pact in Mecca, Saudi Arabia

The Mecca Pact meets the Hellenic triangle, and both want Cairo

17/08/2026

Masked militants in desert camouflage sit armed with rifles in a rocky landscape, identified as a Baloch Liberation Army unit labeled “Fateh Squad”

The Baloch insurgency has mutated — and Pakistan is struggling to keep up

02/04/2026

Land

Editorial photomontage of Chios combining a local boatman, the Unknown Sailor monument, Pyrgi patterns, Kampos architecture, windmills and village life

Land

Chios where the sea becomes inheritance

29/09/2026

Editorial illustration of fragmented railway tracks separated by gaps, with a red freight container waiting before the disconnected network

Land

Rail corridors: ports do not create corridors, connections do

24/09/2026

Land

Amorgos: the island that does not shout, yet insists on existing in the future

15/09/2026

Energy

Two melting clocks in a sparse desert landscape, one more solid and one dripping black oil, representing contrasting oil strategies and timelines

Two clocks, one cartel: The UAE OPEC exit and the Sunni Gulf’s real fault line

02/05/2026

Aerial view of solar farm in Tengger Desert, Ningxia, China, November 2024

The war for oil in a world that is leaving it behind

06/03/2026

Expansive petrochemical refinery complex in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, featuring tall distillation columns, cranes, dense pipelines, and heavy industrial structures

Global oil at risk—and China feels the pressure first

03/03/2026

Geopolitics

An empty industrial weighbridge at a container terminal, with its weight indicator pointing into the red zone

Politics & Economy

Chinese ports break a record as Washington rewinds the tariff clock

30/09/2026

An Afghan war rug woven with military motifs unravels to reveal an older traditional geometric pattern beneath

Geopolitics

Twenty-five years after 9/11

17/09/2026

Editorial illustration showing a renminbi pipeline running toward Frankfurt and Deutsche Bank, with a central valve topped by a dollar sign

Politics & Economy

Europe’s first non-Chinese renminbi clearing bank arrives in Frankfurt, and the dollar still sets the limits

13/08/2026

Interview

Xiaoyu Lu, professor at Peking University’s School of International Studies, pictured outdoors in an academic setting

Xiaoyu Lu: “A China–U.S. clash is entirely avoidable — and the decisive choice lies largely in Washington”

26/09/2026

Portrait of General Jamil el-Sayyed in a dark suit against a muted olive-grey background

General Jamil el-Sayyed: “Israel should withdraw first — then Lebanon can deal with Hezbollah’s weapons”

19/09/2026

Portrait of Ali Alfoneh, senior fellow at the Arab Gulf States Institute and expert on Iranian politics

From micromanager to collective rule: Ali Alfoneh on Iran after Khamenei

22/08/2026

Professor Roxana Nicknami, University of Tehran, photographed in a modern office during her interview on Iran, international law, deterrence, and regional security

Iranian scholar Roxana Nicknami on why international law and deterrence will shape the next Iran crisis

02/08/2026

GeoTrends Analysis

Editorial illustration of Venezuela’s emerging Atlantic maritime economy, combining port infrastructure, merchant shipping, oil facilities, urban activity and trade

Venezuela: the Atlantic’s next maritime play?

16/09/2026

From energy recovery to emerging trade flows, Venezuela is becoming a maritime story the Atlantic market cannot afford to ignore — and one that increasingly deserves the shipping industry’s attention

3D relief map of the North Atlantic showing emerging connections between eastern Canada and a network spanning Western Europe

Canada looks beyond Washington as Europe becomes a strategic anchor

10/09/2026

Canada’s deepening relationship with Europe is becoming a central pillar of a broader diversification strategy as U.S. trade tensions reshape Ottawa’s economic and strategic choices

EDITORIAL

Beyond Borders

If the AfD ruled Germany: a foreign policy blueprint

Where the market finds its wind: tight tonnage, firm cargo and shifting currents

Capesize boom: longer hauls, 80% higher earnings and rising asset values

Decks and Deals Weekly #50

When the adversary chooses the failure

The Mecca Pact meets the Hellenic triangle, and both want Cairo

The Baloch insurgency has mutated — and Pakistan is struggling to keep up

Chios where the sea becomes inheritance

Rail corridors: ports do not create corridors, connections do

Amorgos: the island that does not shout, yet insists on existing in the future

Two clocks, one cartel: The UAE OPEC exit and the Sunni Gulf’s real fault line

The war for oil in a world that is leaving it behind

Global oil at risk—and China feels the pressure first

Chinese ports break a record as Washington rewinds the tariff clock

Twenty-five years after 9/11

Europe’s first non-Chinese renminbi clearing bank arrives in Frankfurt, and the dollar still sets the limits

Twenty-five years after 9/11

Europe’s first non-Chinese renminbi clearing bank arrives in Frankfurt, and the dollar still sets the limits

Xiaoyu Lu: “A China–U.S. clash is entirely avoidable — and the decisive choice lies largely in Washington”

Interviewer Name

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General Jamil el-Sayyed: “Israel should withdraw first — then Lebanon can deal with Hezbollah’s weapons”

From micromanager to collective rule: Ali Alfoneh on Iran after Khamenei

Iranian scholar Roxana Nicknami on why international law and deterrence will shape the next Iran crisis

Venezuela: the Atlantic’s next maritime play?

Canada looks beyond Washington as Europe becomes a strategic anchor

Christophe Tytgat: “The Greek example should be a source of inspiration for other EU Member States”

The U.S.-China rivalry is shifting to global trade by sea

Chinese people in Africa are threating of kidnapping

The new “weapons” of geopolitics are opening a Pandora’s box for the global economy

America wants ships, shipyards and ports — but maritime power begins with cargo

Neon tides: corporate shipping in the age of algorithms

Digital transformation in shipping: why we cannot afford to wait any longer

The Blue Homeland and the role of democrats in Türkiye and Greece