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Market

Tight tonnage, shifting trade flows and a market in transition

Why the Ultramax and Handysize segments are quietly becoming the most strategic space in dry bulk shipping during the week ending 22 May 2026, as disruption, positioning and regional fragmentation increasingly reshape freight market behaviour

25/05/2026

Sea

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Maritime Industry

Decks and Deals Weekly #44

24/05/2026

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Market

A week of mild corrections across the dry bulk market

25/05/2026

A modern commercial cargo vessel trapped inside a glass bottle amid violent dark seas and storm clouds, illuminated by restrained blue and amber editorial lighting, with a faint industrial horizon in the background

Maritime Industry

When the sea refuses to sit still: chaos as the hidden compass of modern shipping

20/05/2026

Security

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

Interior ceiling of an Iranian mosque with intricate geometric tilework and muqarnas vaulting, Isfahan

Iran’s Mosaic Defence: why the U.S.-Israeli air campaign is hitting smoke

01/04/2026

Propaganda image released by JNIM’s media outlet Az-Zallaqa Media Production, showing a group of approximately 30 armed terrorists in camouflage uniforms and face coverings, posing for a graduation ceremony at the Abu Yahya al-Muhajir training camp in an undisclosed desert location in Mali. The fighters are holding assault rifles and ammunition belts. Black jihadist flags are visible in the background. A yellow banner in the upper right corner reads “Mali” in Arabic. The image was published on 27 February

Mali in the grip of hybrid warfare

27/03/2026

Land

Port2Port

From Hormuz to Lamu: the fragile rise of African ports

30/04/2026

Container terminal with cranes and stacked shipping containers at the Port of Piraeus, overlooking the sea and surrounding hills

Supply Chain

Port of Piraeus: Record revenues, a shrinking core, and the questions nobody asked at Delphi

28/04/2026

Railway tracks at KTZE Khorgos Gateway dry port leading toward container cranes, Central Asia corridor, Kazakhstan

Supply Chain

China’s western front: the Central Asia corridor that cannot wait

25/04/2026

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

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Geopolitics

The Eastern Mediterranean’s new map: the corridors are slow, the claims are not

21/05/2026

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World Affairs

Thucydides’ Trap and why trade fuels U.S.–China rivalry

15/05/2026

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Politics & Economy

The repricing of American hegemony: who pays for dollar privilege

05/05/2026

Interview

Portrait of Dr. Stavros Karamperidis, Associate Professor of Maritime Economics and Head of the Maritime Transport Research Group

Shockwaves from the Gulf: Dr. Stavros Karamperidis on shipping disruption and the new energy risk

14/03/2026

Oded Ailam speaking at a podium in front of a Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs banner

Oded Ailam: “Iran won’t surrender its missiles—and that’s why no deal will hold”

21/02/2026

Dr. Mohamed Farid seated in his office library, wearing a navy suit and red tie, during an in-depth interview on Middle East geopolitics

Dr. Mohamed Farid on the Middle East’s post-conflict moment and the new geometry of power

07/02/2026

Plamen Tonchev seated at his desk during an interview, with documents and a laptop, in an office setting

Plamen Tonchev on the U.S.–China power shift and the coming age of uncertainty

08/01/2026

GeoTrends Analysis

Minimalist editorial image featuring U.S. and Chinese desk flags on a glossy black surface beneath the phrase “Nothing happened.”

Trump–Xi summit: no news is big news — and why Thucydides was never the trapper

19/05/2026

The Trump–Xi summit became historic precisely because almost nothing happened, exposing a transformed balance of power and challenging the increasingly ritualistic misuse of the so-called “Thucydides Trap”

High-resolution world map infographic showing major maritime chokepoints and global sea routes, including Suez Canal, Strait of Hormuz, Strait of Malacca, Panama Canal, and key shipping lanes

Sea routes to shape future power struggles, says Steve Bannon at Delphi Forum

24/04/2026

Steve Bannon warned that future geopolitical conflicts will center on control of sea routes, highlighting U.S.–China rivalry, strategic maritime zones, and Greece’s key role in global shipping

EDITORIAL

Beyond Borders

Tight tonnage, shifting trade flows and a market in transition

Decks and Deals Weekly #44

A week of mild corrections across the dry bulk market

When the sea refuses to sit still: chaos as the hidden compass of modern shipping

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

Iran’s Mosaic Defence: why the U.S.-Israeli air campaign is hitting smoke

Mali in the grip of hybrid warfare

From Hormuz to Lamu: the fragile rise of African ports

Port of Piraeus: Record revenues, a shrinking core, and the questions nobody asked at Delphi

China’s western front: the Central Asia corridor that cannot wait

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

The Eastern Mediterranean’s new map: the corridors are slow, the claims are not

Thucydides’ Trap and why trade fuels U.S.–China rivalry

The repricing of American hegemony: who pays for dollar privilege

Thucydides’ Trap and why trade fuels U.S.–China rivalry

The repricing of American hegemony: who pays for dollar privilege

Shockwaves from the Gulf: Dr. Stavros Karamperidis on shipping disruption and the new energy risk

Interviewer Name

Interviewer Name

Oded Ailam: “Iran won’t surrender its missiles—and that’s why no deal will hold”

Dr. Mohamed Farid on the Middle East’s post-conflict moment and the new geometry of power

Plamen Tonchev on the U.S.–China power shift and the coming age of uncertainty

Trump–Xi summit: no news is big news — and why Thucydides was never the trapper

Sea routes to shape future power struggles, says Steve Bannon at Delphi Forum

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

The future has no flag: the U.S.–China rivalry beyond the hype

The United States’ U-turn on values, priorities, and ideology under Trump: can it be trusted?

Migration in the era of contested information

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