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Market

The dry bulk rally is no longer just about iron ore

Stronger freight earnings, diversified commodity demand and rising vessel utilisation have pushed dry bulk asset values sharply higher, reinforcing buyer confidence and supporting secondhand prices across virtually all vessel segments

23/06/2026

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Market

Calm before the storm: dry bulk market holds its breath

22/06/2026

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Market

Atlantic muscle, Pacific nerves: the dry bulk market finds its centre of gravity

22/06/2026

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Maritime Industry

Decks and Deals Weekly #46

21/06/2026

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The Sunni security alignment nobody planned, and the bloc taking shape

19/06/2026

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

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

White Volkswagen T-Roc SUVs drive down the loading ramp of the Grande Auckland car carrier, operated by Grimaldi Lines, at the Port of Lamu in Kenya, with port workers in high-visibility vests directing the offloading operation

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

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

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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

Studio portrait of Professor Wang Dong wearing a dark blue suit and tie against a black background, looking directly at the camera with a composed and professional expression

From strategic competition to strategic stability: Wang Dong on China’s emerging global vision

20/06/2026

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

GeoTrends Analysis

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When these wars end…

03/06/2026

The wars in Ukraine and the Middle East are accelerating a historic redistribution of power, ensuring that the world emerging from these conflicts will look nothing like the one we know today

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Sea lanes are driving India closer to the United States

21/06/2026

As competition in the Indo-Pacific intensifies, maritime security, trade routes and China’s growing influence are pushing India steadily closer to the United States

Beyond Borders

Miniature merchant vessels positioned across a large wooden table in a dimly lit strategic setting, with one vessel appearing recently moved, creating a sense of decision-making, uncertainty and competitive interaction

The freight market is not a market. It is a game

Iakovos (Jack) Archontakis 17/06/2026

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When defense replaces vision: the Türkiye–EU dilemma

Bilgehan Uçak 30/05/2026

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

Sotiris Mitralexis 19/05/2026

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

Dimitris B. Peponis 12/05/2026