Brunel built the world’s largest ship for a market that could not sustain it. Six years after its commercial failure, the “Great Eastern” found its purpose connecting continents by cable
The new architecture of maritime illegality: 1,942 shadow-fleet tankers and gas carriers, 57% of sanctioned tonnage with false or unknown flags, and continuous registry changes undermining enforcement, safety, insurance and environmental protection
Economic interdependence was supposed to restrain geopolitical rivalry. Instead, power is reshaping globalization, turning trade, technology, infrastructure, and supply chains into instruments of strategic competition
