16+ hour, 5+ min ago  (747+ words) The Iran conflict has sent oil prices higher " and has stripped bare a long-ignored vulnerability in South Korea's energy system. While the headlines focus on Middle Eastern tankers, the crisis reveals that this is not merely a supply problem dictated…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago  (1108+ words) On March 25, during a massive drone attack in the Leningrad region, the Ukrainian General Staff announced that its "joint forces" had'damaged the Vyborg Shipbuilding installation. Whoever carried it out and how, the attaack's success was a huge disaster for the…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (992+ words) The scene inside Garuda Indonesia's hangars at the end of 2025 was one of stark contradiction. On paper, the airline has just secured a massive capital injection of 23.7 trillion rupiah (roughly US$1.4 billion) from Danantara, the state investment vehicle. In reality,…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (857+ words) Following the US-Israel strikes on Iran on February 28, major airlines canceled numerous flights to and from Middle Eastern countries, leaving many travelers stranded. This sparked a race between Beijing and Taipei to evacuate Taiwanese travelers from the region. On March…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (1215+ words) Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan, a naval strategist and historian, once said: "Whoever rules the waves rules the world." Mahan believed that national greatness was inextricably linked to the sea. The American naval strategist argued that control of sea lanes creates…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (714+ words) This month, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported that China's military has tested a new shipborne uncrewed helicopter that analysts say could expand the People's Liberation Army Navy's (PLAN) operational reach in contested waters such as the South China…...

3+ week, 9+ hour ago  (961+ words) Events in the Middle East during February and March 2026 again disrupted the flows of shipping trade to the eastern and western spheres of the international system. Given that the global economy is maritime based and rests on secure and predictable…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (1016+ words) A US submarine sank the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena off the southern coast of Sri Lanka on Wednesday, killing 87 people. The submarine struck the ship with a torpedo, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said, resulting in "quiet death. The event…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (953+ words) China's first Type 09V nuclear attack submarine (SSN) surfacing at Bohai isn't just a new hull in the water'it may be its boldest bid yet to break out of the First Island Chain and rewrite the undersea balance in the Western…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1097+ words) China's low-key rollout of an underwater commando craft in Saudi Arabia highlights how it is linking special operations warfare with a global arms-sales push. This month, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported that China's state-owned shipbuilder China State Shipbuilding…...