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Maritime power shapes the world order – and is undergoing a sea change

Recent attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on commercial and military vessels in the Red Sea have rekindled concerns about maritime security.

US UK airstrikes risk strengthening Houthi rebels’ position in Yemen and the region

The U.S.- and U.K.-led airstrikes on the Houthi group in Yemen on January 11, 2024, targeting approximately 60 locations across 16 sites, mark a significant development in the Middle East conflict.

Somali piracy, once an unsolvable security threat, has almost completely stopped. Here’s why.

In 2011, pirates carried out 212 attacks in a vast area spanning Somali waters, the Indian Ocean, the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, actions that the World Bank said cost the world economy US$18..

As Australia strengthens its ties with the Philippines, it’s wading even further into the dangerous South China Sea

At the end of last week, 1,200 Australian troops took part in a joint military exercise in the Philippines with hundreds of Filipino and American forces. Their mission: simulating the retaking of an..

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Ukraine: Russia’s inability to dominate the sea has changed the course of the war

Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine just over a year ago, most of the fighting has been on land. However, there has also been a less visible – but nonetheless crucial – maritime dimension to the war..

Pipeline sabotage: how an attack happened and why EU was defenceless

Whatever caused the damage to the Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea, it appears to be the first major attack on critical “subsea” (underwater) infrastructure in Europe.

Ghana has developed a maritime policy. Here is what it means

Ghana has an abundance of marine resources. They include fisheries, hydrocarbon reserves, inland waterways and ports that are located along important international shipping lanes. These present the..

Ukraine war: as the conflict at sea intensifies, Russia’s prospects of victory look further off than ever

The Ukraine war is at a strategic turning point.

How illegal fishing off Cameroon’s coast worsens maritime security

In Cameroon there is growing awareness that there’s a direct relationship between illegal and unregulated activity in the fisheries sector, and maritime security in the waters off the country’s coast.

How illegal fishing off Cameroon’s coast worsens maritime security

In Cameroon there is growing awareness that there’s a direct relationship between illegal and unregulated activity in the fisheries sector, and maritime security in the waters off the country’s coast.

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Maritime power shapes the world order – and is undergoing a sea change

US UK airstrikes risk strengthening Houthi rebels’ position in Yemen and the region

Somali piracy, once an unsolvable security threat, has almost completely stopped. Here’s why.

As Australia strengthens its ties with the Philippines, it’s wading even further into the dangerous South China Sea

Ukraine: Russia’s inability to dominate the sea has changed the course of the war

Pipeline sabotage: how an attack happened and why EU was defenceless

Ghana has developed a maritime policy. Here is what it means

Ukraine war: as the conflict at sea intensifies, Russia’s prospects of victory look further off than ever

How illegal fishing off Cameroon’s coast worsens maritime security

How illegal fishing off Cameroon’s coast worsens maritime security

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