The latest confrontation between the United States and Iran has drawn global attention to a critical weakness in international trade: the dependence of the world economy on a small number of maritime
For years, Sri Lanka’s Hambantota port was the textbook example of what Western politicians called Chinese “debt-trap diplomacy” – the claim that Beijing lures poor countries into unpayable loans and then seizes
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by Our Diplomatic Affairs Editor “Is Sri Lanka trying to join a trade agreement, or a new economic system?” and “In a world of fragmented supply chains and regional blocs, what does
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According to local media in Colombo, the ambitious plan to establish South Asia’s largest commercial and logistics complex within the Port of Colombo has been officially cancelled, marking a significant reversal in
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The “Colombo Maritime Dialogue” convened yesterday (13 May) in Peliyagoda, bringing together diplomats, policy experts, and maritime scholars from across Asia to discuss evolving security and development dynamics in the Indian Ocean
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Iran has announced the creation of the “Persian Gulf Strait Authority,” a new regulatory body designed to oversee maritime passage through the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most critical shipping
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The fragile balance of global trade has come under renewed strain as the Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization, Arsenio Dominguez, issued a stark warning to the United Nations Security Council: the
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Forty years ago, a routine diving expedition off the remote Japanese island of Yonaguni turned into one of the most controversial archaeological debates in modern history. What diver Kihachiro Aratake discovered beneath
More The world’s top maritime authority has issued a stark warning over the worsening crisis in the Strait of Hormuz, declaring that no safe passage currently exists for vessels navigating the vital waterway.
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Sri Lanka is facing a new and potentially devastating crisis along its southern coastline after the sinking of the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena in early March 2026, an event that has sparked
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Tehran’s effective blockade of the Strait of Hormuz has left tens of thousands of mariners stranded on ships carrying millions of barrels of oil, navigating a war zone where drones, missiles, and
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