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Elisabeth BrawForeign Policy |
On the morning of Sunday, Nov. 17, an undersea cable connecting Sweden and Lithuania suddenly stopped working. Less than 24 hours later, the only...
Russia—and China—had seemed to benefit from the Houthis’ attacks on shipping in the Red Sea because the militia spared their ships. But it turns...
How do you solve a problem like the Houthis? The U.S. Navy has certainly tried. It’s fired missiles at the militia’s facilities in Yemen. Together...
How times have changed. A few short years ago, Germany shied away from any mention of business in connection with geopolitics. Now, the country, which...
On March 2, she was gone. The Belize-flagged, British-owned bulk carrier Rubymar sank in the narrow water lane between the coasts of Yemen and...
Understanding the conflict two years on. More on this topic You’ve heard plenty about Russia’s territorial expansion. But the Russians aren’t...
Understanding the conflict two years on. More on this topic Back in the early 2000s, when war in the West seemed unlikely, corporations, investors,...
U.S. President Joe Biden has taken steps to avenge the deaths of William Rivers, Kennedy Sanders, and Breonna Moffett, the three U.S. service members...
Whatever his personal flaws, Elon Musk has been a masterful business builder. Tesla and SpaceX are two of the more successful companies the South...
Yemen’s Houthi rebels—once a relatively obscure group—are suddenly dominating the Red Sea and threatening global trade, and Britain’s Royal...
2024 was only a few hours old when Iran dispatched a warship, the frigate Alborz, to the Red Sea. Its arrival was yet more bad news for shipping,...
So risky has the Red Sea become since Houthi militants started their attacks on shipping that, since late November, over 350 container ships—plus...
The year's best stories Oxford University Press’s word of 2023 was “rizz,” which the publisher defines as “someone’s ability to attract...
When the Houthis attacked the Israeli-linked merchant vessel Galaxy Leader on Nov. 19, it was clear that shipping had entered a new and dangerous...
On Dec. 9, China Coast Guard vessels fired water cannons at Philippine supply ships in the Scarborough Shoal, where the Philippine ships had arrived...
We’re used to Russian disinformation targeting, say, Volodymyr Zelensky or U.S. presidential elections. But smear campaigns of uncertain provenance...