A World at War Is Fusing at Sea
Ukraine's strikes on Iranian shipping in the Caspian Sea show how separate wars are fusing through the maritime commons, and why command of the sea must now be re-earned on water that carries everyone's war.
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Analysis of power, alliances, and international order.
The Gated Seas: When Open Water Stops Being Open
How politically conditioned access to the world's maritime chokepoints is replacing open transit, and what the long history of sea power says about whether the seas can be re-gated.
The Geography of Endurance: Why Maritime Coalitions Outlast Land Empires
Why maritime coalitions systematically outlast continental autocracies over the long economic and military horizon, through Sarah Paine's lens of sea power versus land power.
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