Wars and territorial disputes are rewriting the rules of global shipping.
Wars and territorial disputes are rewriting the rules of global shipping.
From the Strait of Hormuz to the Panama Canal and from the Red Sea to the Black Sea, threats to maritime traffic are increasing.
Is shipping becoming the new global battlefield? And why are decades-old laws governing the ocean failing?
Presenter: James Baze
Guest:
Rockford Weitz – Director of the Fletcher Studies Program at Tufts University
George Theocharidis – Professor of Maritime Law and Policy at the World Maritime University
Stavros Karamparidis – Associate Professor in Marine Economics at the University of Plymouth
Published on 2 May 2026
