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A Ukrainian border guard in a camouflaged uniform faces a yellow and white Ukrzaliznytsia diesel train and a red Polish SKPL transport company train on two sets of railroad tracks in Rava-Ruska, Ukraine.
A Ukrainian border guard in a camouflaged uniform faces a yellow and white Ukrzaliznytsia diesel train and a red Polish SKPL transport company train on two sets of railroad tracks in Rava-Ruska, Ukraine.

Ukraine Lays Its Tracks to Europe

By expanding its railways, Kyiv hopes to tie its fate to the rest of the continent.

Deep Dive
Maxim Edwards, Kristina Berdynskykh
A new floating production, storage, and offloading vessel is under construction at a shipyard in Nantong, China, on April 17, 2023.
A new floating production, storage, and offloading vessel is under construction at a shipyard in Nantong, China, on April 17, 2023.

Forget About Chips—China Is Coming for Ships

Beijing’s grab for hegemony in a critical sector follows a familiar playbook.

Analysis
Agathe Demarais
A picture taken during an organized tour by Yemen's Houthi rebels shows the Galaxy cargo ship, seized by Houthi fighters, docked in a port on the Red Sea in the Yemeni province of Hodeida, on Nov. 22, 2023.
A picture taken during an organized tour by Yemen's Houthi rebels shows the Galaxy cargo ship, seized by Houthi fighters, docked in a port on the Red Sea in the Yemeni province of Hodeida, on Nov. 22, 2023.

Has the United States Given Up on Protecting Global Trade?

The Biden administration has been curiously silent on the gravest threat in the Middle East: attacks on global shipping.

It's Debatable
Emma Ashford, Matthew Kroenig
In a photo released by the Houthi military on Nov. 20, a Houthi helicopter flies over the Galaxy Leader cargo ship in the Red Sea.
In a photo released by the Houthi military on Nov. 20, a Houthi helicopter flies over the Galaxy Leader cargo ship in the Red Sea.

The Red Sea Crisis, Explained

A wave of Houthi missile attacks has spooked shipping companies and energy markets.

Explainer
Christina Lu
Five Azerbaijani soldiers in uniforms with guns and helmets stand guard as a car passes through the Lachin border station, leaving Karabakh to Armenia. A road stretches in front of the car with hilly terraced terrain in the distance.
Five Azerbaijani soldiers in uniforms with guns and helmets stand guard as a car passes through the Lachin border station, leaving Karabakh to Armenia. A road stretches in front of the car with hilly terraced terrain in the distance.

Azerbaijan’s Armenian ‘Corridor’ Is a Challenge to the Global Rules-Based Order

Revisionist autocracies are coordinating greater control of the Eurasian continent.

Argument
Anna Ohanyan
A ship is seen docked at Israel’s southern Ashdod Port on May 31, 2010.
A ship is seen docked at Israel’s southern Ashdod Port on May 31, 2010.

The War With Hamas Could Threaten Israel’s Imports

If shipping companies decide Israeli ports are too risky, the country could soon find itself running out of food.

Analysis
Elisabeth Braw
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