Dan Marks

Dr Sidharth Kaushal and Dan Marks 10 Minute Read The efforts by the US and Iran to interfere with the flow of oil and gas from the Gulf mirror each other in their intent to affect any final settlement. The US blockade of the Strait of Hormuz has entered its third week. The US Navy has compelled 38 vessels linked to Iran to divert and boarded Iranian vessels both in the region and further afield in the Indian Ocean.

The maturation of Chinese and US strategies to control strategic minerals supply chains echo Cold War structures. Fresh EU and UK plans are already behind the times. The Cold War was a period of intense systemic competition between the US (and its allies) and the USSR. Competition was holistic, spanning geographies and sectors, and profoundly affected countries drawn into the orbit of these superpowers.

Rachel Ellehuus, Cathy Haenlein, Dr Louise Marie Hurel, Dan Marks and Jennifer Scotland 9 Minute Read Our experts comment on the US attacks on Venezuela and arrest of President Nicolás Maduro. Any consequent instability in Venezuela could have a spill-over effect in the region that would affect European interests in the Latin America . . .