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Geopolitical conflicts have a habit of affecting important sea chokepoints and disrupting global trade routes. Recent developments have made the consequences of this painfully real. During Israel’s war against Hamas, the Suez Canal was a dangerous ground for trade ships for a prolonged period of time, disrupting trade flows and economic growth worldwide.

Albertans are heading to the polls in October to express their opinion on whether they should remain a member state of the Canadian Federation. Meanwhile, U.S. President Donald Trump has launched a trade war against Canada and is showing maps of the country with an American flag draped over it.

In April, in an interview with The Telegraph, US President Donald Trump said he is strongly considering pulling out of NATO and called his allies cowards. On his social media platform Truth Social, he criticized European allies for refusing to support America’s Operation Epic Fury, saying: “NATO WASN’T THERE WHEN WE NEEDED THEM”. He described French reluctance as “VERY UNHELPFUL,” and accused Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni, one of his closes allies, of  lacking courage.