Geopolitics
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Pentagon Launches Maritime Security Effort Amid De-Escalation with Iran
August 29: Defense Secretary Mark Esper told reporters Aug. 28 he’s not ready to say that recent US-Iran tensions have subsided, but that the Pentagon is holding out hope for […]
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U.S. Imposes Sanctions on Wandering Iranian Oil Tanker
August 30: The Treasury Department on Friday imposed sanctions on an Iranian oil tanker at the center of a power struggle between the United States and Iran, a move that […]
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Iran Now Using Warships to Escort Their Commercial Ships
August 26: Iran just deployed its most advanced warship — a missile-equipped naval destroyer — to the Gulf of Aden on Monday to protect its ships. The destroyer Sahand, equipped […]
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Russia Fires Nuclear-Capable Missile from North Pole
August 25: Early on Saturday morning the peace and tranquility of the Arctic, hundreds of miles from the nearest signs of human activity, was shattered. A Russian submarine punched through […]
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British Navy Says 3rd Warship Sailing to Persian Gulf
August 24: Britain says a third Royal Navy vessel is heading to the Persian Gulf to protect merchant shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. The navy says the air-defence destroyer Defender, […]
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Qatar To Build New Port In Somalia’s Hobyo, Near Bab-el-Mandeb Strait
August 20: Qatar plans to build a new seaport at Somalia’s Hobyo, a potentially strategic investment in an area of East Africa fiercely contested by Gulf rivals. Hobyo, in the central region […]
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Japan Says North Korea Developing Warheads to Penetrate Missile Defenses
August 27: Pyongyang appears to be developing warheads to penetrate a ballistic missile shield defending Japan, the country’s defense chief said on Tuesday, pointing to the irregular trajectories of the […]
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Released Iranian Tanker Switches Destination to Turkey
August 24: The Iranian tanker ‘Adrian Darya’, formerly known as ‘Grace 1’,which has attracted media attention for being at the centre of a confrontation between Washington and Tehran over the […]
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Sri Lanka Offers to Set Up Regional Maritime Information Fusion Center
August 18: In the first meeting of Indian Ocean Region Association (IORA) Maritime Safety and Security (MSS) Working Group chaired by Sri Lanka and held in Colombo on August 8 and […]
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Stena Impero Owner Meets with Iran to Urge Release of UK-Flagged Ship
August 21: The owner of a British-flagged tanker detained in Iran has met the country’s foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, to make the case for the ship and its crew […]
