Florida Conservative

The next maritime crisis will not wait for Washington to create an insurance portal, identify eligible ships, find escorts, negotiate policy language and determine which cargo should move first.

Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro told lawmakers that Manila intends to expand military drone capabilities, improve secure communications and acquire additional guided-missile corvettes.

The Strait of Hormuz remains legally open but commercially constricted. This week, Iran moved beyond threatening ships in general and began identifying specific vessels it claims violated Iranian transit rules—an effort to transform temporary wartime coercion into a lasting system of permissions, penalties and selective access.

A distributed coalition is inherently more fragile than a unified command. Differences in rules of engagement, political red lines, and operational tempo can create hesitation at precisely the moments when clarity is required.

The IMO’s climate agenda will reshape global shipping—but not equally. While the West embraces sweeping environmental reforms, China is exec