Why China presents a bigger risk to freedom of navigation than the Houthis
- Houthi control of Red Sea raises important questions about who now has the power to assert freedom of navigation
- China’s sustained legal and diplomatic assault on Unclos is eroding the rules-based order
- Russia is aping China’s tactics, political moves are undermining established norms
- The principles that enable global trade are under more pressure than at any time since the end of the Second World War
Geopolitical tensions are deepening and global maritime trade is being caught in the crossfire, both literally and figuratively. Freedom of navigation is under attack