The oceans connect our world, carrying global trade, resources, and energy across continents. Yet beneath the waves, a new era of competition is emerging. As maritime routes become strategic assets and critical resources reshape global priorities, can the oceans remain a shared global commons, or are they becoming the next great arena of geopolitical rivalry?

#DIDYOUKNOW? About 71 percent of the Earth's surface is covered with water, and the oceans hold about 96.5 percent of all Earth's water....

Fifty years ago, little would the UNGA led UN Environment Conference in Stockholm, Sweden envisage what would be the current magnitude of...