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?

How inappropriate to call this Planet "Earth" when it is clearly "Ocean" ~Arthur C. Clarke Arthur Clarke reminded us of the vastness of...