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This Is Not A Drill with Gavin Esler

Dangerous Waters – How the world shipping system became a new battleground

This Is Not A Drill with Gavin Esler

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News, Society & Culture, Politics

4.91.6K Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2024

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Houthi attacks on shipping have thrown global supply lines into turmoil, and led 20 countries to intervene militarily. But the Red Sea logistics crisis is just the latest in series of shocks to the world trade system, from the Pandemic to Ukraine and beyond. What does it mean when any pirate with a missile and a TikTok account can hold domestic supplies to ransom? And who wants to take advantage? Emma Beals speaks to Elisabeth Braw – senior fellow with the Atlantic Council's Transatlantic Security Initiative – and Bruce Jones, senior fellow at the Brookings Institute, to discover the new conflict on the High Seas. Support This Is Not A Drill on Patreon to get early episodes, merchandise and more. Written and presented by Emma Beals. Produced by Robin Leeburn. Original theme music by Paul Hartnoll – https://www.orbitalofficial.com. Executive Producer Martin Bojtos. Group Editor Andrew Harrison. This Is Not A Drill is a Podmasters production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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and may be subject to change. Attacks on ships in the Red Sea by the Yemeni-Huthi militia have upended global trade routes.

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With nearly 30% of global container shipping passing through the sewers

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canal, the attacks have seen major disruption in rerouting. The response has been the deployment

1:29.3

of Operation Prosperity Guardian, a more than 20 country military campaign designed to degrade

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the Hooty's offensive capabilities in an effort to stop the attacks and reopen the

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shipping route. Over recent months the Hooty militia have repeatedly attacked commercial ships in the Red Sea, risking

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innocent lives and causing huge economic disruption.

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