THE WEST ASIA CONFLICT AND ITS IMPACT ON MARITIME AFFAIRS: A GEOPOLITICAL AND BLUE ECONOMY ANALYSIS OF THE RED SEA, STRAIT OF HORMUZ, AND SUEZ CANAL
Abstract Ongoing geopolitical tensions in West Asia, particularly across the Strait of Hormuz, the Suez Canal, and the Red Sea, pose a systemic threat to global maritime stability. Through a systematic qualitative content analysis of institutional reports, geopolitical literature, and ocean economy studies, this paper...