Explore the history behind the name “Hormuz” in the Strait of Hormuz. Learn its ancient origins, empires, trade routes, myths, and the evolution of its strategic importance. The Strait of […]

The modern global economy is built on petroleum not only as fuel, but also as chemistry. From jet fuel to plastic components, fertilizers to solvent bases, polyester to pharmaceuticals, the […]

As Arctic shipping expands due to melting sea ice and new trade corridors, fragile ecosystems face severe threats—from pollution and soot to underwater noise and invasive species. For most of […]

The Strait of Hormuz is the world’s most critical energy corridor. If it were shut down for one month due to a major regional war, the economic and political shockwaves […]

Three years into the Russia–Ukraine war, global trade flows, logistics corridors, fuel markets, shipping routes, grain supply, insurance, and supply chains have fundamentally changed. When Russia launched its full-scale invasion […]

Stretching from the shallow, coral-rich Persian Gulf to the deeper, nutrient-flowing Oman Sea, the region’s waters have supported human life for millennia. Fishing is not merely an industry here—it is […]

LONDON, (CAIS) — Is the Persian Gulf the Cradle of Civilisation or Just another pre-historic culture? Dr Jeffrey Rose, archaeologist and a Research Fellow at the Institute of Archaeology and Antiquity, […]

Seasonal and permanent rivers feeding the Persian Gulf and the Oman Sea (Mokran Sea) are drying. Declining freshwater flow raises salinity, harms fisheries, erodes coasts, and alters marine ecosystems. Unlike […]

From the 1991 Persian Gulf War oil spill to chronic tanker leaks and desalination brine, here are the 12 most damaging pollution events in the Persian Gulf’s fragile history. The […]

Tourism in the Persian Gulf and Oman Sea depends on maritime stability, safe waters, predictable geopolitics, intact ecosystems, and freedom of navigation across Hormuz.   The coastlines of the Persian […]