Global Scans · Life Below Water · Weekly Summary

In September 2015, 193 world leaders agreed to 17 Global Goals for Sustainable Development. If these Goals are completed, it would mean an end to extreme poverty, inequality and climate change by 2030.
Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development.

• [New] The PRC could leverage Pakistan's reliance on its arms industry to exact concessions from Pakistan to aid its regional posture in the Indian Ocean. American Enterprise Institute - AEI
• [New] The PRC could use Pakistan's reliance on its military relationship with the PRC to support power projection efforts in the Indian Ocean. American Enterprise Institute - AEI
• [New] Ongoing tensions in key chokepoints like the Red Sea and Panama Canal could reroute traffic, lengthening voyages and raising insurance costs. S.A.I.L.
• [New] Global land and sea temperatures are forecast to be above normal nearly everywhere. Through my Asian lens
• [New] Additional risks come from ongoing attacks by Iranian-backed Houthi forces near the Bab el-Mandeb strait, a critical chokepoint for vessels leaving the Red Sea and traveling around the Horn of Africa. Yahoo News
• [New] India plans to convert Prosopis juliflora, among the world's top 100 invasive species, into green methanol for marine fuel, linking ecological control with clean energy. UnderStand UPSC
• [New] Non-state actors have reshaped risk calculations: Houthis' attacks in the Red Sea have forced shipping companies to reroute around the Cape of Good Hope. Al Jazeera
• [New] The Marine Corps is accelerating integration of electrically silent, payload-reconfigurable unmanned ground vehicles into its Force Design 2030 distributed littoral combat architecture, potentially reducing manned exposure in high-drone-threat Pacific scenarios. Drone Warfare

Last updated: 10 May 2026