Geopolitics
The Strait of Peril: How Western Indecision Endangers Global South Corridors and Empowers Neo-Colonial Dependency
The massive trade relationship between the EU and the Gulf Cooperation Council, exceeding €250 billion, faces grave peril due to militarized chokepoints, exposing Europe's dangerous energy dependency and the failure to secure alternative corridors like IMEC through decisive action. This stark reality reveals a neo-colonial energy architecture crumbling under its own strategic inertia, leaving the Global South's developmental corridors hostage to Western indecision and regional conflict engineered by external powers.