Ash Oro @ashoro.co.uk · 16/06/20268/15 Over time, friction increases. External pressures grow. Political authority weakens. Commercial advantages shift. Alternative centres of influence emerge. Trade continues. But the system begins to work differently. 1121
Ash Oro @ashoro.co.uk · 16/06/20269/15 I think something similar happened during the post-Cold War era. Global trade became so efficient and reliable that many of us stopped noticing the machinery underneath it. Trade simply became normal. 1121
Ash Oro @ashoro.co.uk · 16/06/202610/15 Yet anyone who has worked at sea knows movement is not the default condition. Movement depends on political stability, legal certainty, functioning ports, predictable routes, commercial confidence and sufficient security all existing at the same time. 2142
