In the same week, the UN Security Council discussed tech risks to shipping, Greece's prime minister called for a global truce at sea, and India's defence minister spoke about maritime security at an ASEAN meeting in the Philippines.
This week's defense-industry news, from NATO picking five companies to build anti-drone systems to Greece buying a €3.5 billion Israeli air-defense system, Israel warning its own weapon stocks are running low, and Britain and Japan struggling to expand their arms production, all show the same problem.
The European Union is preparing its biggest single sanctions move yet: blacklisting more than 1,600 companies accused of helping Russia's war effort, a 50 percent jump in the number of firms already under EU sanctions.
The European Union is thinking about changing how it punishes Russia over the war in Ukraine.
The package advanced only after Greece dropped its veto in exchange for keeping its tankers in the Russian LNG trade to non-EU buyers. Here is who agreed, how the unanimity rule forced the concession, and what actually binds.