By Rear Admiral Sudarshan Shrikhande, Indian Navy (Retired)*
At the time of writing (March 2026), the soothsayer’s twice-spoken warning in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar — “Beware the ides of March!” — seems especially apt. In light of the ongoing conflict in West Asia and growing concern around the Persian Gulf, the big worries are about the passage of trade through the Strait of Hormuz and perhaps in the Red Sea and the global effects of all this disruption. (From: The US Naval Institute News.)
