The echoes of the Gaza conflict still reverberate across the Eastern Mediterranean, a region long scarred by shifting alliances and maritime rivalries. Yet, amid the fatigue of endless diplomacy and the debris of war, a new idea is quietly taking shape—one that looks to the sea, not the battlefield, for stability.

At the Indo-Pacific Regional Dialogue 2025 held in New Delhi this week, Rear Admiral (Prof) Shaul Chorev (Retd) of the Israeli Navy presented what he called the “blueing” of Israel’s economy—a comprehensive strategy to weave maritime cooperation, renewable energy, and sustainable trade into the region’s post-conflict recovery fabric. His proposal, though technical on the surface, carries profound geopolitical implications: could maritime interdependence succeed where conventiona

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