Alongside: Future Thinking - Season One

In this episode of Future Thinking, we look at the state of the world at the start of 2024 and look ahead to some of the key geopolitical events of the next 12 months. Mike Salthouse is joined by Dr Dominick Donald, Director at Autolycus Advisory. He is a geopolitical advisor and analyst with 25 years’ experience in business intelligence, diplomacy, media and academia. 

In this episode of Future Thinking, we look at the crisis in the Red Sea. John Thompson from Ambrey, a provider of maritime security, discusses with Mike Salthouse how the attacks in the Red Sea have impacted the sector and what the medium and long term impact could be.

In this episode of the Alongside: Future Thinking mini-series from NorthStandard, Mike Salthouse is joined by David Peyman, who serves as counsel to the world’s largest maritime, financial, energy, pharmaceutical, and public sector actors. David served in the Trump Administration as the State Department’s economic sanctions and AML/CTF chief between 2018 and 2020, and was responsible for managing 25 sanctions programs including Iran, Russia, China and Venezuela.  Mike and David discuss what a second Trump term might look like for the shipping industry.

In this episode of Future Thinking, Mike Salthouse is joined by Olga Dimitrescu, Head of Engagement, Oil Price Cap, at the UK Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI), HM Treasury. They discuss the objectives of the Oil Price Cap, its achievements so far and implications for the shipping industry. They also talk about changes to the attestation process planned to take effect on February 19 2024.

In this episode of Future Thinking, Mike Salthouse is joined by Brendan Moore, CEO of SynMax, a Houston-based satellite analytics and intelligence company to discuss the issue of sanctions avoidance and how the Parallel Fleet breaks sanctions by avoiding detection. They review how sanctions breakers manipulate the vessel’s AIS signal, and consider how these practices might be countered.