Nightly Nuance - March 29, 2021

Hello, my friends. I emerged from a writing weekend with Sarah a little uninterested in the story of the Ever Given being stuck in the Suez Canal. My main reaction was "I get it. Big boat. Narrow waterway." 

But the history of the Canal, its location in the world, and the impacts of American consumerism on worldwide shipping caught my attention. Let's spend a few minutes discussing. 

Thanks for being here, as always. Your support for our work makes everything we do possible. 

P.S. I'm starting to plan my next 3-part Nightly Nuance series. Let me know in the comments if you have a topic request. 

Articles I found helpful: 

CNBC 

CNN 

BBC

Bloomberg (this is an opinion piece by John Bolton, who has a perspective, obvi. But I think his perspective on matters of foreign policy are usually worth hearing out, even when I strongly disagree. And I felt the sentence "New political risks have come on little cat feet") 

History.com on the 1956 Suez Crisis  

The Guardian on the Suez Crisis as the end of the British empire (also quite the turn of phrase here--the British Invasion of Egypt as the "last fling of the imperial dice")  

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.