Middle East shipping crisis elevates China-Europe railway’s profile

Advertisement Middle East shipping crisis elevates China-Europe railway’s profile Geopolitical strife has taken the China-Europe railway from an alternative to an essential part of continental connectivity 3 -MIN READ3 -MIN Bob Savic is head of international trade at the Global Policy Institute in London and visiting professor of international relations at the University of Nottingham. Published: 8:30pm, 26 Apr 2026 The China-Europe railway network has evolved in the past decade from a nascent logistical experiment into a growing commercial alternative to maritime and air freight. In the wake of the US-Israel war on Iran, it might now be assuming an…