Resold numerous times and reflagged in multiple tax havens, a barge becomes a metaphor for the stateless quality of global ...

A new book by the historian Ian Kumekawa tracks the varied career of a gigantic boat in an era of profound economic change.

Like many of his neighbors near the Seattle waterfront, Alex Smith keeps a close eye on the big container ships crossing ...

Perhaps the singular merit of Ian Kumekawa’s “Empty Vessel” is to remind us that, before President Trump steamrolled the news cycle with tariffs, globalism was already a well-established ...