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Jasper Verschuur

Assistant Professor, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands

Dr Jasper Verschuur is Assistant Professor of Engineering Systems and Climate Security at the Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management and the Climate Safety & Security Centre (CaSS) at Delft University of Technology at The Hague, where he leads the Human Security and Liveable Environment Flagship. He is also an honorary research associate at the Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford. HIs main research interests include quantifying global system interactions of infrastructure, trade and supply chain networks and the risks posed to these networks from climate-related extremes or other disasters.

Articles by Jasper Verschuur

Economy

From Malacca to Taiwan: China’s chokepoint problem

Asia’s trade flows through a handful of narrow straits. From Malacca to Taiwan, rising geopolitical tensions and security risks are exposing China’s deep dependence on fragile maritime chokepoints, says academic Jasper Verschuur.

Jasper Verschuur

05 May 2026

Economy

Red Sea shipping chaos puts strain on Chinese exports

Academic Jasper Verschuur points out that the trade route disruptions caused by the Houthi attacks in the Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandab Strait are having a devastating impact on major shipping countries, not least China.

Jasper Verschuur

24 Jan 2024

Economy

China's port dominance puts damper on global supply chain fragmentation

While talk of supply chain fragmentation and "friendshoring" has picked up pace amid heightened US-China tensions, Jasper Verschuur points out that the speed and breadth with which supply chain fragmentation might occur, particularly in Asia, is constrained by the ability of the maritime and port system to adapt. In that respect, China's dominance is hard to weaken.

Jasper Verschuur

03 May 2023