Israel- Palestine Conflict: A Supply Chain Disruption Growing after Russia- Ukraine War and Covid-19 Pandemic

Even though the world is greatly interconnected through various routes of the supply chain, which is made easy by internet technologies such as 4G and 5G, the global supply chain has been significantly disrupted in the last five years due to various causes such as the Covid-19 pandemic, Russia- Ukraine war and now due to the Israel-Palestine conflict. These supply chain disruptions adversely affected the shipping and maritime industries and also the economies of various countries not involved in such conflicts. In this research, a critical review of literature has been carried out, and authors have reviewed and analyzed the supply chain disruptions that occurred globally due to the Israel- Palestine conflict and Houthis’ invasion of the Red Sea; evaluated the impact of supply chain disruptions on various industries and their economies far away from conflict regions; also provided the strategies to minimize the risk associated with supply chain disruptions. The author has observed global supply chain crises and PDS disruption due to these geopolitical tensions. The authors have also framed policy suggestions for reducing supply chain disruptions due to geopolitical conflicts based on the data observed in various literature.