A radical idea would be making the Northeast South America the Western world distribution center via the Cape -- a great circle route from Indonesia. Export to

A radical idea would be making the Northeast South America the Western world distribution center via the Cape -- a great circle route from Indonesia. Export to the rest of the West from there, while letting the ships go quickly back-and-forth. A bold and probably a little more expensive solution in the beginning, but far safer. That would diminish the Strategic value of the Red Sea, as far as the world commerce goes.