In the context of Middle East conflicts, the countries that are generally included are:
Israel, Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and Egypt.
The European Union joins international efforts to contain the Houthis in Yemen. The Council launched the ASPIDES operation to restore and safeguard freedom of navigation in the Red Sea and the Gulf. ASPIDES will be part of…
Yemen’s Houthi rebels have hijacked the Galaxy Leader, an Israeli-linked ship in the Red Sea and took 25 crew members hostage on Sunday (no Israeli citizens among them). The ownership structures in the maritime sector…
Eritrea’s Mao-reading president used to seem like a relic. Now Issaias Afwerki is on a roll. Eritrea is emerging as the unlikely powerbroker in the Horn of Africa. More prominent leaders are courting him. In…
The string of coups at the West of Africa may direct the world’s attention to Niger and Gabon, but the real action is to be expected in East Africa. Stretching from the Suez Canal up…
After months of deliberations, six new nations have become the new members of the bloc including Iran, Saudi Arabia, Argentina, Ethiopia, Egypt and UAE – this was announced by the host Cyril Ramaphosa in the…
A UN-led operation to remove over one million barrels of crude oil from a rusting supertanker, the FSO Safer, off Yemen safely concluded on Friday, preventing the immediate threat of a massive spill in the…
Ethiopia’s lack of a port has been a major obstacle to its economic development. Ethiopia currently relies on the ports of Djibouti and Somaliland to import and export goods. However, these ports are expensive to…
The maritime objectives of Saudi Arabia and the UAE have played a key role in determining the war’s direction, with control over Yemen’s ports a major driver of the military and diplomatic strategies of all…
As the United States pursues its peace process for Yemen, Washington still ignores a consistently overlooked threat to stability in the country: the role of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). 9 June 2021, by Jonathan Fenton-Harvey…
The Maplecroft Human Security Index (HSI) – which encompasses issues such as arbitrary arrest and detention, extrajudicial killings, kidnapping, torture, and human rights abuses perpetrated by security forces – measures the risk posed to business…
(Pakistan Journal of Social Research) China’s Belt and Road Initiative and security architecture of Indian Ocean region. The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) seeks to facilitate and cultivate China’s peaceful rise. According to China’s position…
The 34-nation task force headquartered at the US naval base in Bahrain was formed to counter terrorism and piracy in the Red Sea and Gulf areas. Abu Dhabi wants more action from Washington to protect…
