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Suez Canal.
Sending a message to the US and West
Iran has always protected security of the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz, and in recent years it has out high on its agenda presence in the high seas as one of the factors of naval power and defense of strategic interests in international wat ...
Suez Canal to the Persian Gulf and Asia plummeted.
In 2023, Tel Aviv conducted airstrikes in Sana'a in response to Ansarullah's attacks. According to some reports, Israel has shared security intelligence on Yemeni activities with the UAE, a collaboration that tightened after Emirati facilit ...
Suez Canal traffic.
Despite US-led military responses, Yemen retained most of its capabilities and effectively imposed a “strategic veto” over Red Sea transit. The episode signaled a structural shift in maritime power: control of the seas can now be challenged by smaller actors using as ...
Suez Canal.
Conclusion: Somalian crisis going securitized
Somalia’s defense agreements with Qatar and Saudi Arabia should be seen as part of the broader securitization of the country's partition crisis. The more credible Israel's potential presence in Somaliland becomes, the mo ...
Suez Canal decades ago.
This legislation, in addition to punishing aggressors and the regional Arab states that, according to Iranian officials, violated historic neighborly relations and the principle of good‑faith coexistence, first by hosting US bases and troops, second by providing their territ ...
Suez Canal can be seen as a direct response to these strategic shifts.
A similar dynamic is unfolding at the Strait of Hormuz. Recent conflicts have underscored Iran’s actual control over this crucial waterway. The combined dominance over both the Bab-el-Mandeb and Hormuz straits is seen as a ...
Suez Canal multiplied several times over, bringing with it a host of new risks.
It was a natural response to avoid getting trapped in the strait. But it soon became clear that none of these alternative routes could truly replace it. Under these circumstances, Saudi Arabia decided to activate its ba ...
Suez Canal and the European markets. So, the simultaneity of the pressure on these two chokepoints has left the US and its allies face to face with an unprecedented equation that will increase exponentially the economic costs of any confrontation with the Axis of Resistance.
In such a scenari ...
Suez Canal.
Meanwhile, the Southern Corridor, part of China’s Road and Belt Initiative (RBI) traverses Central Asia, cuts through Iran, and pushes on via Turkey into Europe. Their intersection has recast Iran from a mere energy exporter into a transit linchpin of strategic consequence for bot ...
Suez Canal and the Cape of Good Hope, a reroute that would add weeks to shipping times and enormous costs to the final price of oil.
Signs that this threat is materializing are gradually emerging. At least seven ships bound for Saudi ports have reversed course or turned back in recent days. Two tan ...