Bab el-Mandeb
Bin Salman Should Realize That the Key to Security in Saudi Arabia Rests in Riyadh and in His Strategies
Southerners Are Seeking to Dissolve a Union That Has Failed for More than Three Decades
Erdoğan Won’t Test Turkey’s Military Prowess Because Its Army Is an Empty Shell and Its Navy Is in Worse Shape
The Houthis Have Announced a Maritime Blockade Against Saudi Arabia and Attacked Saudi-Linked Oil Tankers
Bin Salman Has Prioritized His Own Rivalry with the United Arab Emirates Above Strategic Stability
Asmara Employs a Highly Militarized Conception of Regional Security and Regularly Projects Force Beyond Its Borders
Watch for Talk of Naval Rotations Through the Port and Emirati Moves to Expand Energy and Export Infrastructure
Yanbu May Relieve Immediate Pressure, but It Does Not Remove Geopolitical Risks for Saudi Arabia
The Houthis’ Leader Has Warned That ‘Any Israeli Presence in Somaliland’ Will Become a Military Target for the Militant Group
Once States Disrupt a Major Maritime Chokepoint, Adjacent Corridors Absorb Both Traffic and Strategic Attention
Escalation Along the Tihama Coast Is Part of a Coordinated Political-Military Strategy, Not Merely a Local Tactical Maneuver