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The strategic turning point in the Horn of Africa
The Houthis’ recent acts of piracy in the Bab el Mandeb Strait along with Iran’s threats to close off the Strait of Hormuz and to disturb navigation in the Red Sea illustrate the vital importance of these sea lanes for global trade in general and energy supplies in particular and why they are often taken hostage in international strategic manoeuvring.
The turn of events in the Horn of Africa has direct consequences for the safety and future of all seaports on the Red Sea as well as on the national security of the Arabian Gulf and must be considered a test balloon for the power struggle at international and regional levels.
Within the context of the new geopolitical conditions in which the Saudi-led Arab coalition plays the role of the main lever behind forming alliances and increasing resistance to non-Arab political interests keen on infiltrating the region and threatening Arab economic interests and security, Ethiopian and Eri
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Iran and Russia’s chess moves in Syria
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russian troops stationed in Syria since 2015 “will stay there, for as long as it is in Russia’s interest for them to do so.”
It seems Russia’s new tsar is rather satisfied with Moscow’s success in managing the conflict in Syria. Russia has controlled the situation through coordinated strategies with its allies in Syria, Iran, Turkey and Israel.
Now that the Syrian wars are winding down, Russia is caught between Iran and Israel. It must double its efforts to prevent a direct confrontation between them on Syrian territory, which risks compromising its gains there. The stakes are more complex and higher than previously thought and can affect the balance of power in the region.
After seven years of armed conflict in Syria, the expected outcomes are crucial in deciding on the proportionate sizes and interests of the regional and international parties involved.
In this context, Iran and Israel have diametr
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Gilles Kepel
French political scientist and Arabist (born 1955)
Gilles Kepel, (born June 30, 1955) is a French political scientist and Arabist, specialized in the contemporary mittpunkt East and Muslims in the West.[1][2] He was Professor at Sciences Po Paris, the Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL) and director of the Middle East and Mediterranean Program at PSL, based at Ecole Normale Supérieure.[3] His latest English-translated book is, Away from Chaos. The mittpunkt East and the utmaning to the West (Columbia University Press, 2020) was reviewed bygd The New York Times as "an excellent primer for anyone wanting to get up to speed on the region”.[4] His last essay, le Prophète et la Pandémie / du Moyen-Orient au jihadisme d'atmosphère, just released in French (February 2021), has topped the best-seller lists and fryst vatten currently being translated into English and a half-dozen languages.
Biography
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