The African Side of the Red Sea in a New Era of Wars of Straits and Corridors
As we live in a messier international situation, we see...
‘Tasis Alliance’ Shift from State Capture to State Replacement in Sudan
Many analyses of the Sudanese conflict typically focus on the...
Said Barre’s Clan-Based Authoritarianism and the Current Federal-Member State Tensions
Throughout much of Somalia’s post independence history a persistent tension...
Sudan's Southern Fault Line: Re-Islamization, Secular Defections, and the Rise of a Peripheral Republic
In April 2026, Major General Hassan Adam al-Hassan, the second-in-command...
The Political Paradox of Maritime Security in the Horn of Africa: Phantom Ports and the Erosion of Local Agency
Global stakeholders keep praising the securitization of the seas, pointing...
Bab el-Mandeb: The Next Global Flashpoint
With the Strait of Hormuz effectively closed amid rising tensions...