China's Diplomatic Engagement and the Stakes of the Ethiopia-Eritrea Impasse
On April 10, China's Special Envoy to the Horn of...
Egypt, Iran, and the Politics of Neutrality
Egypt’s stategy in today’s Middle Eastern tensions is not neutrality...
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...
The Red Sea–Sahel Axis: Managing Africa’s New Transcontinental Security Spine
A contiguous transcontinental security-economic system now stretches from the Red...