When Saudi Arabia formed a coalition of states in July, in reaction to a blockade imposed by the Houthis in Yemen on its ...

Egypt is nearing a new deal with French company Dassault Aviation to purchase 24 additional Rafale fighter jets, a move that ...

The Red Sea crisis has largely been understood as a problem of maritime disruption, but the Houthi advance along Yemen’s ...

The geopolitics of the modern Middle East is frequently interpreted through the prism of temporary alignments rather than the ...

This week, the Horn of Africa and beyond witnessed intensifying regional security pressures, and growing competition over ...

Egyptian officials have repeatedly made a revealing distinction about the Nile Basin: ‘Egypt has no problem with any Nile Basin country except Ethiopia.’ The statement points beyond diplomatic ...

Saudi Arabia’s recent transformation is frequently presented as a movement away from Wahhabism toward a more moderate form of Sunni Islam. However, this description creates a theological distinction ...

The Horn is experiencing a shift in the character of external engagement. For nearly two decades international involvement in Somalia centered on counterterrorism, institutional reconstruction and ...

The Houthis have completed their takeover of the Bab el-Mandab area, seizing Mayyun Island in the middle of the strait after ...

In the theatre of Ethiopian affairs, Eritrea has long occupied the peculiar position of the perpetual critic – a restless B to Ethiopia’s A. From the highlands of Asmara, its political elite have ...

Eritrea appears, in recent years, to be making diplomatic strides. Within the United Nations in particular, the country has ...