More: Yemen
Bitter Harbour: The Fall of Mocha and the Remaking of the Red Sea Order
There is a particularly dark irony, at least from our perspective, in seeing the port of Mocha change hands again. This is the town...
Houthis Tighten Grip on Bab el-Mandeb Strait, Threatening Global Trade
Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis are moving closer to gaining control over the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a key route for commodity ships, according to Yemeni military...
The Houthi Blockade: Can Saudi Arabia Really Escape Iran’s Trap?
The question is no longer whether Saudi Arabia will respond to the Houthi blockade but what kind of response it can sustain. Riyadh has...
Hormuz Is Yesterday’s Crisis. Bab-el-Mandeb Is Tomorrow’s
On Tuesday, three Houthi ballistic missiles slammed into the Tihamah, an Egyptian-owned cargo ship easing through Bab-el-Mandeb's eighteen-mile channel. A fourth missile hit the...
The Red Sea: Emerging Complexities and Untapped Opportunities
Amid geopolitical changes, Red Sea security has attained new developments, creating heightened maritime tensions, while the Gulf States race to control the region. By...
Continuous Instability in the Gulf and the Shockwaves of the Ukraine War
A Global Energy System That No Longer Heals
The global energy system has entered a phase where shocks do not fade, but they accumulate. They...
Saudi’s strategy for Yemen: a stick for the southerners, a carrot for Europe’s defense ministries
Saudi Arabia’s Yemen policy master, Riyadh’s ambassador Mohammed al-Jaber, believes in stick-and-carrot diplomacy—he shows the stick to Yemen’s dissenters and the carrot to Europe’s...
Why Houthi Threats in the Red Sea Matter for Oil Markets
Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis announced on Monday they would ban ships linked to Israel from the Red Sea following renewed Israeli military attacks on Iran,...
Yemen’s Economic Crisis Deepens as Regional Tensions Escalate
Yemen's economy is struggling, having contracted again in 2025 and likely to decline further in 2026 due to ongoing conflict and structural issues, according...
Yemen Front Opens as Israel Faces Expanding Multi Front War
The conflict in the Middle East has entered a more dangerous phase as Israel reported a second attack originating from Yemen. The interception of...