Looming War in the Horn of Africa: Ethiopia's Quest for Access to the Red Sea
The reception of the New Year by Ethiopia and Somaliland, a breakaway region of Somalia, by signing a memorandum of understanding, granting Addis Ababa access ...
Israel's Militarization of Bab Al-Mandab
Introduction Israel has realized the importance of waterways quite early, and took steps to control a number of strategic ports either by direct occupation, or in coordination...
From Launching Economic Projects to Building Military Bases: Chinese Influence in the Horn of Africa
Summary In recent years there has been a remarkable Chinese presence in Africa in general, and in the Horn of Africa in particular, especially after establishing the Forum on China&n...
The Russian Role in the Yemeni Crisis: Incentives and Obstacles
عربي PDF Summary After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia undoubtedly lost a great deal of its geopolitical legacy. Yemen was an important axis of this legacy in the Arab Gulf region. Indeed,...
The Russian Return to the Horn of Africa Through the Gate of Eritrea
عربي PDF Summary After a decades-long absence, Russia appears again in Africa. This return has received much attention by the media, governments and civil ...
Regional and International Powers in Bab al-Mandab and the Gulf of Aden: Between Competition and Conflict
عربي PDF Summary This study deals with the strategic significance of Bab al-Mandab Strait and the Gulf of Aden. It explores the outcomes that arose from this and other factors, ...
The Role of Military Diplomacy in Promoting China's Foreign Policy in the Horn of Africa
عربي PDF Introduction This study attempts to define the contours of the Chinese approach of employing the tool of military diplomacy in China's foreign policy strategy. It also attempts to examine ...
Saudi-Iranian Consultations: Searching for a Balanced Regional Security System
عربي PDF Preliminary Since an Islamic Revolutionary government came to power in Iran in 1979, relations between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia a...
From Power to Opposition, Coup and War: Transformations of the General People's Congress in 40 Years
PDF عربي Summary Forty years after founding the General People's Congress (GPC), observers raise questions about the future of the party in light of the current divisio...
Will Yemen be a containment zone of the Saudi-Iranian conflict?
PDF عربي Introduction When the Houthi rebels took control of the Yemeni capital, Sana'a, in September 2014, Iranian officials stated that the fourth Arab capital fell under their control, the...
Energy Wars and the Future of Security after Classifying the Houthis as Terrorist Organization
PDF عربي Introduction In October 2022, the armed Houthi movement launched at least three attacks on oil export ports under the control of the Yemeni government. The attacks are t...
The Future of the Hashemites in Yemen
عربي PDF Summary This study deals with the Hashemites in Yemen, starting with the arrival of their first ancestors in the country more than a thousand years ago. It tracks the circumstances...
The Allies War in Shabwa between the Dream of Secession and the Lust for Gas
عربي PDF Introduction The Shabwa Defense Forces and the Giants Brigades, which are loyal to the UAE, took control of Shabwa governorate in eastern Yemen, and expell...
Fragile Agreements with the Houthis and the Failure of Peace Initiatives in Yemen
عربي PDF A new study by Abaad Centre For Research examines the failure of the successive peace initiatives in Yemen: Historical agreements with the Houthi might be an indication the curren...
Reflection of US Withdrawal from Afghanistan on Yemen’s War
عربي PDF Preface: In a chaotic scene described as a historical defeat, the United States of America withdrew from Afghanistan on August 31, 2021 after 20 years of occupat...
Struggle for Influence and Proxy War in Yemen
عربي PDF Summary: The Republic of Yemen, with its geographical location and promising wealth, is of great importance, as it is the gateway to the Arabian Peninsula, and it overlooks the Bab a...
Between war and politics Future of Islah Party after 30 years of Foundation
عربي PDF Preface: By September 2020, 30 years have passed since the founding of the Islah party, as it was officially announced on September 13, 1990, after the declaration of the unity betwe...
Yemen’s Socotra ... War of Influence in the Indian Ocean
عربي PDF Introduction[1] Since the UAE has arrived on the governorate of Socotra Archipelago[2] in 2016, it put most of its efforts to control the strategic Yemeni island that...
Political transitions in southern Yemen.. From dream of unity to fragmentation
عربي PDF Summary: The research deals with the most important political transformations in southern Yemen in the period of (1990-2020). In its preface, this research addresses the south in t...
Six decades of instability.. Yemen: politics conflict and proxy wars
عربي PDF Summary Yemen has witnessed, in its contemporary history, and still witness many forms of conflict, depending on internal and external circumstances and reasons, which persisted and ...