Can Africa Turn Red Sea Rivalries to Its Advantage?
[ISS] Growing competition for African ports and security partnerships offers new leverage - if countries can avoid deeper geopolitical fragmentation.
An analysis from the Institute for Security Studies examines how growing competition among external powers for African ports and security partnerships could give African countries new leverage. The piece argues this depends on whether African states can avoid deeper geopolitical fragmentation as rivalries in the Red Sea region intensify.
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