In the final days of the first quarter of the 21st century, the language used in regional debates is clearly changing. In the past, the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden stood out because of energy logistics and global maritime trade. Today, they are increasingly discussed in terms of supply lines, air-sea bases, port access and surveillance capacity. This rhetorical shift is, of course, not accidental. The simultaneous activation of several files in the southern Red Sea has turned military and logistical access, together with security and diplomatic bargaining, into a central variable.
At a time when actors representing the southern transitional process in Yemen are expanding their areas of control and independence debates are gaining speed, Israelβs recognition of Somaliland has drawn attention to the corridor stretching from Bab al-Mandab
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