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How 3 Colonial Empires Won and Lost Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb (opens the original)
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By Ibrahim Al-Marashi, IE University; California State University San Marcos (The Conversation) – Over recent months, the straits of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb have become synonymous with geopolitical jostling. Whoever controls these narrow waterways governs the flow of maritime traffic from the Arabian Sea and the Red Sea to the Indian Ocean – and with it, a vitally significant chunk of global trade. However, conflict over these straits is almost as old as modern maritime trade itself. The war be
How three colonial powers gained – and then lost – control over the straits of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb (opens the original)
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Over recent months, the straits of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb have become synonymous with geopolitical jostling. Whoever controls these narrow waterways governs the flow of maritime traffic from the Arabian Sea and the Red Sea to the Indian Ocean – and with it, a vitally significant chunk of global trade. However, conflict over these straits is almost as old as modern maritime trade itself. The war between the US and Iran over these chokepoints is just the latest chapter in a centuries-long histor
The Mocha Monopoly: how Yemen’s Dominance of the global Coffee Trade birthed the Houthi Rebels (opens the original)
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By Ibrahim Al-Marashi, IE University; California State University San Marcos (The Conversation) – The Red Sea often makes headlines as the launch site for attacks on oil tankers and infrastructure by the Houthi rebels, a political and religious group that controls much of the northern and western areas of Yemen. But the history of this vital shipping route was once defined by the passage of another dark, liquid source of energy: coffee. The Yemeni port of Mocha built its fortunes largely on coff
The Mocha monopoly: how Yemen’s dominance of the global coffee trade birthed the Houthi rebels (opens the original)
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The Red Sea often makes headlines as the launch site for attacks on oil tankers and infrastructure by the Houthi rebels, a political and religious group that controls much of the northern and western areas of Yemen. But the history of this vital shipping route was once defined by the passage of another dark, liquid source of energy: coffee. The Yemeni port of Mocha built its fortunes largely on coffee cultivated in Yemen’s highlands and shipped from its port to markets across the Middle East, Eu
Does Saudi Arabia want to develop nuclear weapons? Here’s what history can tell us (opens the original)
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The US-Saudi nuclear deal was announced in the midst of what has, as of 2026, become America’s Third Gulf War. The news broke just as Saudi Arabia and the US launched air raids against Iranian-backed Iraqi militias, in retaliation for alleged drone attacks directed Saudi Arabia’s oil facilities. The future details of a deal – which would allow for exports of US civilian nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia – remain uncertain. However, past events raise the question of whether Riyadh would ever use
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