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The North Sea Route as an Alternative to the Hormuz-Red Sea Conundrum

Allies & Extended Deterrence, Archive, Strategic AdversariesArctic Exception, Arctic ice, Arctic infrastructure, Asia, Bab al-Mandab, Bering Strait, China, drone attacks, EEZ, energy needs, energy resilience, Energy Security, energy transition, equity participation, Europe, Exclusive Economic Zones, fertilizer prices, food security, geopolitical pressure, global energy security, Gulf of Aden, Harbin agreement, Hormuz, houthis, icebreakers, IMEC, India, India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor, international law, island base, liquified natural gas, LNG, Malacca Strait, marine pollution, maritime routes, Middle East crisis, military access, North Sea Route, NSR, oil and gas, oil imports, Oman, Oman ports, Philippines, political instability, Putin, red sea, round-the-year operations, Russia, Sanaa, ship-building, shipping, shipping capacity, Singapore, South Korea, Strait of Hormuz, strategic trade, Suez Canal, Tehran, Thailand, trade corridor, U.S., UNCLOS, United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, Vietnam, Xi Jinping, Yamal project

The North Sea Route as an Alternative to the Hormuz-Red Sea Conundrum

R.N. Prasher0 Comments

Published: June 11, 2026 The Strait of Hormuz crisis and the continuing crisis in the Bab al-Mandab Strait have shown that narrow maritime passages can and will be used as political weapons in future conflicts. The state…

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Rising Security Threats in West Africa and Regional Responses

Archive, Strategic Adversariesarms smuggling, Boko Haram, climate change, desertification, development strategies, drug trafficking, Economic Community of West African States, economic development, education, governance, Gulf of Guinea, Here is a comma-separated list of keywords from the paper:West Africa, human trafficking, infrastructure, intelligence-sharing, job creation, maritime insecurity, military coups, peacekeeping, piracy, political instability, poverty, regional cooperation, resource conflict, Sahel, security threats, socio-economic marginalization, stability, Terrorism, transnational organized crime, violent extremism, youth unemployment

Rising Security Threats in West Africa and Regional Responses

Huseini Kamara1 Comment

Published: April 20, 2026 West Africa has experienced an increasing number of national security challenges over the past two decades. Violent extremism, political instability, transnational organized crime, and maritime insecurity…

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More Political Uncertainties Affecting Europe’s Defense Build-up

Archive, Diplomacy, Government & Politics, Strategic AdversariesAlternative for Germany, budget deficit, Christophe Bosquillon , defense, Elections, Emmanuel Macron, entrepreneurship, EU, Europe, France, François Bayrou, Friedrich Merz, GDP, Gerhard Scholz, Germany, immigration, innovation, Keir Starmer, Michel Barnier, NATO, Nuclear Weapons, political instability, Romania, Russia, social disruption, socialism, UK, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin, wealth gap, welfare state

More Political Uncertainties Affecting Europe’s Defense Build-up

Christophe Bosquillon0 Comments

Politics in Europe are growing increasingly unstable. The Starmer government in the United Kingdom (UK) is stalled and the German coalition of Gerhard Scholz dissolved, with elections coming. Under French…

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