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Djibouti's President Ismail Omar Guelleh and China's President Xi Jinping walk to their bilateral meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China September 2, 2018. Andy Wong/Pool via REUTERS *** Local Caption *** Abdel Fattah al-Sisi;Li Keqiang

Podcast Episode

Global China’s ambitions in the Indian Ocean region

Lindsey W. Ford, Zach Vertin, and Joshua T. White

Tuesday, June 16, 2020

Khartoum, Sudan.- Secretary of State Mike R. Pompeo (left) meets with the Chairman of the Sovereign Council of Sudan, General Abdel Fattah el-Burhan (right), in Khartoum, Sudan, on August 25, 2020. Pompeo arrived this Tuesday ( 25) to Sudan in the first visit by a head of US diplomacy in 15 years, as part of a regional tour to convince other Arab countries to normalize their relations with Israel in the footsteps of the United Arab Emirates. Pompeo, arrived directly from Israel on a first historic flight between the two countries.

Podcast Episode

What’s the significance of the US-Israel-Sudan normalization deal?

Zach Vertin and Adrianna Pita

Friday, October 23, 2020

Transcript

News Release

Brookings Foreign Policy experts selected to join Biden administration in leadership roles

Friday, January 29, 2021

Political, security, and public health dimensions in the Horn of Africa

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM EDT

The changing geopolitics of the Red Sea: Gulf rivalries and global competition

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM AST

Ethiopians who have just crossed a river from Ethiopia to Sudan to flee from the Tigray region, walk towards the Hamdeyat refugees transit camp, which houses refugees fleeing the fighting, on the border in Sudan, December 1, 2020. REUTERS/Baz Ratner TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Sub-Saharan Africa

Tigray: New deadline to surrender lapses on Friday

Friday, November 27, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Members of Amhara region militias ride on their truck as they head to the mission to face the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), in Sanja, Amhara region near a border with Tigray, Ethiopia November 9, 2020. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri//File Photo

Order from Chaos

Averting civil war in Ethiopia: It’s time to propose elements of a negotiated settlement

Monday, November 16, 2020

Officials, including Afghan former President Hamid Karzai (L), Head of Political Office of Taliban Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai (2nd R) and Taliban chief negotiator Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar (3rd R), attend peace talks in Moscow, Russia May 30, 2019. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina

Order from Chaos

Revitalizing American diplomacy: Why mediation support should be part of the foreign policy rebuild

Wednesday, August 12, 2020

Djibouti's President Ismail Omar Guelleh inspects the honour guard with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China November 23, 2017. REUTERS/Jason Lee

Report

Great power rivalry in the Red Sea

June 2020

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Red Sea rivalries: The Gulf, the Horn, and the new geopolitics of the Red Sea

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT

A Saudi border guard patrols Saudi Arabia's maritime border with Yemen along a beach on the Red Sea, near Jizan April 8, 2015. Iran sent two warships to the Gulf of Aden on Wednesday, state media reported, establishing a military presence off the coast of Yemen where Saudi Arabia is leading a bombing campaign to oust the Iran-allied Houthi movement. REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser - GF10000052482

Gulf States

Red Sea geopolitics: Six plotlines to watch

Sunday, December 15, 2019

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman stands next to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi at the Presidential Palace in Cairo, Egypt November 27, 2018. Bandar Algaloud/Courtesy of Saudi Royal Court/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY? - RC171E79B100

Gulf States

Toward a Red Sea forum: The Gulf, the Horn of Africa, and architecture for a new regional order

Sunday, November 3, 2019

Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed addresses delegates during the signing of the Sudan's power sharing deal, that paves the way for a transitional government, and eventual elections, following the overthrow of a long-time leader Omar al-Bashir, in Khartoum, Sudan, August 17, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah - RC138A0BD790

Order from Chaos

Alfred Nobel catches ‘Abiy-mania’

Tuesday, October 15, 2019

UAE navy soldier patrols at Al-Mokha port in Yemen

Interactive

Red Sea rivalries: The Gulf, the Horn of Africa & the new geopolitics of the Red Sea

January 2019

Gulf States

What Brookings experts are saying about the two-year anniversary of the Gulf crisis

Omar Rahman, Noha Aboueldahab, Zach Vertin, Ali Fathollah-Nejad, Nader Kabbani, Ranj Alaaldin, Galip Dalay, Adel Abdel Ghafar, and Yasmina Abouzzohour

Monday, June 3, 2019