Mecca Pact Fails First Test: Saudi Sirens, Silent Allies
Sirens over Mecca, a fully closed Bab al-Mandeb, and a defence pact that answered with statements instead of support — inside Saudi Arabia’s widening September…
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Houthi Red Sea Escalation: Oil Prices, the Mecca Pact, and India’s Vulnerability
The conventional premise of maritime deterrence held that overwhelming blue-water naval power could reliably cordon regional conflicts away from global shipping lanes. That calculation unravelled…
Saudi Arabia Spent 45 Years Building an Escape Route From Hormuz. Yemen Just Shut That Too.
In 1981, as tankers burned in the Gulf during the Iran-Iraq War, Saudi Arabia’s oil planners made a quiet bet. They built a 1,200-kilometre pipeline…
The Invisible War: Why Undersea Cables Are the Indo-Pacific’s Biggest Target
While warships patrol the surface, the real war for global dominance is being fought deep underwater. Discover why undersea internet cables are the new target…