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The Houthis’ growing weapons production and international supply networks call for a reassessment of deterrence and maritime security in the region.
Turki Algoblan
Houthi escalation is testing regional security. Its consequences extend beyond military targets, shipping routes, and national borders to civilian lives—and risk eroding the current rules of engagement.
Khalid Al-Jaber
Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia have presented an early test for the joint defense pact signed over the summer. But turning a political declaration into an operational security arrangement may take years of careful development.
Ahmet Erdi Öztürk, Hasan Selim Özertem
The Houthi takeover of Yemen’s west coast has transformed Bab al-Mandab into a new source of regional leverage. An international push to restore maritime security could contain the immediate crisis while entrenching the very gains that produced it.
Faozi Al-Goidi
The Houthis are pressing their advantage amid the broader U.S.-Iran war, securing vital leverage in a potential future settlement while risking overreach and casting Yemen—and the region—down a very dangerous path.
Yasmeen Al-Eryani
Recent developments around the Bab al-Mandab Strait reveal deep imbalances in the region’s security architecture and the dynamics of deterrence. The growing clout of armed actors in the Red Sea presents a test for regional states and their collective approach to safeguarding freedom of navigation.