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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.
Turki Algoblan
An advance by Yemen’s Houthis toward strategically vital areas near the Bab al-Mandab Strait marks a crucial shift, as the group increasingly leverages maritime geography within a broader regional calculus tied to the U.S.-Iran conflict.
Khalid Al-Jaber
In the U.S.–Israel Iran war, success has been measured less by the capacity to destroy than by the ability to control escalation through force, signaling, and diplomacy.