Russia’s strategic expansion in Africa advanced with Sudan’s approval of its first naval base. On February 12, 2025, Sudanese Foreign Minister Ali Youssef Ahmed al-Sharif confirmed Russia’s agreement to establish a facility in Port Sudan. Following Syria’s collapse in December 2024 and Turkey’s closure of the Bosporus and Dardanelles, this base secures Russia’s naval presence …
The Western Indian Ocean Program examines the evolving geopolitical, maritime security, and economic dynamics shaping the Western Indian Ocean region and its intersection with the Horn of Africa and Great Lakes. As global trade routes, strategic competition, climate pressures, and transnational security threats increasingly converge across this maritime space, the program generates research, policy analysis, and dialogue aimed at strengthening regional stability, cooperation, and sustainable governance of ocean resources
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