A narrow stretch of water between Yemen and the Horn of Africa quietly decides how much your groceries, your gas, and your electronics will cost.
The Red Sea Power Shift takes you inside the world's most consequential maritime chokepoint — the Bab el-Mandeb Strait — and shows how a local conflict in one of the world's poorest countries became a global economic weapon.
Through a clear, chapter-by-chapter analysis, this book unpacks:
- Why Yemen's fractured politics gave the Houthi movement outsized global leverage
- How Iran built regional influence without ever needing to control the strait itself
- China's quiet, patient strategy of ports, trade, and strategic ambiguity
- Why the United States can win every naval engagement and still lose the economic war
- How Egypt's Suez Canal — and its entire economy — depends on a strait it doesn't control
- Why shipping companies, insurers, and traders have become unlikely players in modern geopolitics
This is not a book about ships. It is a book about how geography still shapes power in the twenty-first century — and how a narrow waterway can move prices, provoke navies, and reshape the balance between great powers without a single formal declaration of war.
For readers of geopolitics, international trade, and great-power competition, The Red Sea Power Shift is an essential guide to one of the most important flashpoints of our time.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A narrow stretch of water between Yemen and the Horn of Africa quietly decides how much your groceries, your gas, and your electronics will cost. The Red Sea Power Shift takes you inside the world's most consequential maritime chokepoint - the Bab el-Mandeb Strait - and shows how a local conflict in one of the world's poorest countries became a global economic weapon. Through a clear, chapter-by-chapter analysis, this book unpacks: - Why Yemen's fractured politics gave the Houthi movement outsized global leverage- How Iran built regional influence without ever needing to control the strait itself- China's quiet, patient strategy of ports, trade, and strategic ambiguity- Why the United States can win every naval engagement and still lose the economic war- How Egypt's Suez Canal - and its entire economy - depends on a strait it doesn't control- Why shipping companies, insurers, and traders have become unlikely players in modern geopolitics This is not a book about ships. It is a book about how geography still shapes power in the twenty-first century - and how a narrow waterway can move prices, provoke navies, and reshape the balance between great powers without a single formal declaration of war. For readers of geopolitics, international trade, and great-power competition, The Red Sea Power Shift is an essential guide to one of the most important flashpoints of our time. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9798173990112
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A narrow stretch of water between Yemen and the Horn of Africa quietly decides how much your groceries, your gas, and your electronics will cost. The Red Sea Power Shift takes you inside the world's most consequential maritime chokepoint - the Bab el-Mandeb Strait - and shows how a local conflict in one of the world's poorest countries became a global economic weapon. Through a clear, chapter-by-chapter analysis, this book unpacks: - Why Yemen's fractured politics gave the Houthi movement outsized global leverage- How Iran built regional influence without ever needing to control the strait itself- China's quiet, patient strategy of ports, trade, and strategic ambiguity- Why the United States can win every naval engagement and still lose the economic war- How Egypt's Suez Canal - and its entire economy - depends on a strait it doesn't control- Why shipping companies, insurers, and traders have become unlikely players in modern geopolitics This is not a book about ships. It is a book about how geography still shapes power in the twenty-first century - and how a narrow waterway can move prices, provoke navies, and reshape the balance between great powers without a single formal declaration of war. For readers of geopolitics, international trade, and great-power competition, The Red Sea Power Shift is an essential guide to one of the most important flashpoints of our time. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9798173990112
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - A narrow stretch of water between Yemen and the Horn of Africa quietly decides how much your groceries, your gas, and your electronics will cost. The Red Sea Power Shift takes you inside the world's most consequential maritime chokepoint - the Bab el-Mandeb Strait - and shows how a local conflict in one of the world's poorest countries became a global economic weapon. Through a clear, chapter-by-chapter analysis, this book unpacks: - Why Yemen's fractured politics gave the Houthi movement outsized global leverage- How Iran built regional influence without ever needing to control the strait itself- China's quiet, patient strategy of ports, trade, and strategic ambiguity- Why the United States can win every naval engagement and still lose the economic war- How Egypt's Suez Canal - and its entire economy - depends on a strait it doesn't control>This is not a book about ships. It is a book about how geography still shapes power in the twenty-first century - and how a narrow waterway can move prices, provoke navies, and reshape the balance between great powers without a single formal declaration of war. For readers of geopolitics, international trade, and great-power competition, The Red Sea Power Shift is an essential guide to one of the most important flashpoints of our time. Seller Inventory # 9798173990112