https://geopoliticaleconomist.com/countries/yemen Articles on Yemen. en https://geopoliticaleconomist.com/assets/brand/icon-512.pnghttps://geopoliticaleconomist.com/countries/yemen https://geopoliticaleconomist.com/articles/sandals-gatekeepers-houthi-horn-axis-red-sea https://geopoliticaleconomist.com/articles/sandals-gatekeepers-houthi-horn-axis-red-sea Thu, 01 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Frank Genin In September the Houthis stopped being an insurgency and became a landlord. With al Shabaab on the opposite shore, the Red Sea faces a dual chokepoint squeeze. Middle East & North Africa Africa https://geopoliticaleconomist.com/articles/makkah-pact-houthis-saudi-arabia-first-test https://geopoliticaleconomist.com/articles/makkah-pact-houthis-saudi-arabia-first-test Wed, 30 Sep 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Hafijul Rahman The pact's most important test may not be whether Pakistan and Türkiye enter the Yemen war, but whether the three countries can strengthen Saudi Arabia's defence while preventing the conflict from widening. Middle East & North Africa https://geopoliticaleconomist.com/articles/egypt-ras-el-hekma-suez-foreign-currency https://geopoliticaleconomist.com/articles/egypt-ras-el-hekma-suez-foreign-currency Tue, 29 Sep 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Camilo Flora Matsumbo The $35 billion Ras El-Hekma deal with the UAE, not structural reform alone, most immediately eased Egypt's foreign-exchange crisis, arriving just as Houthi attacks collapsed Suez Canal revenue. Africa Middle East & North Africa https://geopoliticaleconomist.com/articles/beyond-hormuz-saudi-oil-route-redundancy https://geopoliticaleconomist.com/articles/beyond-hormuz-saudi-oil-route-redundancy Thu, 24 Sep 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Seif A. Harrasy The East-West pipeline gives Saudi Arabia an alternative to the Strait of Hormuz, but when one route fails, the remaining routes can become new points of vulnerability. Middle East & North Africa