https://geopoliticaleconomist.com/issues/conflict-security Wars, insurgencies, armed forces, arms and the security policies behind them. en https://geopoliticaleconomist.com/assets/brand/icon-512.pnghttps://geopoliticaleconomist.com/issues/conflict-security https://geopoliticaleconomist.com/articles/afghanistan-after-nato-balloon-economy https://geopoliticaleconomist.com/articles/afghanistan-after-nato-balloon-economy Fri, 02 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Dr Mukammil Shah Yousafzai From the pre-9/11 battlefield to two decades of foreign-funded state-building — and now a search for economic survival South Asia 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. 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