Rise of the RedMed : How the Mediterranean-Red Sea Nexus Is Resuming Its Strategic Centrality

The transforming geopolitics of the Eastern Mediterrannean, Suez, Red Sea, and Horn of Africa. Once again, the great strategic theater which links the Mediterranean with the Indian Ocean is in play, but this time, and for the first time in 500 years, without the dominating presence of an external major power. The vital Red Sea to Mediterranean linkage is the key to major global trade and security, as well as the hub of north-south trade and social flows. Stability and prosperity in this region also helps determine migratory flows into Europe and the industrialized world. This comprehensive study brings the Mediterranean and Indian Ocean basins together at a time when everything is changing.