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The Horn of Africa and the Mediterranean: Much Closer Than It Seems

The Horn of Africa is arguably part a broader Mediterranean-MENA-Red Sea-Gulf interconnected strategic system, shaped by shared security, economic and political dynamics. The Horn has become central to geopolitical competition across the Red Sea, driven by Gulf rivalries, shifting alliances and internal fragmentation within Horn states. In the region, external interventions intersect with local power struggles involving state and non-state actors. Reducing them to mere proxies of external actors, either within or outside the region, would however be a mistake. A deeper, more articulated and nuanced analysis of these interdependencies would be needed to avoid reinforcing instability and displacement.

Paper produced in the framework of the “Strategy Group on New (Dis)Orders in the Mediterranean”, a project jointly led by IAI and the School of Advanced International Studies.