Has Concern Over Hormuz Made Us Forget the Red Sea?
The issue of Red Sea security is far from resolved and is becoming more dynamic.
A man counts money while waiting for customers at an informal roadside shop selling fuel in bottles and bidons amid fuel shortages in Mekelle, Ethiopia, on March 4, 2026. Abel Gerezgiher/AFP via Getty Images
Wartime concerns about the security of maritime energy traffic through the Strait of Hormuz—connecting the Indian Ocean/Gulf of Oman with the Persian Gulf—have overshadowed the fact that the related issue of Red Sea security is far from resolved and is, in fact, becoming more dynamic.
Gregory Copley
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Gregory Copley is president of the Washington-based International Strategic Studies Association and editor-in-chief of the “Defense & Foreign Affairs” series of publications. Born in Australia, Copley is an entrepreneur, writer, government adviser, defense publication editor, and Member of the Order of Australia. His latest and 37th book is “The Noble State: Governance Options in an Ignoble Era.”
