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Has the West Already Lost Control of Its Most Vital Sea Route?

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Has the West Already Lost Control of Its Most Vital Sea Route?
An aerial view taken at southern entrance of the Suez Canal near the Red Sea port city of Suez, Egypt, on March 27, 2021. Mahmoud Khaled/AFP via Getty Images
Gregory Copley
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U.S. and Western influence over the critical Red Sea and Suez Canal sea lines of communication is now estimated to be at its lowest ebb in more than a century, even when the USSR had a period of presence during the Cold War.

Gregory Copley
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.”
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