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The Red Sea Change of Command

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The Red Sea Change of Command
Chinese leader Xi Jinping (front C), along with Malawi’s President Arthur Peter Mutharika (2nd row, 2nd R), and other African leaders at a group photo session during the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in Beijing on Sept. 3, 2018. How Hwee Young/AFP/Getty Images
Gregory Copley
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The “new Cold War” is not yet as clearly delineated as Cold War I, but new strategic shapes are definitely emerging. One of those patterns is in the Red Sea and the Horn of Africa, where the United States and Egypt are being outmaneuvered.

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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