Submission Statement: Doug Livermore of the Irregular Warfare Initiative discusses how the Houthi rebels in Yemen have been attacking commercial shipping vessels in the strategic Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, threatening global trade routes. Livermore argues that these attacks undermine NATO security interests and benefit authoritarian states like Iran, Russia, and China. The Houthis’ targeting of vessels supports their allies while avoiding attacks on ships from adversaries. Livermore maintains that NATO needs strategies to enhance maritime security, technologies and diplomacy to counter these threats posed by state and non-state proxies challenging Western interests.
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Submission Statement: Doug Livermore of the Irregular Warfare Initiative discusses how the Houthi rebels in Yemen have been attacking commercial shipping vessels in the strategic Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, threatening global trade routes. Livermore argues that these attacks undermine NATO security interests and benefit authoritarian states like Iran, Russia, and China. The Houthis’ targeting of vessels supports their allies while avoiding attacks on ships from adversaries. Livermore maintains that NATO needs strategies to enhance maritime security, technologies and diplomacy to counter these threats posed by state and non-state proxies challenging Western interests.
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