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Conclusion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 August 2021

Nicholas W. Stephenson Smith
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Northwestern University, Illinois
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The conclusion shows how persistent colonial chaos has been in the southern Red Sea. Local diplomacy retains a distinctly competitive and militaristic flavour to this day. International competition and realpolitik in the southern Red Sea has, if anything, intensified in the post-Cold War era. Looking at Puntland, south-west Yemen and Djibouti today, we see the Djiboutian government depends on money and recognition from renting space to foreign navies, while in Somalia and Yemen, rival power brokers seek to translate acts of maritime aggression into international negotiations for military and civil assistance. Opportunities to rekindle a regional culture of international cooperation exist, but are deeply submerged beneath the depths of colonial history.

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Colonial Chaos in the Southern Red Sea
A History of Violence from 1830 to the Twentieth Century
, pp. 161 - 177
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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  • Conclusion
  • Nicholas W. Stephenson Smith, Northwestern University, Illinois
  • Book: Colonial Chaos in the Southern Red Sea
  • Online publication: 13 August 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108990400.007
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  • Conclusion
  • Nicholas W. Stephenson Smith, Northwestern University, Illinois
  • Book: Colonial Chaos in the Southern Red Sea
  • Online publication: 13 August 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108990400.007
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  • Conclusion
  • Nicholas W. Stephenson Smith, Northwestern University, Illinois
  • Book: Colonial Chaos in the Southern Red Sea
  • Online publication: 13 August 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108990400.007
Available formats
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