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Thank you Tshegofatso Johanna Ramachela for the piece, insightful and elucidative. The document discusses the escalating tensions between Somalia and Ethiopia over the lease of Berbera Port, highlighting the broader regional and maritime security implications. It delves into the historical context, including past conflicts and the role of external actors, to understand current dynamics. The deal between Somaliland and Ethiopia for port access has deteriorated Somalia-Ethiopia relations, raising concerns over regional stability. The brief also examines the strategic significance of East Africa's maritime space and the complex geopolitical landscape, suggesting the need for dialogue and strategic forethought to manage the dispute and its implications for regional unity and security. A worth reading piece for a local perspective.

The natural progression in India-Japan maritime security cooperation is to focus on maritime governance, which could involve other regional countries, particularly the small island states in the Indo-Pacific. I discussed this idea briefly in the report published by CPPR. https://lnkd.in/gshYEQpw

In this week's Factum Perspective, Minoli Gunarathna assesses the recently enacted Maritime Zones Bill in the Philippines and its implications for regional maritime security. https://lnkd.in/g3e2PUDe #Factum #TheBalancedAnalysis

On this World Day for International Justice ⚖️, learn 3 waysUnited Nations peacekeeping is working with partners such as United Nations Rule of Law and Security Institutions to promote lasting peace ➡️ https://ow.ly/BMTf50QHXik

Did you know that the Security Council, through its resolution 2447 (2018), emphasizes rule of law at the national level as one of the key elements of conflict prevention, peacekeeping, conflict resolution and peacebuilding? Learn more: https://lnkd.in/g5qP8jhs #JCSWeek #JCS

* The leading t#hreat, according to these experts, was of political violence or #domestic #terrorism in the #UnitedStates associated with the #2024 #presidential #election. * Other leading threats were the possibility of a wider war in the #MiddleEast arising out of the conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, * and of continued #migration from Central America and Mexico. The three consider these, as well as others that fell farther down the list, and asked, how can these be prioritized? What is being done to stop them? And what is the broader value in engaging in these ranking exercises in the first place? Grievances for the Biden administration’s short-sighted new regulations on liquified natural gas, U.S. Middle East policy (does it make sense to anyone?), and the way our broken politics manages to infect even an all-American love story like Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce. Can we just give it a rest?

🏴☠️ Over the past few years, there has been a decrease in the number of illicit maritime activities reported in the Gulf of Guinea region. Nonetheless, the institutional landscape utilised by the affected states to combat these activities is developing slowly and not consistently across the region. 💬 Our Alan Laifer analyses the impact of recent national and international regulations on maritime security in the region. Read the article here: https://lnkd.in/epimMS9q

To combat the current climate crisis, national security institutions must urgently: 🟢Mitigate 🟢Adapt 🟢Respond 🟢Cooperate Not only is this a critical operational imperative, it’s also a legal and moral obligation under international climate law and a key enabler of #SDG13 and #SDG16. #SSRweek #OurCommonFuture United Nations Peacekeeping UN Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA)

The PRC does not want to escalate this gray zone activity to a kinetic conflict BUT they will keep pushing unless we “escalate” in some form more than coordinated diplomatic statements and P-8 ISR support. They are estimating we won’t because we largely haven’t for the last 13 years since this type of behavior started AND the rest of the world is burning. The US (and preferably other partners) should decide on steps to push back more publicly and directly at the source of these actions. Escort of the resupply, our own resupply of an ally, more direct overwatch presence while an escort happens, all are consistent with our alliance and international law. Beijing will complain loudly but, again, they are likely to back down if we show risk-tolerance because they are not looking to see this escalate to a kinetic conflict. They just want to continue to reap the benefits from gray zone coercion as long as they can.

What is #WaterSecurity, and how does it impact #diplomacy, #crisismanagement, and #peacemaking? Neeraj Singh MANHAS offers a useful primer in his latest for Parley Policy. Check it out here⬇️