IRAN WAR

White Volkswagen T-Roc SUVs drive down the loading ramp of the Grande Auckland car carrier, operated by Grimaldi Lines, at the Port of Lamu in Kenya, with port workers in high-visibility vests directing the offloading operation

From Hormuz to Lamu: the fragile rise of African ports

30/04/202601/05/2026

A car carrier unloads 469 vehicles at Lamu, a port that barely functioned a year ago. The Iran war has placed African ports at the centre of a reshuffled global trade map

Top-down view of a KAAN fifth-generation fighter jet on a runway apron surrounded by ground crew and support vehicles at night

Saudi-Turkish defense partnership in a war of new rules

11/03/202628/03/2026

The U.S.–Israel war on Iran erupted the day after this analysis was first drafted. Every argument for the Saudi‑Turkish defense partnership stands. Every timeline has compressed

IRAN WAR

From Hormuz to Lamu: the fragile rise of African ports

Saudi-Turkish defense partnership in a war of new rules

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