Research Paper 100: "From the Gulf of Aden to the Gulf of Guinea: A New Maritime Mission for NATO?", by Brooke A. Smith-Windsor and José Francisco Pavia.
Later this year, the mandate of one of the most successful NATO maritime missions in history – counterpiracy operations off East Africa in the Gulf of Aden region – will expire. The question presently facing NATO is whether to subsequently retain a presence in the region where the threat is now considerably reduced, or alternatively, refocus resources to where they are conceivably needed more to secure Allied interests. The latest NDC Research Paper makes the case for judicious consideration of a potential rebalance to Africa’s new maritime hotspot: the Gulf of Guinea.
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