Threatening direct military action against American and Allied forces, the Houthis and the Iranian Mullahs have proved appeasement policies are failing, and deterrence should once again be at the forefront of American foreign policy in the future. Threatening direct military action against American and Allied forces, the Houthis and the Iranian Mullahs have proved appeasement policies are failing, and deterrence should once again be at the forefront of American foreign policy in the future.
Ongoing disruption in the Red Sea threatens to destabilise Italy's economy and marginalise ports in southern Europe, Italy's defence minister said on Thursday. Attacks since mid-November on commercial vessels by Iran-aligned Houthi militants, who control the most populous parts of Yemen, have disrupted international shipping, forcing some companies to suspend transit through the Red Sea and instead take a much longer, costlier journey around South Africa. "From a geopolitical perspective, the continuing of this situation could lead to the marginalisation of ports on the Mediterranean Sea," Defence Minister Guido Crosetto told lawmakers from parliament's defence committees.