Beyond the Bypass: ASTRA and the Arabian Peninsula’s New Energy Architecture
ASTRA proposes resilient Arabian Sea energy corridors linking Saudi Arabia and Yemen, bypassing vulnerable chokepoints.
Read ArticleASTRA proposes resilient Arabian Sea energy corridors linking Saudi Arabia and Yemen, bypassing vulnerable chokepoints.
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Yemeni diplomat, former Cabinet Minister and senior political adviser, specialising in geopolitical risk, maritime security, energy security and strategic connectivity, including alternative corridor development.
Analysis, commentary, reports and selected work by Amb. Prof. Mohamed A. Qubaty.
ASTRA proposes resilient Arabian Sea energy corridors linking Saudi Arabia and Yemen, bypassing vulnerable chokepoints.
Restoring Yemen’s western coastline could constrain Houthi maritime coercion and weaken Iran’s double-chokepoint regional leverage.
Energy security requires strategic redundancy, diversified corridors and shared infrastructure to withstand interconnected maritime disruption.
ASTRA offers strategic redundancy beyond Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb through Arabian Sea connectivity.