The Horn of Africa.. A Gulf Strategic Depth Released

The Centre for International Relations and Diplomacy (MID) in Istanbul has published the Turkish translation of The Horn of Africa: A Gulf Strategic Depth by Madwakh Ajmi Al-Otaibi, professor of international relations at the Joaan Bin Jassim Joint Command and Staff College in Qatar. The book was originally published by Al Jazeera Centre for Studies at the end of 2021. Now available to Turkish speakers worldwide, the book aims to present geo-strategic, geo-economic and geo-cultural facts about the Horn of Africa as a Gulf strategic depth and attempts to answer a bundle of questions, such as: to which extent does the Horn of Africa make up one of the components of the strategic depth of the Arab Gulf? What is the nature of the fixed data that characterise the Gulf and Horn of Africa regions and render each of them a strategic depth to the other? What is the best means of building a Gulf strategic depth in the Horn of Africa according to the logic of strategic partnerships? The Horn of Africa: A Gulf Strategic Depth, which is originally a PhD thesis, is centred around the premise that the strategic depth of international politics in the new world order is based on an integrative relationship that reflects mutual interests between the parties concerned with defining strategic relations in aims of confronting mutual political, economic and security challenges. Thus, it attempts to tie the security and stability of the Horn of Africa to those of the Gulf region. The importance of the book is attributed to fixed data that is real and standing and really qualifies the Horn to be a Gulf strategic depth, such as the geographic vicinity, historical connections, civilisational and cultural interaction – as well as changing or moving elements like the Gulf political will to interact with vital issues in the Horn region and the strategic vision of elites in the Horn of Africa towards Gulf voluntary action. The book also highlights the strengths that characterise the Horn of Africa as they are strategic opportunities that can contribute to building the Gulf strategic depth.