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09/05/2018

The geostrategic importance of Djibouti (DIEEEA17-2018)

There’s a lot of distance standing amid France, United States, China, Japan and Italy. Nonetheless, in Djibouti, this distance is reduced into scarce kilometres: all the before mentioned countries preserves a military base within the African state. Since France first founded its own settlement in the country back in 1977 up until to China’s recent establishment of its military base in 2017, each one of them has been able to identify the geostrategic importance of this small  country in the  Horn of Africa.  A hub of increasing importance which hasn’t been unnoticed in the international arena. Thus, with the possible establishment of yet another military base in a short-to middle-term scenario, the following document analyses the present situation in Djibouti and highlights its roll regional and international realm in order to determine potential interests – as well as those attracted to them – in this lighthouse of the Red Sea.

 Author: Pablo Sánchez Martín & Blanca Palacián de Inza

THIS DOCUMENT IS ONLY AVAILABLE IN SPANISH LANGUAGE.