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Port Imperialism and Insecurity in the Red Sea
My research examines how port development and Gulf investment reshape sovereignty, labor, and security across the Red Sea. Drawing on fieldwork in Port Sudan, Djibouti, and Aqaba, I focus on how states and local communities negotiate the expansion of global logistics. Supported by the Social Science Research Council’s International Dissertation Research Fellowship (SSRC-IDRF).
Research Areas
Port Politics and Global Logistics
Red Sea Security and Sovereignty
Gulf–Africa Relations
Infrastructure, Labor, and Political Economy
Selected Publications
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Article
Peer-Reviewed Article
Book Reviews
Review of Laleh Khalili, Sinews of War and Trade: Shipping and Capitalism in the Arabian Peninsula. Africa 93, no. 1 (2023): 180–182.
Review of Sebabatso C. Manoeli, Sudan’s ‘Southern Problem’: Race, Rhetoric and International Relations, 1961–1991. Africa 93, no. 2 (2023): 329–330.
Works in Progress
“Navigating Port Imperialism in Djibouti: Local Agency and Sovereignty.” Under peer review at African Studies Review.
“Violent Friction: Ports, Proxy Wars, and the Remaking of Sovereignty in the Red Sea.” Abstract accepted for a special issue of Siyasat Arabia; full manuscript forthcoming.
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