Indo-Pacific stability depends on eastern Africa's prosperity

OpinionHormuz crisis shows why Asia must invest in the region and its sea lanesDerek GrossmanSeptember 1, 2026 05:05 JSTYemeni fishermen pass by a commercial ship in the strategic Bab el-Mandeb Strait on April 5. © ReutersDerek Grossman is a professor of political science and international relations at the University of Southern California. He formerly served as a senior defense analyst at RAND and as the daily intelligence briefer to the assistant secretary of defense for Asian and Pacific security affairs at the U.S. Department of Defense.Read NextLatest on Opinion