Volume 1, Issue 2 (Fall & Winter 2025)
Abstract
The Horn of Africa region in the east of this continent consists of four countries: Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea and Djibouti. Due to its geographical, geopolitical, strategic, geostrategic, geo-economics, etc. features, this region has always been of interest to regional and extra-regional actors. Each of the actors is trying to exert influence in this region and its countries and nations according to their national and strategic interests. Saudi Arabia is one of the active regional actors in the countries of the Horn of Africa. It seems that, in addition to its political, economic, military and security goals, this country pursues the promotion of its ideology and thinking, that is, Wahhabism. This research aims to investigate the ideological actions of Saudi Arabia in the countries of the Horn of Africa with the descriptive-analytical method and using library sources. The results show that Saudi Arabia is trying to promote Wahhabism among the Horn of Africa Muslims by spending financial expenses in the form of education, creating educational infrastructures, supporting Wahhabi groups, etc.
Volume 2, Issue 1 (Winter 2019)
Abstract
The Horn of Africa includes four countries: Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Djibouti. One of the problems in this region is the border and territorial Conflicts and its insecurities in the border areas of the countries. Various factors are effective in creating this instability and border insecurity. Among them, history, historical mentalities, and the role of colonial history is significant. This research is a descriptive-analytical study that uses library resources to investigate the role of history in creating border insecurity with a case study of the role of colonialism in border insecurity in the Horn of Africa. The dependent variable of the research is border insecurity and independent variables are history, colonial history, and the Horn of Africa region. The main question is what is the role of history and historical changes in creating border insecurity in the Horn of Africa? In the Horn of Africa, the most important border conflicts and insecurities include border clashes between Ethiopia and Eritrea; Djibouti and Eritrea; and the insecurity has been caused by ethnic and tribal conflicts in the Somalia-Kenya border areas. The research results show that the history, colonial history, and actions of the colonial powers in drawing the borders of the countries, especially in the Horn of Africa region, which is based on colonial interests and not local interests, it has played an important role in border disputes between countries and instability and insecurity in border areas.
Volume 3, Issue 1 (Winter 2020)
Abstract
Regional convergence of countries is one of the common phenomena in the international arena in economic, security, political, military, cultural, scientific, environmental, etc issues. The "Council of Arab and African States Bordering the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden" is one of the regional systems that in January 2020 centered on Saudi Arabia and with the membership of 8 coastal states of the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, including Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia And Jordan was established. This research uses descriptive and analytical methods and using library resources including books, scientific articles, reports of strategic centers, news, and analysis of international media, etc. seeks to identify, study and analyze the causes and goals of Saudi Arabia in pursuing the establishment of the "Council of Arab and African States Bordering the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden". The main question is what are the goals of Saudi Arabia in pursuing the establishment of the "Council of Arab and African States Bordering the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden"? The results show that Saudi Arabia in the establishment of the Council of Arab and African States Bordering the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden" pursues six goals in geopolitical, geo-economics, geostrategic, security, military, developmental, economic, political, etc dimensions.
