German Institute for Global and Area Studies | Leibniz-Institut für Globale und Regionale Studien

Eduardo Valencia / Jens Heibach

External Military Presence in the Red Sea Security Complex: Bases and Naval Operations

Infographic | 2025

This is the first module of a series on the Red Sea Security Complex (RSSC). For the full series, click here.

Note: The United States maintains an additional military base in the Seychelles.

Source: SIPRI (2019) — Foreign military presence in the Horn of Africa

German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA)

Eduardo Valencia

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