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Suzan Quitaz

Suzan Quitaz

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Suzan Quitaz is a Kurdish-Swedish journalist and researcher specializing in Middle Eastern affairs. She previously worked as a field produce

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Join date: Apr 30, 2026

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Apr 22, 2026 ∙ 6 min

Iran's Red Sea Hedge:

Sudan, Sanctions, and the Geography of Strategic Insurance AI generated photo of a map By Suzan Quitaz Iran's expanding footprint around the Red Sea is often read as an extension of its proxy strategy — opportunistic expansion into weak states and contested maritime corridors. That framing is not wrong, but it is incomplete. What is taking shape is something more structurally significant: a deliberate effort, driven by decades of sanctions pressure, to circumvent logistics corridors, and...

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