On 30 July, ten days after the Houthis declared their blockade, Riyadh announced a maritime coalition to protect Red Sea shipping alongside thirteen other states. The United States and the European Union were invited. Both stayed out. That absence is the most informative fact about the coalition. Why Washington did not join American naval capacity in the region is committed … [Read more...] about Saudi Arabia Launched a 14-Nation Red Sea Coalition and Neither Washington Nor Brussels Joined