The first joint exercise in the Gulf of Guinea in 2023, the recent visit of Indian officials to the Naval Force Operation ATALANTA headquarters in Rota, ATALANTA’s kinetic engagement with the ...

As some sources state that Spain has a long-standing presence in the region, particularly in Somalia, through EU-led military operations like Operation Atalanta and EUTM Somalia, which aims at ...

Germany is making preparations to retrieve its Lockheed P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft that had been used at a French base in Djibouti as part of the European Union's anti-piracy operation EU ...

While the EU-led Operation Aspides focuses solely on protecting commerce, US-led efforts have multilayered strategic goals: protecting SLOCs, demonstrating maritime strength on the global seas, and ...

French maritime strategy has been on full public display with the deployment of the French Carrier Strike Group (CSG) from November 2024 to April 2025, carrying out an extended deployment across the ...