Michael Darrah

Mar 7, 2024 | csis.org | Sean Monaghan |Michael Darrah |Otto Svendsen |Eskil Jakobsen

Internet connectivity between parts of Asia, Africa, and Europe suddenly slowed on February 24 when three undersea cables were damaged in the Red Sea. This caused “a significant impact on communication networks in the Middle East,” according to Hong Kong telecoms company HGC Global Communications. The Red Sea is a choke point for global maritime trade—a fact Yemen’s Houthi rebels have taken advantage of by targeting global shipping with missile attacks in recent months.

Dec 19, 2023 | csis.org | Sean Monaghan |Otto Svendsen |Ed Arnold |Michael Darrah

While data cables are uniformly spread across the Euro-Atlantic area, the picture is different for energy infrastructure, which is concentrated in northern Europe—namely the North Atlantic (North Sea) and High North (Norwegian Sea).