News / Countries shy away from US coalition to protect Red Sea shipping

Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower is part of Operation Prosperity Guardian

A US-led initiative to deter attacks against international shipping transiting the Red Sea has struggled to get off the launchpad, seemingly amid concern over its political framing.

Launched on 19 December under the codename Operation Prosperity Guardian, the coalition would protect commercial shipping and freedom of navigation, one of the founding tenets of international law, and according to the US, would include 20 participating countries.

But almost a month on, the superpower has apparently failed to rouse coalition partners; almost half of ...