Explainer: Why EU keeps Its warships in the Red Sea

A ceasefire has paused the kinetic phase of the Hormuz crisis but the control architecture it created remains entirely intact.

The extension of Operation ASPIDES to 2027 reflects a calculated European judgment: the conditions that ignited the Red Sea crisis have not been resolved they have merely gone quiet.

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