The Red Sea is a tangle of fuses, most of them already lit. Here’s a proposal: demilitarize the Red Sea. Hostilities in the Southern Red SeaThe outline story of the escalation in the southern Red Sea is this. Demilitarize the Red SeaHere’s a proposed negotiated outcome: demilitarize the Red Sea. There are only three states, plus Houthi-controlled northern Yemen, that rely solely on ports on the Red Sea.