For the 1925 film directed by Raoul Walsh, see East of Suez (film).
British foreign policy in Asia
East of Suez is used in British military and political discussions in reference to interests beyond the European theatre, and east of the Suez Canal, and may or may not include the Middle East.[1] The phrase was popularized by Rudyard Kipling in his 1890 poem Mandalay.[2] It later became a popular song when a tune was added by Oley Speaks in 1907.[3]
Ship me somewheres east of Suez, where the best is like the worst, Where there aren't no Ten Commandments an' a man can raise a thirst;
^Britain's Retreat from East of Suez: The Choice Between Europe and the World? by Houndmills and New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2002. xv + 293 pp. $65.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-333-73236-6, Published on H-Levant (December, 2002)
EastofSuez is used in British military and political discussions in reference to interests beyond the European theatre, and eastof the Suez Canal, and...
The Isthmus ofSuez is the 125-kilometre-wide (78 mi) land bridge that lies between the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea, eastof the Suez Canal, the...
The Suez Crisis or the Second Arab–Israeli War, also referred to as the Tripartite Aggression in the Arab world and as the Sinai War in Israel, was a...
Red Sea through the Isthmus ofSuez and dividing Africa and Asia (and by extension, the Sinai Peninsula from the rest of Egypt). The 193.30-kilometre-long...
on the north coast of the Gulf ofSuez on the Red Sea, near the southern terminus of the Suez Canal, and is the capital of the Suez Governorate. It has...
Middle East. A large Royal Navy Naval Support Facility (NSF) is located in Bahrain, established in 2016 it marks the British return EastofSuez. In support...
protecting the Suez Canal, supporting the declining Ottoman Empire against Russian threats, guaranteeing an oil supply after 1900 from Middle East fields, protecting...
military bases EastofSuez, which included the ones in the Middle East, and primarily from Malaysia and Singapore by the end of 1971, instead of 1975 as earlier...
In March 2021, the Suez Canal was blocked for six days by the Ever Given, a container ship that had run aground in the canal. The 400-metre-long (1,300 ft)...
base, HMS Jufair, in the Persian Gulf, the first since it withdrew from EastofSuez in 1971 and is developing a support facility in Oman. Eight nations have...
ofSuez (Arabic: خليج السويس, romanized: khalīǧ as-suwais; formerly بحر القلزم, baḥar al-qulzum, lit. "Sea of Calm") is a gulf at the northern end of...
Royal visits the United Arab Emirates". James, W. (2021). "Global Britain's strategic problem EastofSuez." European Journal of International Security...
would also have been able to operate independently as modern cruisers "EastofSuez". Anti-aircraft capability was provided by the new Sea Dart missile system...
military bases in the Far East along with Singapore (and one of six East ofSuez, along with Diego Garcia, HMS Juffair, UKJLSB, Sembawang Base in Singapore...
Sinai Peninsula of Egypt, wedged between mountain ranges to the north and south. It is located about 50 kilometres (31 mi) eastofSuez. It is the monotonous...
Singapore and Malaysia after the United Kingdom withdrew its forces from the EastofSuez. ANZUK was replaced by the Five Power Defence Arrangements (FPDA), which...
undertaken by the Royal Navy EastofSuez in the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Persian Gulf, Arabian Sea, the wider Indian Ocean and the Far East: The Royal Navy regularly...
Prime Minister Harold Macmillan was considering a withdrawal of all British forces "EastofSuez" to end the British military presence in Asia. McNamara was...
permanent Mid East military base". BBC News. 6 December 2014. Archived from the original on 24 November 2017. Retrieved 6 December 2014. "EastofSuez, West from...
Tewfik: to the West of the Suez Canal entrance. It uses the enclosed Ibrahim Dock. Petroleum Dock located on the east side ofSuez port. Ataka Port fishing...
instead. 1968 Healy, Mark II, announced a withdrawal from EastofSuez, and cancellation of orders for F111. 1974 Defence White Paper (also known as the...
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