Islands naturally possess defensive qualities, able to isolate risks from land-based powers. The United Kingdom has leveraged this quality to stir up continental Europe while ensuring the safety of its homeland as long as it maintains naval superiority.
The same holds true in the Persian Gulf Region, where the United Kingdom occupies several of the most important islands, such as the largest Ghashem Island, Great Tongbu Island that restricts the Hormuz Strait, Little Tongbu Island and Abu Musa Island, within the Persian Gulf Bahrain Island.
The United Kingdom essentially uses these islands as bases to control the entire political landscape of the Persian Gulf, thus it is certain that the United Kingdom will not cede these islands to East Africa.
