Biden’s trip to Middle East
There is an excellent analysis in Time Magazine of how President Biden’s trip to the Middle East could help with resolving the protracted war on Yemen. You can…
Tag: Huthis
The Crisis in Yemen
My commentary published in Juan Cole’s Informed Comment.
Geocolonialism and the War in Yemen
In April Secretary-General António Guterres called the situation in Yemen the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. After more than three years of a lopsided war between a Western-supported Saudi/Emirat…
Cholera, Cluster Bombs and Summer Vacation
This post can be read at MENA Tidningen.
Reforming Saudi Arabia?
Mystique of Monarchy Post-War Watch – April 19, 2016 https://postwarwatch.com/2016/04/19/mystique-of-monarchy/ MADAWI AL-RASHEED — Limited social and political reforms in Saudi Arabia only prolong t…
The Voice of which America?
Commentary on MENA Tidningen.
Photoshopping the Yemen War
A new post on MENA Tidningen…
Blame the Huthis…
Click here for my post on Tigningen about yet another bombing in Aden.
As Sanaa Becomes Aleppo
With reports of Saudi coalition troops massing on the border to invade Yemen, the situation in Yemen gets even more dangerous. Will the beautiful Old City of Sanaa…
Patience running out in Yemen
Plenty of patients but little patience as the war drags on…
An Impish Desire for Imperial Déjà Vu
An Impish Desire for Imperial Déjà Vu Daniel Martin Varisco, MENA Tidningen, May 27, 2015 A recent online commentary by Robert Kaplan for Foreign Policy displays the provocative…
Marieke Brandt: The hidden realities behind Saudi Arabia’s Operation Decisive Storm in Yemen
In recent weeks, as part of Operation Decisive Storm, a military coalition of ten predominantly Sunni states led by Saudi Arabia has been shelling military installations, arms stockpiles,…
Clausewitz Updated and downsized
There is a nicely done satire by Sean McFate on how to take over a small country. Check it out here. Note: Only the rich may apply.