The costs of ignoring Yemen | Foreign Policy
Our Magazine Archive. Current Issue... The Sanaa massacre should be a crystal clear signal that the Yemeni status quo is neither stable nor sustainable, and that the failure to find a political resolution ensures escalating bloodshed and humanitarian crisis.. The U.S. and the international community essentially delegated the Yemen file to Saudi Arabia and the GCC, which quickly proved that it was either not up to the task or not interested in finding a real solution.
The Problem With Big Speeches at High Altitude
Much of what the secretary said is accurate.. And, in referring to this years 70th anniversary marking the end of World War II, hes also right to suggest that countering terrorism requires the kind of effort the West launched to defeat fascism.
Syria crisis: Obama says any UN deal must be verifiable.
Russia said all sides had agreed that a political solution to the Syrian crisis was the only realistic way to stop violence. ��� Scant details have emerged from the Geneva talks. Were having in-depth discussions, trying to get a��.
Is Iran Overstretched in Syria? | Foreign Policy
. in Syria? �� | Foreign Policy | the Global Magazine of News and Ideas.. Ghani: ISIS Behind Jalalabad Bombing.. Although all regional actors pay lip service to the need for a political solution in Syria, none of them are yet willing to abandon their maximalist positions. In the. This is why Iran will not let the campaign in Yemen go unpunished; Tehran wants to see the country become a festering wound that slowly bleeds out Saudi Arabia and its regional allies.
A Lose-Lose in Aleppo
Meanwhile, the rebellions main supporters, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar, reckoning with the costs of their disruptive Syria policies and adjusting to the rise of the Islamic State, were bereft of alternatives. De Mistura saw an opening in these.
Choose Your Own Nuke Deal Adventure
The key to any deal gaining support will be its inspection provisions: if the agreement allows no-notice, immediate challenge inspections of undeclared sites, it will provide a high level of assurance that we can find Iranian facilities we havent yet.
Why did we lose in Afghanistan? Thats easy: We failed to execute the basics
. chasing its symptoms and its tail. Assuming our geopolitical hypocrisy while dealing with states generating the ideological cause of the insurgency, i.e. Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, would not come back to bite us in the end. Forgetting the entire.
EPA Reform: 6 Crucial Areas Congress Should Investigate
Few Americans know that the spill might have easily been prevented from reaching shore. Holland offered during the first days to send over its experienced skimmer boats from the North Sea, which take up oil off the sea surface and separate most of it.
How Congress Can Learn to Stop Scuttling and Love the Iran Nuke Talks
The less confidence the Iranians have that the American side can uphold its end of an agreement, the more likely the Iranians will hold back from making the key compromises necessary to seal a deal and resolve the decade-old nuclear dispute.
Why I am not Charlie | a paper bird
We lose our ability to imagine political solutions when we stop thinking critically, when we let emotional identifications sweep us into factitious substitutes for solidarity and action. We lose our ability to.. Well said���you know the story ���between what I think, what I want to say, what I end up saying, what you would like to hear, what you hear, what you think you understand etc. there are as many ways for us to misunderstand each other������ cant we give people the��.
Cease-Fire Collapses in Yemen as Houthis Attack.
It would entrench the polarization of Libyan forces on the ground, further diminishing prospects for a political solution, and entangle Egypt in a war against forces that will gain wider support as the local population shifts from��.
America Has Abdicated Its Guiding Role in the Middle East.
The more lasting problem is King Salmans idea of a political solution. Once hes evicted the Houthis, he plans to restore to power President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, who was forced to flee Yemen to Saudi Arabia.
Forget Scott Walkers ISIS/Unions Comments: Todays Republican Foreign.
Walker has since said that he was only referencing how he had already faced that kind of pressure, that kind of intensity, that he was in no way comparing any American citizen to ISIS, and that thats the closest thing I have in terms of handling.
Paris Shooting Suspects Under French Radar for YEARS
Western intelligence officials are scrambling to learn more about possible travel of the two Paris terror attack suspects, brothers Said and Cherif Kouachi, with new information suggesting one of the brothers recently spent time in Yemen.. So even as the US feigns to be striking at the source of ISIS power - allegedly seized Syrian oil fields - in reality, the US, along with its stalwart Persian Gulf allies Saudi Arabia and Qatar - are at the same time supplying this proxy��.
FPs Situation Report: Yemens collapse is a huge hit to U.S..
Foreign Policy | the Global Magazine of News and Ideas.. The Washington Posts Brian Murphy: ���Although Saudi Arabia and its Persian Gulf partners are fearful of spillover from Yemens collapse, they have given no indication of consensus on possible intervention and appear unlikely to. Al Jazeera: ���Armed men have killed 13 passengers travelling on a bus towards southern Afghanistan, officials say, the latest attack to target civilians in the countrys conflict.���.
This Culture Is Not Yet Rated
Bi acknowledged that the re-launched Empress of China was ���now appropriate for all audiences,��� but said ���it has also lost its edge.��� If classical Western art had to ���avoid sex as well as the female body,��� Bi asked, ���would they still have become.
I Can Tolerate Anything Except The Outgroup | Slate Star.
But since forgiveness is generally considered a virtue, and one that many want credit for having, I think its fair to say you only earn the right to call yourself forgiving if you forgive things that genuinely hurt you... The last section raised a question ��� if people rarely select their friends and associates and customers explicitly for politics, how do we end up with such intense political segregation? Well, in the.. Is there not an urgent duty to blow up Saudi Arabia?���..���.
Cease-Fire Collapses in Yemen as Houthis Attack Presidents Home
In a televised address Tuesday night, Houthi leader Abdel Malik al-Houthi accused Yemens political leadership of sinking ���deep into corruption and tyranny.��� Houthi threatened further ���measures��� if Hadi did not implement a power-sharing deal struck.
Washington to Play Bigger Role in Yemen Terror Fight.
Our Magazine Archive. Current Issue... After years of close cooperation with elite, U.S.-trained units of Yemeni special forces, the United States may now find it has to carry out more missions on its own.. Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes said at a news briefing Monday that the White House hopes to help bring about a political solution to the crisis in Yemen that would allow Washington to ���maintain the type of cooperation weve had with Yemen and its��.
Ten Recommendations for Obamas CVE Summit
Such strategic provocations abound lately in ISIS behavior toward its neighbors: most recently, Jordan, but also Saudi Arabia, Shias in Iraq, among others. In this respect, U.S. national security policymakers must isolate the grand strategy behind ISIS.
Rand Pauls Plan for Kurdistan: Draw New Lines and Promise Them a Country
Part of the problem is the Kurds arent getting enough arms, Paul said. The Kurds are the best fighters. The arms are going through Baghdad to get to the Kurds and theyre being siphoned off and theyre not getting what they need. I think any arms.
Operation Charlie Foxtrot | Foreign Policy
Operation Charlie Foxtrot �� | Foreign Policy | the Global Magazine of News and Ideas.. America and its allies are fighting alongside Iran to combat the Islamic State (IS) in Iraq and Syria but in Yemen, the United States and many of those same regional partners are collaborating to push back Iranian-backed Houthi forces. Israel and Saudi Arabia are closely aligned in their concerns about Iran while historical divisions between the two remain great. Iran supports��.
Its the Occupation, Stupid | Foreign Policy
Its the Occupation, Stupid �� | Foreign Policy | the Global Magazine of News and Ideas.. It is important to remember that the 1995 and 1996 bombings of U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia, the 1998 bombings of the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, and the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole in Yemen were the crucial dots that. But, the absence of public debate did not stop the great need to know or, perhaps better to say, to understand the events of that terrible day.
The World War Inside Islam | Foreign Policy
That rhetoric, and those tactics, have continued to this day in the form of the attack on Charlie Hebdo, the plots against the United States that were hatched in Yemen, and the mayhem inflicted by terrorists in London, Madrid, and other cities. Western.. Obamas recent decision to change his plans in order to visit Saudi Arabia immediately after the death of King Abdullah showed just how heavily Washington continues to rely on traditional sources of Arab stability.
The World War Inside Islam
But the collapse of popular movements everywhere save Tunisia has largely put an end to that rhetoric. Obamas recent decision to change his plans in order to visit Saudi Arabia immediately after the death of King Abdullah showed just how heavily .
Beirut car bombing sparked weekend unrest in Lebanon.
The one lens that I find most useful for analyzing the changes under way and the challenges ahead sees the events in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Yemen ��� where the transformation processes are most advanced ��� as aiming to achieve a series of new balances in. Britain, France and the US, as well as their allies, Turkey, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, need to recognise that neither side is going to win the civil war engulfing Syria.. A political solution has to be the priority..
A Ground Invasion of the Capital Is Imminent
For the politicians and military leaders in Tobruk, that means war. ���The easiest solution is a military takeover [of Tripoli]; its the only way to move forward from this ridiculous stalemate,��� said one senior lawmaker, dressed in a crisp suit. ���We are.
After Cuba Comes Iran
And as Ive pointed out before, its likely that both the president and Secretary of State John Kerry see additional opportunity in the Israeli-Palestinian issue if the March 2015 Israeli elections break in a way that produces a government willing and.
Islam Will Not Have Its Own Reformation
This contrast led some observers (like, say, Bill Maher) to declare we should stop being so politically correct and state the obvious: Islam remains stuck in the Middle Ages. And even those who found this particular formulation too crude were still.
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How France Became an Iran Hawk | Foreign Policy
This especially concerns the French because they have built strong political and defense relationships with Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates in recent years. The nuclear talks, French diplomats suspect, are��.
Lindsey Graham: Wrong on Everything
Yet for Graham, its an interesting position to take because under the Status of Forces Agreement with Iraq, Obama was mandated to end the U.S. troop presence if he could not get the Iraqis to agree to provide legal protections for U.S. soldiers.