by Stephen Zunes | May 26, 2011 | Human Rights
Despite major demographic and infrastructural differences, the Yemeni people face with the same fundamental problems that the successful insurgents of the Arab world have sought to eradicate through collective action this year. The 32-year-old regime of Ali Abdullah...
by Stephen Zunes | May 13, 2011 | Human Rights, War & Peace
Since Obama came to office in January 2009, U.S. security assistance to the Yemeni regime has gone up five-fold. Despite such large-scale unconditional support, however, the 32-year reign of autocratic President Ali Abdullah Saleh may finally be coming to an end. Yet...
by Michael Busch | Dec 21, 2010 | War & Peace
We’re honored to have Michael Busch dissecting the latest WikiLeaks document dump for Focal Points. This is the twenty-fourth in the series. A brief, but alarming, dispatch from the US embassy in Sana’a emerged this weekend, outlining the lax conditions...
by Michael Busch | Nov 29, 2010 | Uncategorized
We’re honored to have Michael Busch dissecting the latest WikiLeaks document dump for Focal Points. This is the third in the series. The WikiLeaks drop of documents concerning ongoing US operations in Yemen offers a fascinating read. In particular, they shed...
by Russ Wellen | Nov 9, 2010 | Uncategorized
It’s not entirely certain whether the two packages containing explosives sent to the United States were meant to explode at the Chicago synagogues to which they were addressed or in mid-air. But since then the United States has been leaning especially hard on...
