From The American Conservative:Mark Perry has written an excellent report on Lloyd Austin’s policy views. Among other things, Perry finds that Austin was strongly opposed to the Saudi-led intervention in Yemen when he was in charge of Centcom: What’s...
The Latest Phony ‘Peace’ Deal Is Stoking Conflict
From The American Conservative:Mitchell Plitnick examines the Trump administration’s decision to recognize Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara:The agreement with Morocco combines the worst of both the Abraham Accords with the UAE and Bahrain and the...
Stop Pushing Yemen Deeper Into Famine
From The American Conservative:The U.N. made another appeal to the Trump administration not to designate the Houthis as a terrorist organization. The head of the World Food Program met with Pompeo to warn of the devastating effect that the designation would have on...
Back to the Brink of War Again?
From The American Conservative:Last week, I said that there was still a danger that the U.S. or Israel might launch an attack on Iranian targets before the new administration takes over. Axios reports yesterday that Israel is preparing for a possible U.S. attack on...
Yemenis Are Being Starved to Death
From The American Conservative:The U.N. Secretary-General warned last week that Yemen faces the worst famine in decades:Yemen is in imminent danger of the worst famine in decades. Without immediate action, millions of lives may be lost. I urge all those with influence...
Designating the Houthis Is Another Senseless Attack on Yemeni Civilians
From The American Conservative:The Trump administration is preparing to go through with the terrible idea of designating the Houthis as a terrorist organization:The Trump administration is preparing to designate Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi insurgents a terrorist...
Why the US Must Not Support Azerbaijan’s War
From The American Conservative:Eldar Mamedov warns against the push to get the U.S. to side with Azerbaijan in their attack on Karabakh and Armenia:As fierce fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan continues into a second month, neoconservatives in Washington are...
How Strategic Empathy Makes for Wiser Foreign Policy
From The American Conservative:Anatol Lieven explains how strategic empathy is supposed to work:This kind of empathy has very valuable consequences for foreign policy. It makes for an accurate assessment of another state establishment’s goals based on its own...
Yemen’s Worsening Humanitarian Crisis
From The American Conservative:The U.N. issued a new warning this week about acute malnutrition among Yemen’s youngest children that threatens to kill nearly 100,000 children under the age of five:“Yemen is on the brink of a catastrophic food security...
Just Say No to a Karabakh ‘No-Fly Zone’
From The American Conservative:The renewed fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Karabakh has not drawn that much attention in the West, but many of the initial, knee-jerk responses to the conflict have been remarkably bad. Whether it is members of Congress...