Protesters loyal to the Shi'ite al-Houthi rebel group burn an effigy of a U.S. aircraft during a demonstration to protest against what they say is U.S. interference in Yemen, including drone strikes, after their weekly Friday prayers in the Old Sanaa city April 12, 2013. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah/File Photo
Noah Browning, Reuters: Trump risks deeper entanglement in Yemen's murky war
Yemen is emerging as a test ground for U.S. President Donald Trump's forceful approach to al Qaeda and Iran, but his first actions there risk drawing his administration further into its convoluted two-year-old war.
A U.S. raid last month killed several al Qaeda militants but also left a Navy SEAL and several civilians dead, while the deployment of a destroyer to patrol the Red Sea coast drew the ire of Yemen's Houthi movement, an ally of Iran.
The flurry of operations since Trump took power on Jan. 20 included three drone strikes on suspected al Qaeda militants and increased logistical support for a Saudi-led campaign against the Houthis that began under his predecessor Barack Obama.
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- February 7, 2017
Assad’s slaughterhouse defies description, but it’s horrifyingly real -- Kate Allen, The Guardian
How Assad Is Winning -- Charles Glass, New York Review of Books
Hey, Team Trump: Tell America what’s in the Iran deal -- F.H. Buckley, NYP
Desperate Palestinian leadership could choose armed struggle -- Uri Savir, Al-Monitor
Lebanon cannot have it both ways -- Michael Karam, The National
The Real Reason for China's U-Turn on Climate Change -- Coco Liu, South China Morning Post
The mistakes Trump should not repeat in Afghanistan -- Davood Moradian, Al Jazeera
Who will protect Nigeria’s northern Christians? -- Douglas Murray, The Spectator
Russia’s Bad Equilibrium -- Anders Åslund, Project Syndicate
Kremlin's New Ideology -- T.S.Tsonchev, Montreal Review
Empire By Other Means: Russia’s Strategy for the 21st Century -- Agnia Grigas, RCW
Ukraine as testing ground for Kremlin-Trump 'dialogue' -- Halya Coynash, Al Jazeera
With Donald Trump in the White House, the Balkans whisper of war -- Mark Mackinnon, Globe and Mail
Russia Expands Its Subversive Involvement in Western Balkans -- Ebi Spahiu, Jamestown Foundation
Survivor: Special EU edition -- David M. Herszenhorn, Politico
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WNU Editor,
http://www.pwc.com/gx/en/world-2050/assets/pwc-world-in-2050-summary-report-feb-2017.pdf
Jay. I love reading this stuff. Thankyou.
Better get crack Canada, you guys fall off the chart pretty quickly!
Jay,
I like reading this kind of stuff too. Thanks for the link.
While I do not believe anyone can possibly predict the world in 2050, it is fun to try and it is intersting to read the articles of those who try to make such predictions even if their predictions are all pretty much the same. Sonetimes I think they may just copy each other!!
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