Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- February 14, 2019

Leo Shane III and Joe Gould, Military Times: Should US troops be involved in the Yemen civil war?

WASHINGTON — House lawmakers approved a measure to block all U.S. forces and equipment from involvement in the ongoing civil war in Yemen, in an effort to stop American forces from assisting Saudi Arabia in the hostilities there.

The 248-177 vote could soon spur the first veto of President Donald Trump’s administration, since White House officials have already criticized the resolution as an attack on the executive branch’s war powers. Eighteen House Republicans backed the plan, along with nearly all of the chamber’s Democrats. Senate lawmakers still need to weigh in on the measure before it heads to Trump’s desk

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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- February 14, 2019

Why Trump is likely to announce he's sending troops to the Colombian-Venezuelan border -- Tom Rogan, Washington Examiner

How Venezuela Aligned the Western Hemisphere -- Allison Fedirka, Geopolitical Futures

China may wait before abandoning Maduro -- Emanuele Scimia, Asia Times

Undefeated, ISIS Is Back in Iraq -- Aziz Ahmad, New York Review Of Books

40 Years After the Revolution, All Eyes Are on Iran Again -- Raza Naeem, The Wire

The last total revolution turns 40 -- Hamid Dabashi, Al Jazeera

Voting under the threat of Boko Haram -- Thomas Mösch, DW

Trump’s Trade Warrior Takes the Fight to Beijing -- Edward Alden, Politico

New hot spot boils in the South China Sea -- Richard Javad Heydarian, Asia Times

Could Russia and Belarus trade oil for national sovereignty? -- Emily Sherwin, DW

The EU looks like the Soviet Union in 1991 – on the verge of collapse -- George Soros, The guardian

Can Germany Stay the Course on Defense Spending? -- Brooks Tigner, Atlantic Council

Explainer: What's at stake in U.S.-China trade talks -- Reuters

Make El Chapo pay for a border wall? Don’t count on it -- Tom Hays, AP

Millennial Socialism -- Economist