Topic: Regional Affairs
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John B posted a blog entry
Radicalizing American Muslims
The US has seen several dozen arrests of American Muslims over the last year, all charged with various terrorism-related...
The US has seen several dozen arrests of American Muslims over the last year, all charged with various terrorism-related...
John B posted a blog entry
Fading Obama Rose
The bloom is off the Obama rose in the Arab world, writes Fouad Ajami on the pages of The Wall St. Journal. By not picking...
The bloom is off the Obama rose in the Arab world, writes Fouad Ajami on the pages of The Wall St. Journal. By not picking...
John B posted a blog entry
US-Bound Saudi Tanker Hijacked
‘Crime doesn’t pay,’ goes an old adage. For Somali pirates, though, it seems that crimes does pay. After...
‘Crime doesn’t pay,’ goes an old adage. For Somali pirates, though, it seems that crimes does pay. After...
John B posted a blog entry
‘2009 Is Not 2001′
The National Council of US-Arab Relations (NCUSAR) recently concluded its annual conference in Washington, DC. Videos, audio...
The National Council of US-Arab Relations (NCUSAR) recently concluded its annual conference in Washington, DC. Videos, audio...
John B posted a blog entry
Agro-Imperialism?
The questions about agriculture—food, really—in the coming years is the subject of this piece appearing in...
The questions about agriculture—food, really—in the coming years is the subject of this piece appearing in...
John B posted a blog entry
On-Line Jihadists Switching Languages
The tragedy at Ft. Hood, in which Maj. Nidal Hasan is accused of killing and wounding dozens of his fellow soldiers, is...
The tragedy at Ft. Hood, in which Maj. Nidal Hasan is accused of killing and wounding dozens of his fellow soldiers, is...
John B posted a blog entry
Saudi News Brief
There’s not much of interest in Saudi news today. The Kingdom is gearing up for Haj, which starts on Nov. 18, today, and...
There’s not much of interest in Saudi news today. The Kingdom is gearing up for Haj, which starts on Nov. 18, today, and...
John B posted a blog entry
More from the Yemen-Saudi Border
While the Saudi Cabinet assures all that the border with Yemen is now secure, Saudi media write about the presence of...
While the Saudi Cabinet assures all that the border with Yemen is now secure, Saudi media write about the presence of...
John B posted a blog entry
Parsing the Problems of the Houthi
Mshari Al-Zaydi raises an interesting point in his column today. He notes that while the Houthis are members of the...
Mshari Al-Zaydi raises an interesting point in his column today. He notes that while the Houthis are members of the...
John B posted a blog entry
Small Wars, Big Purposes
What’s going on on the Saudi-Yemen border, and what it might mean for the US are the major topics of this article from...
What’s going on on the Saudi-Yemen border, and what it might mean for the US are the major topics of this article from...
John B posted a blog entry
Getting to Peace in the Middle East
This opinion piece in the Israeli daily Haaretz is substantially similar to an op-ed I co-wrote (with David Perlmutter) that...
This opinion piece in the Israeli daily Haaretz is substantially similar to an op-ed I co-wrote (with David Perlmutter) that...
John B posted a blog entry
Saudis Speak Softly, Big Stick at Hand
I think this opinion piece in Al-Hayat is worth pointing out. It discusses the way Saudi Arabia traditionally takes a...
I think this opinion piece in Al-Hayat is worth pointing out. It discusses the way Saudi Arabia traditionally takes a...
John B posted a blog entry
Saudi Media Look at Iran, Houthis
Asharq Alawsat runs two opinion pieces today that point to Iran as the force behind the recent (and perhaps on-going) clashes...
Asharq Alawsat runs two opinion pieces today that point to Iran as the force behind the recent (and perhaps on-going) clashes...
John B posted a blog entry
Saudis Blockade Yemen’s Red Sea Ports
The Washington Post runs this Associated Press story about a Saudi naval blockade of Yemen’s Red Sea coast, part of the...
The Washington Post runs this Associated Press story about a Saudi naval blockade of Yemen’s Red Sea coast, part of the...
John B posted a blog entry
The UN and the Yemen-Saudi Border
The Italian news agency AKI reports on the UN High Commission for Refugees is concerned about the state of refugees in Yemen....
The Italian news agency AKI reports on the UN High Commission for Refugees is concerned about the state of refugees in Yemen....
John B posted a blog entry
Saudi-Yemen Conflict Proxy for Iran-Saudi Conflict
This report from Asian Times is pretty blunt in declaring the conflict on the border between Yemen and Saudi Arabia to be the...
This report from Asian Times is pretty blunt in declaring the conflict on the border between Yemen and Saudi Arabia to be the...
John B posted a blog entry
Saudi-Yemen Border Conflict Continues
Well, the Yemen-Saudi border conflict isn’t quite wrapped up. This Saudi Gazette piece, relaying a story from the Arabic...
Well, the Yemen-Saudi border conflict isn’t quite wrapped up. This Saudi Gazette piece, relaying a story from the Arabic...
John B posted a blog entry
Saudi-Yemen Border Incidents Wraps-Up
The conflict on the Saudi-Yemen border seems to be finished. Saudi Gazette runs a release from the Saudi Press Agency, quoting...
The conflict on the Saudi-Yemen border seems to be finished. Saudi Gazette runs a release from the Saudi Press Agency, quoting...
John B posted a blog entry
Saudi-Iranian Friction over Houthis, Haj
Saudi Arabia and Iran have never been best of friends, each viewing the other with suspicion and, I’d suggest, some...
Saudi Arabia and Iran have never been best of friends, each viewing the other with suspicion and, I’d suggest, some...
John B posted a blog entry
Where Are Those Tankers?
An interesting webpage which has suddenly burst upon the blogosphere: Marine Traffic uses current online mapping programs to...
An interesting webpage which has suddenly burst upon the blogosphere: Marine Traffic uses current online mapping programs to...
John B posted a blog entry
At the Saudi-Yemen Border
Naturally enough, the Saudi media is front-paging its coverage of the conflict on the Saudi-Yemen border. All stories are...
Naturally enough, the Saudi media is front-paging its coverage of the conflict on the Saudi-Yemen border. All stories are...
John B posted a blog entry
International Media Reports on Border Clash
The Washington Post carries an AP story from Donna Abu-Nasr in Riyadh which states that the Saudis claim not to have crossed...
The Washington Post carries an AP story from Donna Abu-Nasr in Riyadh which states that the Saudis claim not to have crossed...
John B posted a blog entry
Saudi Media Reports on Border Conflict
While the Yemeni government may declare that no Saudi air attacks have taken place, eye-witness reports by Saudi media...
While the Yemeni government may declare that no Saudi air attacks have taken place, eye-witness reports by Saudi media...
John B posted a blog entry
Saudi Air Force Attacks Yemeni Rebel Villages
The Washington Post is running this Reuters story online right now. In response to a cross-border attack on a Saudi security...
The Washington Post is running this Reuters story online right now. In response to a cross-border attack on a Saudi security...
