How U.S. Contributed to Yemen Crisis admin, April 20, 2015August 15, 2024 Washington’s support for Yemen’s former dictatorship — and of Saudi efforts to sideline the country’s nonviolent pro-democracy movement — helped create the current crisis. Continue Reading
Obama administration undermines UN disarmament efforts admin, April 13, 2015June 19, 2024 Though the United States may have taken the lead in the international diplomatic initiative against Iran’s nuclear program, the Obama administration has also taken the lead in undermining the United Nations’ efforts to promote nuclear arms control and disarmament elsewhere. Continue Reading
Powerful nonviolent resistance to armed conflict in Yemen admin, April 11, 2015January 21, 2025 While media coverage of the tragic situation unfolding in Yemen in recent months has focused on armed clashes and other violence, there has also been widespread and ongoing nonviolent civil resistance employed by a number of different actors. Continue Reading
Hardliners on All Sides Undermining Iran’s Nuclear Talks admin, April 5, 2015August 15, 2024 Reaching an interim nuclear deal with Iran would have been difficult enough even without hardliners in both Iran and the United States seeking to undermine them. Continue Reading