Why air strikes on the Houthis will fail
All other attempts to stop the Houthis haven’t worked. Why should Trump’s be any different?
James Snell
James Snell is a senior advisor for special initiatives at the New Lines Institute for Strategy and Policy. His upcoming book, Defeat, about the failure of the war in Afghanistan and the future of terrorism, will be published by Gibson Square next year.
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Madness and cannibalism with David Grann
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Is Britain really ‘on the brink?’
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Henry Kissinger’s likely last book is on leadership
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Shinzo Abe was Japan’s indispensable conservative
What will his country do now?
Tuesday
Boris Johnson and the return of ‘Pestminster’
His power slips as British pols can’t stop touching the help
Monday
Boris Johnson saved by his hollow party
Britain’s PM survives a no-confidence vote but the Conservatives are in trouble
Wednesday
Hong Kong is now a police state
Soon to be run by a former policeman
Tuesday
Where will the war in Ukraine go next?
Russia is on fire, but the expansionist impulse remains
Friday
How Syria became another narco-state
As in Afghanistan, the Syrian state is being rebuilt on drugs and violence
Monday
The end of the last Arab Spring success story
Tunisia is sliding into tyranny
Thursday
Down with the ‘Third World War’ doomsayers
Living in a constant state of near-hysteria is taxing
Monday
Putin’s imperialism in Africa
It isn’t just Ukraine: African dictators are just fine with Russia killing for money
Thursday
The Kremlin’s clown prince
Vladimir Zhirinovsky wanted to bomb Washington and made Putin appear sane
Monday
Hungary’s Orbán remains a thorn in everyone’s side
The prime minister loves to play the victim even as he wins another big election
Wednesday
Madeleine Albright was an idealist overpowered by cynics
Her final judgment on Putin may well be proven correct
