Trump Plans to Make It Easier to Kill Civilians with Drones. Sadly, We Can Thank Obama for That.
As the war on terror enters its 17th year, it’s clear that abuses of power by one administration lead to abuses by the next.
Trump’s Policy Is Clear: Civilian Casualties Don’t Matter in the War on Terror
Multiple air strikes on cities and the use of white phosphorus—a probable war crime—guarantee a growing death toll.
The Trump Administration Is Recklessly Escalating Tensions With Iran
The biggest danger—at least right now—is less a direct U.S. military assault on Iran than an escalation of a proxy war against Yemen.
The White House is Dangerously Ratcheting Up Pressures with Iran
Trump’s rhetoric points to a real possibility for escalation in Yemen, which could be viewed as a proxy attack on Iran, IPS’ Phyllis Bennis tells MSNBC.
Book Event: Arabia Incognita
IPS will host the launch of “Arabia Incognita: Dispatches From Yemen and the Gulf” with editor Dr. Sheila Carapico and a Q&A led by IPS Fellow Phyllis Bennis.
U.S. Support for the Saudi Regime is a Humanitarian Disaster
As millions in Yemen face severe hunger, the United States continues to provide the Saudi invasion with arms
When Will the Dirty Wars End?
Jeremy Scahill’s ‘Dirty Wars’ conveys the sinister, unaccountable, and deadly power concentrated in the halls of Washington that now threatens the planet.
Postcard from Yemen
Seventy-four percent of Yemenis live in rural areas, and the majority of those lack the same three things: electricity, clean water, and education.
Embassy Protests and Middle East Unrest in Context
Anti-democratic forces in both the United States and the Arab world are using widespread embassy protests to discredit the pro-democracy movement.
Anything But a Love Triangle: Yemen’s Ex-president, al-Qaeda, and Washington
A review of Gregory Johnsen’s “The Last Refuge: al-Qaeda and America’s War in Yemen.”
A Rotten Cop on the Beat
When one country polices the world, who polices the police?
Plain Old Murder
The Pakistani government loudly protests that many of the casualties of drone strikes are civilian.
Counterterrorism Calculus in Yemen Shortchanging Political Solutions
Drone strikes in southern Yemen are radicalizing the population.
Target: Africa
Al-Qaeda is having a near-death experience, so why is the Obama administration opening a new front against terrorism in Africa?
Poets Stand Up
On the Walk of Shame, poets visit the embassies of Burma, Yemen, and Turkmenistan to read aloud the poems that can’t be read inside those countries.