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The Yemen Civil War Arms Bonanza The Yemen Civil War Arms Bonanza “Making billions from arms exports which fuel the conflict while providing a small fraction of that in aid to Yemen is both immoral and incoherent.”  So thundered Oxfam’s Yemen Country Director, Muhsin Siddiquey after consulting figures from the Stockholm Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) showing that members of the G20 have exported over $17 billion worth of arms to Saudi Arabia since the Kingdom entered the conflict in Yemen.  “The world’s wealthiest nations cannot continue to put profits above the Yemeni people.�...

February 23, 2021 Saudi soldiers inspect F15-SA fighter jets ordered from United States at the King Faisal Air Academy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on January 25, 2017. (Ramazan Turgut/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) In early February, Joe Biden went to the State Department to give the first foreign policy address of his presidency. His key theme was the need to restore America’s global leadership by adopting a policy of diplomacy first and repairing the damage to US alliances inflicted by Donald Trump. In support of that pledge, Biden recounted a series of steps he has taken already, from extendin...

What foreign policymakers can learn from racial justice advocates I’ve found it difficult to study international affairs while America is ripping at the seams.  Reading foreign policy think pieces and watching diplomacy webinars seem to inevitably end with my mind drifting to headlines that hit much closer to home. Like so many young people, the Trump years have left me more politically active, as I’ve come to understand the importance of my dissenting voice in a Zoom town hall and the power of my physical body in a street demonstration . I’ve tried to strike a balance between...

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Myanmar: UN expert sounds alarm ahead of expected protests GENEVA (16 February 2021) – The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Tom Andrews, today releases the following statement: "I fear that Wednesday has the potential for violence on a greater scale in Myanmar than we have seen since the illegal takeover of the government on February 1. A protest rally has been called for downtown Yangon today, and there may be protests in other cities and townships as well, following word that a secretive trial of State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and President Win Myi...