Entries by paula@hcss-site

NATO’s Half-hearted Intervention

NATO powers are now paddling backward, expressing concerns over arming the rebels. Some declare that arming the rebels violates the arms embargo of the 1970 Security Council resolution, others are worried that Islamists with connections to al-Qaeda are among the rebels, while still others fear the unknown consequences (read: Afghanistan and Iraq).But the case for […]

Al-Assad’s outdated lessons

In an unprecedented act of public expression against Bashar al-Assad’s regime, protesters took to the streets of the southern Syrian city of Daraa. So far security forces killed 15 and wounded dozens. The protest continued to spread to other cities and towns in southern Syria. Does this mean ruling of the al-Assad family is coming […]

Regime change in Yemen

The days of Ali Abdullah Saleh as Yemen’s president are numbered. The crackdown of his security forces on Friday, which left at least 50 dead, has backfired, as the tragedy helped a divided opposition coalesce into a formidable opponent. The Yemeni uprising, which erupted early February, shocked Saleh’s regime but division across opposition groups meant […]