Yemen

Exporting advanced weapons systems to the Middle East will create very few jobs at home. Washington must base its decisions on national security strategy rather than domestic politics.

As the ongoing conflict in Yemen shows, it’s time to fight starvation not only on humanitarian grounds but as an essential component of military and foreign policy.

After declaring an end to U.S. support for the Saudi-led offensive, there is more the president can do.

By selecting Timothy Lenderking, Biden signals that he wants a quick end to the war there.

Congressional overseers are livid that the administration made major policy changes without prior formal consultations.

On Taiwan, Yemen, and Cuba, the Trump administration is laying political land mines for Biden on its way out the door.

The world in 2021 will be haunted by the legacies of 2020: an ongoing pandemic, an economic crisis, Donald Trump’s divisive presidency—and new threats emanating from wars and climate change.

Five articles from the past year that explain how the quagmire in Yemen sparked fierce political battles in Washington as millions teeter on the brink of starvation.

The Arab world is trapped in a state of permanent revolution.

In his memoirs, the former U.S. president seems uninterested in a critical appraisal of his drone policies. Considering the human suffering caused by America’s drone wars, Joe Biden should not make the same mistake.

Missiles remotely fired with the assistance of a U.S. base on German soil killed my family in Yemen, but neither German nor U.S. courts are willing to hold anyone accountable.

The Saudis need to get on Biden’s good side. Obvious places to start include releasing women’s rights activists.

From concerns about ties to defense contractors to worries about forever wars, at least one of the president-elect’s potential nominees is raising hackles.

The Trump administration’s parting gift to Saudi Arabia has made it necessary to evacuate at-risk aid workers from the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.

The move, opposed by the humanitarian community, is part of the administration’s pressure campaign on Iran—and could hamstring Biden.

He was successful because only an iconoclastic president could have rejected false assumptions and failed strategies.

The World Food Program will need more than a Nobel Prize to feed the millions who are newly food-insecure.