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The Economist: How Yemen became the most wretched place on earth
A report from a conflict zone the world ignores
ALONG the road from the port city of Hodeida to Sana’a, Yemen’s capital, rugged mountains rise sharply from a coastal plain, then level off, giving way to a raised plateau. Old stone farmhouses overlook terraced fields, fed by mountain rains. To the south are lush forests, where baboons and wildcats live. Yemen’s vast deserts spread to the east. The diversity of the landscape is breathtaking. But amid all this natural beauty, there is misery.
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- December 5, 2017
Yemen: What will change after Ali Abdullah Saleh's death? -- Peter Hille, Bloomberg
Leaders in the Arab Spring era: Where are they now? -- Al Jazeera
What a US embassy in Jerusalem means to Palestinians -- Farah Najjar, Al Jazeera
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Way to Stop North Korea's Nuclear Program -- Wallace C. Gregson, National Interest
Trump’s “Risky Game” With North Korea Could Lead to Unintentional War, Experts Warn -- John Haltiwanger, Newsweek
China did something it's never done before to warn the US about fighting North Korea -- Alex Lockie, Business Insider
US should disinvite China to RIMPAC naval exercises -- Grant Newsham, Asia Times
What has Beijing achieved in the South China Sea? -- Grant Newsham, Asia Times
How South Africa Voluntarily Gave Up Its Nuclear Weapons -- Robert Farley, War Is Boring
Getting Rid of Mugabe Isn't Enough - Zimbabwe Needs Change -- M. Van Staden, RCW
Blame Russia. But not too much. -- Peter Apps, Reuters
The West Backed the Wrong Man in Ukraine -- Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg
Honduras crisis was long in the making -- Martin Reischke, DW
Maduro's cryptocurrency to fare no better than Venezuela itself: analysts -- Brian Ellsworth, Reuters
Nicolás Maduro’s Accelerating Revolution -- Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker
How Bitcoin can save the world from deflation -- William Pesek, Asia Times
Trump’s “Risky Game” With North Korea Could Lead to Unintentional War, Experts Warn -- John Haltiwanger, Newsweek
China did something it's never done before to warn the US about fighting North Korea -- Alex Lockie, Business Insider
US should disinvite China to RIMPAC naval exercises -- Grant Newsham, Asia Times
What has Beijing achieved in the South China Sea? -- Grant Newsham, Asia Times
How South Africa Voluntarily Gave Up Its Nuclear Weapons -- Robert Farley, War Is Boring
Getting Rid of Mugabe Isn't Enough - Zimbabwe Needs Change -- M. Van Staden, RCW
Blame Russia. But not too much. -- Peter Apps, Reuters
The West Backed the Wrong Man in Ukraine -- Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg
Honduras crisis was long in the making -- Martin Reischke, DW
Maduro's cryptocurrency to fare no better than Venezuela itself: analysts -- Brian Ellsworth, Reuters
Nicolás Maduro’s Accelerating Revolution -- Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker
How Bitcoin can save the world from deflation -- William Pesek, Asia Times
