May, 2022

• 12 May

  Despite the Stalemate in Baghdad, Iraq’s Political Winds Are Shifting

  

  Iraq has blown past all the constitutional deadlines to form a government in the aftermath of its October 2021 parliamentary elections, the results of which initially threatened to upend Iraq’s system of sectarian kleptocracy. Instead, seven months after the election, Iraq’s government formation talks appear to have reached a stalemate, …

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• 12 May

  Africa’s Stalled Post-Coup ‘Transitions’ Are Telling Us Something

  

  The spate of military takeovers and attempted coups across Africa over the past two years has led to speculation in some quarters about a generalized “return to military rule” or “coup contagion” on the continent. In August 2020, a group of Malian officers led by Col. Assimi Goita overthrew the …

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• 12 May

  Algeria Makes for a Risky Partner to Help Solve Europe’s Energy Crisis

  

  The war in Ukraine has exacerbated Europe’s energy crisis, leaving the European Union desperately seeking alternative sources of supply to reduce its dependence on Russian fossil fuels. Among the states in the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia the EU has turned to in efforts to diversify its energy …

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• 12 May

  En Ethiopie, la pire sécheresse « jamais vécue » ravage les vies des nomades somali

  

  Dans l’est du pays, il n’a pas plu depuis dix-huit mois, dévastant le cheptel et mettant une partie de la population en grave insécurité alimentaire. Quasiment pas une goutte de pluie depuis dix-huit mois. A Hargududo, village de la région Somali en Ethiopie, les habitants montrent à l’AFP les cadavres …

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• 12 May

  Algérie : Vladimir Poutine invite Abdelmadjid Tebboune à Moscou

  

  Le chef de la diplomatie russe, Sergueï Lavrov, a effectué une visite de deux jours à Alger, où il a été reçu par son homologue, Ramtane Lamamra, ainsi que par le président Abdelmadjid Tebboune, convié à Moscou par Vladimir Poutine pour une visite officielle. Le chef de la diplomatie russe, …

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• 12 May

  SDF arrests suspected ISIS facilitator in Deir al-Zor: coalition

  

  The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) captured a suspected ISIS facilitator in an operation near the Euphrates River Valley in Syria’s eastern Deir al-Zor province, the US-led Special Operations Joint Task Force-Levant (SOJTF LEVANT) announced on Tuesday morning.

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• 12 May

  Imagining a Postwar Ukraine

  

  A Country With More Military and Tech Power—but Fewer Ukrainians Ten weeks into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, it is hard to see how and when the war will end. At the end of March, the Russian army withdrew from around Kyiv, but it is still pounding Kharkiv and Mariupol and …

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• 12 May

  America Must Embrace the Goal of Ukrainian Victory

  

  It’s Time to Move Past Washington’s Cautious Approach For years before Russia invaded Ukraine in February, the Ukrainians had been growing frustrated with U.S. leadership. A former high-level Ukrainian official described U.S. policy to the country in this way: “You won’t let us drown, but you won’t let us swim.” …

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• 12 May

  US, Western Europe fret over uncertain Ukraine war endgame

  

  An interminable and unwinnable war in Europe? That’s what NATO leaders fear and are bracing for as Russia’s war in Ukraine grinds into its third month with little sign of a decisive military victory for either side and no resolution in sight. The possibility of a stalemate is fueling concerns …

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• 12 May

  The National Interest Whitewashes Saudi Aggression in Yemen

  

  The National Interest has published a shameless apology for Saudi Arabia’s genocidal war in Yemen, “The Saudi War of Necessity in Yemen” by Ahmed al-Maimouni. With his second sentence, Al-Maimouni, a retired Saudi major general, forfeits his right to be taken seriously: “It is imperative for Saudi Arabia to preserve …

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