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Monthly Archives: August 2019

U.S. Options on Iran

By Luke Lyman
June 16, 2021 09:57 PM
This summer has been notably characterized by a heating up of tensions between the US and its allies, and Iran. President Trump’s hardline, “maximum pressure” approach against Tehran, which dates back to his withdrawal from the JCPOA in the spring of 2018, has been firm and constant. The US has imposed strict economic sanctions, sent 2,500 troops to the region, an aircraft carrier, and conducted cyber attacks, while Iran has shot down a US drone and allegedly attacked ships in the region.[1] Iran’s acts of aggression and recent breaches of sections of the JCPOA are primarily meant to coerce the US into lifting the series of economic sanctions it has enacted since its withdrawal from the accord.
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Monthly Archives: July 2019

Arms Sales in the Yemeni Conflict: Who's (Legally of Illegally) Selling Guns?

By Luke Lyman
July 01, 2019 02:32 PM
The Saudi-led coalition purchases most of its arms from the United States and United Kingdom, while weaponry for the Houthi rebels is smuggled almost entirely from Iran.
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Monthly Archives: June 2019

Iranian Influence in Yemen: Covert and Overt Backing of Houthi Rebels

By Luke Lyman
June 16, 2019 07:08 PM
Though it continually denies any substantial involvement in the Yemeni Civil War, Iran’s support for Houthi rebels has been visible to the international community since the Arab Spring.
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Monthly Archives: June 2019

Mercenaries in the Saudi-led Coalition

By Luke Lyman
June 03, 2019 05:39 PM
The Yemeni Civil War, which started as a conflict between President Abdrabbuh Munsar Hadi’s government and Houthi revolutionaries, has become a magnet for external actors from around the world. A Saudi-led coalition consisting of the United States, France, and other countries supports Hadi’s government, while Iran backs the Houthi rebels. Nations representing both sides have poured billions of dollars of resources and thousands of men and women into the conflict, but recent findings have begun to reveal that there is another type of actor which is extraordinarily prominent: foreign mercenaries (Isenberg 2018).
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