Houthi Rebels Claim to Break Up “American-Israeli Spy Ring” in Yemen
Iran-backed Houthi rebels claimed on June 10 to have arrested members of an “American-Israeli spy network” in Yemen. Houthi intelligence chief Maj. Gen. Abdulhakim al-Khayewani...
National Democratic Institute
Iran-Backed Houthi Rebels Abduct UN Employees
Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen abducted at least 15 Yemeni employees of United Nations (UN) and other international agencies on June 7. Houthi enforcers detained nine employees...
Flash Briefs
A Russian Victory in Georgia’s Parliamentary Election
Billionaire winner Bidzina Ivanishvili owes his wealth to the Putin regime in Moscow.
Op-eds
Georgia’s Electoral Showdown
Emotions are running high as Georgians vote in a watershed parliamentary election.
Op-eds
Hostage Crisis
Since last month, 19 Americans working with pro-democracy nonprofit organizations have been under investigation for trumped-up charges of operating without proper registration. On Monday, the Egy...
Op-eds
9/11 and Arab Democracy
Beyond catastrophe and mourning, September 11th had unforeseen consequences in the Arab world, especially in my home country of Egypt. The attacks of that day, by citizens of America’s key...
Op-eds
Sudan’s Elections: What Now?
With all but the cynically duplicitous, willfully blind, or invincibly ignorant acknowledging that the elections in Sudan last week were more of a farce than a demonstration of the Sudanese peopl...
Op-eds
South Sudan: Simmering Below the Surface
Last Friday, seven Nigerian soldiers were laid to rest with full military honors in Abuja. The seven peacekeepers – along with one comrade each from Botswana, Mali, and Senegal – were...
Op-eds
Moroccan Exceptionalism?
I recently spent nearly two weeks in North Africa, arriving just before popular demonstrations drove Tunisia's Zine El Abidine Ben Ali from power and leaving just after the protesters occupi...
Op-eds
Nigeria at the Crossroads, Again
Focused on the final stretch of the midterm elections at home, policymakers and pundits in the United States have hardly evinced any interest in concerning themselves with electoral politics abro...
Op-eds
Nigeria Teeters Back from the Brink — For Now
Two weeks ago in this column space I observed that free, fair, and credible elections in Nigeria "would lead to the inauguration of a legitimate political order;[which] would not only consolidate...
Op-eds
Nigeria: Crisis of Legitimacy
Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Monday that Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, the candidate of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP), the winner in last...