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The Obama Administration has decided to admit Yemen’s President Saleh to the United States for medical care. It is a controversial decision both in Yemen and here in the United States. As the Washington Post reported, “a decision to allow him into the United States could be politically risky for President Obama, given Saleh’s repressive 33-year reign and the sustained unrest in Yemen.” Read more »
Pressure Points tracks developments in the Middle East and democratization and human rights issues globally.
As the “Arab Spring” swept the fake republics of North Africa–Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt–Algeria seemed immune. Media reports dwelled on…
Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has now declared his candidacy for president of Iran, and many Western media accounts suggest that…
Much has been written about whether the instability in Iraq, the warfare in Syria and the crises this causes for…
It is fashionable to claim that support for democracy in Egypt is a fool’s errand, given the strength of the…
In a blog post here on April 15, I noted that Secretary of State Kerry was doing a great deal…
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