Middle East Critique

9th & FINAL ARTICLE OF: 🔹 𝐀 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞 — 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺: 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘔𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘠𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯 "𝗜𝗻 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗬𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵, 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁. 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲." Title: 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐃𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐂𝐨𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐘𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧 Author: 𝐉𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐲 𝐒. 𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐦𝐚𝐧 #Yemen #Drones #Genocide #GenocideStudies #USImperialism ------------ few highlights ------------ 𝑜𝑛 𝑈𝑆 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑦 (𝑝. 𝟗𝟏𝟕): "Despite the United States' direct responsibility for and complicity in the ruination of Yemen, US officials and politicians have played politics with and dehumanized the lives of Yemenis, and US media have failed to (re)humanize Yemenis and account for the human suffering caused by the United States and the Coalition." ---- 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑦𝑛𝑐ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑧𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑎𝑐𝑘 (𝑝. 𝟗𝟏𝟗): "I described as a 'synchronized attack on life' in Yemen, borrowing from Raphael Lemkin's own description of genocide as being 'effected through a synchronized attack on different aspects of life.'" ---- 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑘𝑎𝑑𝑒 (𝑝. 𝟗𝟐𝟏): "The blockade is essentially using the threat of starvation as a bargaining tool and an instrument of war." ---- 𝑜𝑛 𝑑𝑒ℎ𝑢𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑧𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 (𝑝. 𝟗𝟐𝟒): "It is surely easier to feel the right things, when the men, women, and children who are killed by the US are reduced to nonentities - nameless, faceless, and ageless - described merely as 'collateral damage' or 'civilian casualties.'" ---- 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚 '𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑑𝑒' (𝑝. 𝟗𝟑𝟏): "When we allow disagreement over whether the term genocide applies to Yemen, Gaza, or elsewhere, we also allow such debate to dictate the value of human life." ... and much more! Continue reading here: doi.org/10.1080/19436149.202…

8th ARTICLE OF: 🔹 𝐀 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞 — 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺: 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘔𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘠𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯 "𝗠𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘂𝗹𝘁'𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗳, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗔𝗻𝘀𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗵 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝗮 '𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵' 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘇𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗬𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗶 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆." Title: 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐝𝐞𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐡'𝐬 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐘𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧 Author: 𝐇𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐛𝐚 𝐀𝐬𝐡𝐫𝐚𝐟 𝐒𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐟 #Yemen #Ansarallah #Resistance #AxisOfResistance #Foucault ------------ few highlights ------------ 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑡ℎ (𝑝. 𝟖𝟗𝟕): "The malazim of Hussein al-Houthi work as a production of truth. Thus, Hussein al-Houthi addressed the issue of resistance practices against 'the existing regime of truth' and aimed to establish a new regime of truth." ---- 𝑜𝑛 𝑠𝑦𝑚𝑏𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑐 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑝𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑠 (𝑝. 𝟖𝟗𝟔): "Ansarallah's ideological and practical strategies extend to adopting administrative measures, regulatory decisions, and moral/cultural elements such as commemorations of tragic events, and celebrations of heroes and martyrs." ---- 𝑜𝑛 𝑒𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 (𝑝. 𝟗𝟎𝟗): "Ansarallah has also strategically utilized higher education to secure the loyalty of future generations. This includes the establishment of new private universities aligned with AnsarAllah's principles." ---- 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐺𝑎𝑧𝑎 𝑤𝑎𝑟 (𝑝. 𝟗𝟏𝟎): "The Gaza war has allowed Ansarallah to rise to the forefront of the 'Axis of Resistance.' It has arguably distinguished itself as the only partner within this alliance to globalize the conflict, notably through its anti-shipping attacks in the Bab al-Mandeb Strait and the Red Sea." ---- 𝑜𝑛 𝑐𝑜𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛-𝑏𝑢𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 (𝑝. 𝟗𝟏𝟐): "When discussing the political dynamics of resistance movements in the Middle East, it is important to highlight how many 'Sunni' groups, such as Jamaa Islamiyya in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza, have chosen to prioritize their resistance against external forces over sectarian divisions." ... and much more! Continue reading here: doi.org/10.1080/19436149.202…

7th ARTICLE OF: 🔹 𝐀 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞 — 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺: 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘔𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘠𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯 "𝗜𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗺𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗽𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗺 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗲." Title: 𝐁𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐢𝐦𝐬: 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐘𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧 Author: 𝐀𝐡𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐢 #Yemen #Sanctions #IHL #HumanitarianCrisis #Imperialism ------------ few highlights ------------ 𝑜𝑛 𝑠𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑠 𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑓𝑎𝑟𝑒 (𝑝. 𝟖𝟔𝟕): "Although framed in legal discourse as a non-violent and targeted instrument, economic sanctions imposed on Yemen have in practice operated as a form of warfare, extending well beyond political elites and systematically harming vulnerable groups." ---- 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑙 (𝑝. 𝟖𝟔𝟖): "Civilian suffering is therefore not an accidental by-product but a central channel through which pressure is transmitted." ---- 𝑜𝑛 𝑤𝑒𝑎𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑧𝑒𝑑 𝑑𝑒𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 (𝑝. 𝟖𝟖𝟎): "In this context, the closure of ports, restrictions on fuel and commercial imports, and banking sanctions did not merely 'disrupt supply chains'; they weaponized a deliberately constructed dependence, making the threat of starvation a credible and highly effective instrument of pressure." ---- 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑢𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑜𝑥 (𝑝. 𝟖𝟖𝟏): "Sanctions have evolved into a central driver of a protracted humanitarian crisis, with their impacts intertwining with those of the war, making human suffering the primary cost—far removed from the stated political objectives." ---- 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑢𝑟𝑒 (𝑝. 𝟖𝟖𝟓): "From a strictly utilitarian standpoint, these policies have produced no tangible benefits that outweigh—or even balance—the severe harm inflicted on the Yemeni population." ---- ... and much more! Continue reading here: doi.org/10.1080/19436149.202…

6th ARTICLE OF: 🔹 𝐀 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞 — 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺: 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘔𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘠𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯 "𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗶𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝘁𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗮 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺, 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗿." Title: 𝐀𝐢𝐫 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫, 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬: 𝐔𝐊 𝐀𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐚𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐘𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧 Author: 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐯𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐬 #Yemen #UK #ArmsTrade #Colonialism #AirPower #OPENACCESS ------------ few highlights ------------ 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐵𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓-𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑒 (𝑝. 𝟖𝟒𝟑): "Tension over air strikes emerges because Saudi conduct contradicts the British self-image although not historical practice." ---- 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑖𝑟 𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟 (𝑝. 𝟖𝟒𝟕): "Air power was deployed by the British in the 1920s as a cheaper means of colonial control against populations deemed savage and 'conceived of as congenitally insurgent.'" ---- 𝑜𝑛 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑚 (𝑝. 𝟖𝟒𝟓): "The historic features of air power, such as indiscriminateness and terror, are displaced onto the character of the Saudis to protect British identity as an upholder of international law and liberal values and maintain the sanctity of air power." ---- 𝑜𝑛 𝐵𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑦 (𝑝. 𝟖𝟓𝟏): "If the Saudis 'couldn't do it without us' then British complicity with today's practices means the line between 'them' and 'us' is harder to maintain." ---- 𝑜𝑛 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑦 (𝑝. 𝟖𝟔𝟎): "Efforts to manage controversy will always face friction because the control of the historical narrative is not solely within Britain's gift. It matters that scholars and publics engage with these controversies to rework the narratives around British foreign policy to exorcize the emotional investments in empire." ... and much more! Continue reading here: doi.org/10.1080/19436149.202…

5th ARTICLE OF: 🔹 𝐀 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞 — 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺: 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘔𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘠𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯 "𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 '𝗶𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿' 𝗬𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗶 𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗿, 𝗜 𝘀𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁, 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗮 𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗬𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻'𝘀 '𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱' 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗳𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗞𝗦𝗔 𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗻-𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀." Title: 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐲, 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐞-𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐘𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐢 𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫 𝐌𝐢𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐢 𝐀𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐚 Author: 𝐊𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚 𝐀𝐥-𝐄𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐢 #Yemen #SaudiArabia #LaborMigration #DeDemocratization #OPENACCESS ------------ few highlights ------------ 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑖𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑠 (𝑝. 𝟖𝟏𝟗): "I argue that these enduring desires are discursive, frequently resulting in the hypervisibility of Yemeni 'irregular' migrants as a supplementary spectacle through which the KSA state's domination is exerted over both Saudis and Yemenis alike." ---- 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑜𝑓 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑖𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑡 (𝑝. 𝟖𝟑𝟐): "Migrants' marked bodies express the notion of political and democratic rights as inferior for their inability to secure economic goods for their citizens." ---- 𝑜𝑛 𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑤𝑖𝑡𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 (𝑝. 𝟖𝟐𝟗): "Temporary cheap labor migrants served as an apparatus of 'switching crisis' from the Gulf to labor-exporting countries, allowing the economic and political order in the Gulf to endure." ---- 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟑 𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑖𝑔𝑛 (𝑝. 𝟖𝟑𝟑): "The ignited desires of the natives to maintain their moral privilege are integrated into the development of the governing practices of the state in a manner that allowed the state to 'stimulate, determine, and orient the activity' of the natives to ultimately govern the political possibilities within the KSA." ---- 𝑜𝑛 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑒𝑑 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑟𝑒 (𝑝. 𝟖𝟑𝟕): "While Yemenis are aware of the direct role the Gulf states, especially the KSA, historically played in producing Yemen's impasse, their desire to cross these borders has not waned." ... and much more! Continue reading here: doi.org/10.1080/19436149.202…

4th ARTICLE OF: 🔹 𝐀 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞 — 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺: 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘔𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘠𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯 "𝗔𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀' 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱𝘀, 𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗴𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻." Title: 𝐒𝐨𝐪𝐨𝐭𝐫𝐚'𝐬 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐲: 𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐬 Author: 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐃. 𝐄𝐥𝐢𝐞 #Soqotra #Yemen #EpistemicInjustice #ResearchColony ------------ few highlights ------------ 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑑 𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑈𝑁 (𝑝. 𝟕𝟗𝟕): "In justifying Soqotra's selection as a conservation-worthy site, the UN violated international intellectual property protocols. This act stained the UN's environmental experiment in Soqotra, revealing a propensity for bad faith that permanently plagued its activities." ---- 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑢𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑐𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑚𝑒 (𝑝. 𝟕𝟗𝟔): "This led to the imposition of a tutelary ecocratic regime in Soqotra for nearly three decades." ---- 𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 (𝑝. 𝟕𝟗𝟖): "The ultimate result was the dispossession of Soqotrans' decisional autonomy over the use of their environmental resources, discursive sovereignty over their self-understanding, and epistemic control over the narration of their communal reality." ---- 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑔𝑚 (𝑝. 𝟖𝟎𝟔): "Practitioners of this illiberal paradigm are de facto latter-day colonialists as they treat research sites as a blank canvas upon which they performed with a colonizing flair their thematic dismemberment through whimsical research topics." ---- 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑥𝑖𝑡 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑔𝑦 (𝑝. 𝟖𝟏𝟔): "An exit strategy from this symbolic tragedy is for the propagators of these traveling theories and policies to cease perpetrating epistemic injustice." ... and much more! Continue reading here: doi.org/10.1080/19436149.202…

3rd ARTICLE OF: 🔹 𝐀 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞 — 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺: 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘔𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘠𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯 "𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗲𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗹𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮'𝘀 '𝗰𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻' 𝗶𝗻 𝗬𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗪𝗮𝗿." Title: 𝐀𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐞𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐀 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐘𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧 Author: 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 #Yemen #Archaeology #CulturalImperialism #ColdWar #OpenAccess ------------ few highlights ------------ 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑟 (𝑝. 𝟕𝟕𝟖): "A far cry from 'mutually beneficial, market-based transactions,' Michael Witgen highlights the role of colonial plunder as an 'involuntary and coercive process' meant to facilitate the dispossession of indigenous peoples." ---- 𝑜𝑛 𝑃ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑝𝑠' 𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑜𝑝𝑜𝑙𝑦 (𝑝. 𝟕𝟕𝟗): "For Phillips, the pursuit of an American monopoly over local knowledge and cultural capital assumed paramount importance." ---- 𝑜𝑛 𝑌𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑖 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 (𝑝. 𝟕𝟖𝟒): "The fact that Imam Ahmad's representatives specifically asked members of the Phillips expedition for latex copies of inscriptions and instruction in the Sabean language directly contradicts Phillips' assertion and supposedly scientific theories espoused by some professional archaeologists." ---- 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑖𝑙 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 (𝑝. 𝟕𝟖𝟗): "Phillips' priorities had shifted from cultural plunder to political meddling and oil prospecting in Oman." 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑚𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑎𝑛 (𝑝. 𝟕𝟗𝟎): "It is worth considering whether the Smithsonian plans to elaborate on the exploits of Wendell Phillips in Marib and occupied Timna." ... and much more! Continue reading here: doi.org/10.1080/19436149.202…

2nd ARTICLE OF: 🔹 𝐀 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞 — 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺: 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘔𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘠𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯 "𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗸𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 - 𝘂𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗨𝗦 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝘂𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗻𝗲𝘂𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆." Title: 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐓𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞: 𝐂𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐧 𝐘𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐚𝐧 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 Authors: 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐀𝐥-𝐀𝐝𝐞𝐢𝐦𝐢 (@shireen818) & 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐚 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐬𝐬 #Yemen #ThinkTanks #Imperialism #ImperialEvasion #OpenAccess ------------ few highlights ------------ 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑣𝑖𝑜𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 (𝑝. 𝟕𝟓𝟖): "These think tanks aimed to provide the intellectual basis for the killing, mass starvation, and widespread destruction in Yemen, a framing that enabled the continued dehumanization of Yemenis following Yemen's material support for Palestine." ---- 𝑜𝑛 𝑑𝑒𝑒𝑝-𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑖𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑠 (𝑝. 𝟕𝟔𝟒): "The framing of Yemen's conflict by various think tanks reveals deep-seated biases, as demonstrated by omissions of international actors and their impact on civilians, and a tendency to both normalize the violence and cast it as an internal issue." ---- 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑓 𝑌𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑠 (𝑝. 𝟕𝟔𝟓): "Across the documents analyzed, Yemeni voices are almost entirely excluded... This silence positions Western think tank authors and their allies as logical interlocutors." ---- 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟 (𝑝. 𝟕𝟕𝟎): "Think tanks, largely funded by the US DoD and DoD contractors, operate and uphold coloniality of power and produce and engage in epistemic violence that translates into material violence and death for profit." ---- 𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑒𝑣𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 (𝑝. 𝟕𝟕𝟐): "By framing the crisis as either a 'civil war' or a regional proxy conflict between Iran and Saudi Arabia, these think tanks served to protect the US and its allies from accountability, while fomenting confusion about the origins of the conflict and Western governments' role in fueling it." ... and much more! Continue reading here: doi.org/10.1080/19436149.202…

1st ARTICLE OF: 🔹 𝐀 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞 — 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺: 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘔𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘠𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯 "𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗿𝘂𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗲/𝗜𝘀𝗿𝗮𝗲𝗹'𝘀 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗴𝗻𝘀, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱, 𝗯𝘆 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀." #Yemen #Imperialism #Genocide #Resistance #OPENACCESS Title: 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: '𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲: 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐘𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧' Author: @IsaBlumi ------------ few highlights ------------ 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑚𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 (𝑝. 𝟕𝟑𝟓): "Without leverage over the decision-making cartel commandeering the United Nations, the academy, media, and nation-state politics, we will never end capitalist imperialist violence." ---- 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑠 (𝑝. 𝟕𝟑𝟔): "The extent of most of our resistance is celebratory. The spectacle of our (beloved) areas of expertise incinerated by corporate violence, and the corresponding outrage, should not serve as the moral subsidy for our increasingly self-serving sense of precarity as principled scholars reporting the horrors from afar." ---- 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑌𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑖 𝑆𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑐𝑜ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑡 (𝑝. 𝟕𝟒𝟓): "It is the Yemeni Studies cohort that secures the narrative on Yemen by picking and choosing who speaks on behalf of Yemen." ---- 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑑𝑢𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦 (𝑝. 𝟕𝟒𝟖): "Yemenis living under the coalition of AnsarAllah have, despite more than a decade of full-scale efforts to ruin them, sustained the only current polity—state or less—that has performed the primary duty of the international community: defend people from genocide." ---- 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑒𝑛𝑑 (𝑝. 𝟕𝟒𝟗): "Yemen may indeed be the place where the empire meets its end as we know it." ... and much more! Continue reading here: doi.org/10.1080/19436149.202…