How Mercenaries and Advisers Fight the Wars the UK Won’t Own
By Paul Rogers, January 20, 2020
The Bahraini repression of dissent in 2011-12 caused controversy around the world, but the British government – then a Conservative/Liberal Democrat coalition – only mildly condemned it and the media in western Gulf states scarcely mentioned it. Behind the scenes, though, UK armed forces personnel were clearly helping the Saudis support the Bahraini government’s repression, just as they have been taken part more recently in Saudi actions in Yemen. Read more...
General Haftar Still Holds All the Cards After Berlin’s Libya SummitBy Andrew Korybko, January 20, 2020
Berlin’s Libya summit ended without any real changes to the status quo despite all relevant foreign parties to that country’s civil war superficially agreeing to some key points such as the need to abide by the arms embargo and commit to a ceasefire as soon as possible, meaning that General Haftar still holds all the cards so the fate of the country is ultimately his and his GCC+ patrons’ to decide, though Turkey will do its utmost to deter them from making another military push on the capital. Read more...
The People of Colombia Are Cracking Up the Walls of War and Authoritarianism
By Justin Podur, January 20, 2020
By Paul Rogers, January 20, 2020
The Bahraini repression of dissent in 2011-12 caused controversy around the world, but the British government – then a Conservative/Liberal Democrat coalition – only mildly condemned it and the media in western Gulf states scarcely mentioned it. Behind the scenes, though, UK armed forces personnel were clearly helping the Saudis support the Bahraini government’s repression, just as they have been taken part more recently in Saudi actions in Yemen. Read more...
General Haftar Still Holds All the Cards After Berlin’s Libya SummitBy Andrew Korybko, January 20, 2020
Berlin’s Libya summit ended without any real changes to the status quo despite all relevant foreign parties to that country’s civil war superficially agreeing to some key points such as the need to abide by the arms embargo and commit to a ceasefire as soon as possible, meaning that General Haftar still holds all the cards so the fate of the country is ultimately his and his GCC+ patrons’ to decide, though Turkey will do its utmost to deter them from making another military push on the capital. Read more...
The People of Colombia Are Cracking Up the Walls of War and Authoritarianism
By Justin Podur, January 20, 2020
