by James Spencer | Jul 11, 2014 | Majalla Blogs
In classical times, Yemen was called Eudaimon Arabia and Arabia Felix (meaning “fortunate”), thanks to the rains which fell on its mountains, almost unique in an otherwise arid Arabian Peninsula. In those days the rains were heavier, so today less groundwater is now...
by James Spencer | May 12, 2014 | Majalla Blogs
For fifty years during the second half of the twentieth century, the Soviet Union and the West were locked in a Cold War, a period of mostly static adversity marked by ideological and military posturing mainly in Europe, but including financial and military support...
by James Spencer | Nov 30, 2013 | Majalla Blogs
Something decidedly ordinary happened in Yemen earlier this month: The government re-assigned various senior police, civil defense forces and coast guards from one province to another. In almost every other region of the world, such an announcement would barely be...
by James Spencer | Jun 5, 2013 | Majalla Blogs
The geopolitical waves that roil across history have many origins and characteristics. There is the rise and fall of civilizations over generations, usually falling due to malaise and complacency. The best-documented examples of these ocean rollers are the waves that...
by James Spencer | May 8, 2013 | Majalla Blogs
President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi’s April 10 reforms represent the third, and potentially most significant, stage in Yemeni security sector reform (SSR). They also reflect not only a much-needed realignment of the Yemeni military, but also both the current state of...
