Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- March 24, 2015

Hayat Alvi, Reuters: Millions in U.S. military equipment lost as Yemen heads down Syria’s path



The recent evacuation of U.S. special operations forces in Yemen is a troubling trend for American involvement in the Middle East and North Africa, following the July 2014 evacuation of the U.S. embassy in Tripoli, Libya. The U.S. government claims that these evacuations are temporary, but American personnel are unlikely to return any time soon.


Given the way things are going in the region, and the expansion and overflow of conflicts from one country to another, there is no way that the United States can return to solid footing in Yemen or Libya in the next few years. In fact, Yemen is likely to turn into its own version of the Syrian civil war, complete with sectarian dynamics and inter-militia rivalries.

Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- March 24, 2015

Analysis: Can GCC military intervention save Yemen? -- Gamal Gasim, Al Jazeera



Could Yemen conflict get worse? Experts warn of rising sectarianism. -- Dominique Soguel, CSM



Russia keeps close watch on Yemen -- Maxim A. Suchkov, Al-Monitor



Kerry's Assad Accommodation -- Tony Badran, NOW



How Israeli spying on Iran nuclear talks might have backfired -- Howar LaFranchi, CSM



Did Vigilantes Knock North Korea Offline? -- Shane Harris, Daily Beast



Nile River: Balancing interests and rights? -- Inside Story/Al Jazeera



Nigeria’s Internal Struggles -- Tolu Ogunlesimarch, NYT



'The Fourth Reich': What Some Europeans See When They Look at Germany -- Spiegel Online



Netanyahu, Putin on Same 'Businesslike' Level With Obama -- Jim Kuhnhenn, AP



The War in Mexico -- Rebecca Gordon, Real Clear World/Tom Dispatch



Here’s Why U.K.-Argentina Tensions are Rising Again Over the Falklands -- Harvey Morris, Time



Goldilocks zone for oil prices is gone for good -- Richard Heinberg, Reuters



Whatever Happened to Germanwings Flight 9525 Happened Fast -- Clive Owens, Daily Beast



Why Germanwings flight might have crashed over the Alps -- Scott Mayerowitz, AP



Germanwings crash: Who was on the plane? -- Ashley Fantz and Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN