After five years of devastating conflict, Yemen now faces an escalating COVID-19 crisis—one that jeopardizes not only Yemeni lives, but global health security. This report explains how Yemen became so vulnerable to COVID-19, traces the impact of the pandemic so far, including the risk to vulnerable groups, and offers a critical perspective on the international action necessary to prevent further catastrophe in a country already suffering the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.
'World War III' Trends as Hawks Rejoice at Trump Decision to Assassinate Iranian Military Leader
Barnett Rubin, director of CIC's Afghanistan-Pakistan Research Project, was quoted in a Common Dreams article about the assassination of Qassem Soleimani.
"I don't see any way to stop what is coming, war from the Mediterranean to the Indus and harsh repression in the U.S. that may vitiate the 2020 election. This is the test for the Democrats: have our leaders learned anything since 2003? I fear the answer," Rubin wrote on Twitter.