Guest Thinkers — December 21, 2010

Election Thoughts

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For those of you with a subscription to Jane’s Intelligence Digest, be sure to check out Brian’s analysis of the election delays in Yemen. For those of you without a subscription, well, sorry …

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Yemeni Government’s Statement

It has been a long day for Yemen watchers, but before I sign off for the evening I wanted to post the important paragraph from a statement from Yemen’s embassy […]