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Why Yemen Should Matter to Obama

September 2009 | Political Risk Analysis

BMI View: Recent events in Yemen threaten not only the stability of the country, but that of the wider Middle East, and will be a headache to US President Barack Obama, with more and more complications being thrown up in the face of his attempts to bring stability to the

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