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gional rivals, chiefly Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, have responded with more direct foreign interventions of their own, most notably in Yemen. The recent embrace of more overtly repressive policies stems in part from the common structural flaws of the modern authoritarian model. The questi
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019289 →Russian patrols have also harassed foreign navies and air forces across Northern Europe. In Georgia, Russian troops have constantly encroached on the Tbilisi government by simply moving border fences encircling the Russian-backed separatist region of South Ossetia. China has also engaged in a massive mili
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019289 →nal rivals, chiefly Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, have responded with more direct foreign interventions of their own, most notably in Yemen. The recent embrace of more overtly repressive policies stems in part from the common structural flaws of the modern authoritarian model. The ques
ian patrols have also harassed foreign navies and air forces across Northern Europe. In Georgia, Russian troops have constantly encroached on the Tbilisi government by simply moving border fences encircling the Russian-backed separatist region of South Ossetia. China has also engaged in a massive mi
ed Houthi Attack On Commercial Ship In Red Sea. Reuters (7/8, Kalin, El Yaakoubi) reports that a spokesman for the "Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen" claims they "foiled an attempted attack on an unidentified commercial ship in the southern Red Sea on Monday by the Iran-aligned Houthis, which the
and promised to defecate on his grave." The "on-air rant, broadcast Sunday evening, came after two weeks of violent anti- Russian demonstrations" in Tbilisi. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Monday, "These insulting remarks are totally unacceptable and deserve condemnation." Russian Official Says Su
an, however, go deeper and are more complex. At their heart is Iran's interference in internal Arab affairs, particularly in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Yemen, and Bahrain. Although Iranian-Saudi enmity dates back many decades, it became acute after the 1979 Islamic Revolution when Iran's Supreme Leader,
coerced into signing a EFTA00706396 confession that he was trying to destabilize the Russian government by organizing mass riots at the behest of Tbilisi. He later retracted this confession. Razvozzhayev has languished in jail for a year. He was even sent to a gulag in Siberia on specious charges of
t the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, combating extremism and containing its expansion in countries such as Syria and Yemen remain common goals shared by Washington and Riyadh. According to Burns, the United States, in partnership with Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countri
boring Georgia, ostensibly to protect the secessionist Georgian enclave of South Ossetia; the real goal was to weaken the pro-Western government in Tbilisi. Russia and the West both have legitimate interests in Ukraine and its future. Fomenting more tension in a country that is already in upheaval is
Entities connected to both Yemen and Tbilisi

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