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Quote Originally Posted by CrowBat View Post
I must be naive; perhaps I'm dumb too. But, one thing I do not understand in about 99% of articles about Yemen War is the complete lack of analysis. In essence, everybody is just repeating the same exercise, over and over again.

Why are all the other researchers and authors - no matter from where - (apparently) unable to do study the situation more closely, and explain what exactly went wrong? (For example: precisely what kind of a mistake Saudis and their allies did when starting this war?)

Particularly striking about this is: they obviously all still have plenty of customers buying their products - i.e. advice.
When one looks at the author of the Defence-in-Depth article I posted there are clues:
Dr David Roberts joined the Defence Studies Department in October 2013.
Prior to moving to King’s, Dr Roberts was the Director of the Qatar office of the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies (RUSI Qatar).
Link:http://www.kcl.ac.uk/sspp/department...z/roberts.aspx

His publications also give a clue:https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/...lications.html

RUSI receives research funding from UAE, Qatar and BAe Systems amongst others. See:https://rusi.org/inside-rusi/rusi-funding/supporters

Quite simply few in such UK defence policy circles would challenge the policies followed by such friends and allies. RUSI has an ethics policy, which states:
RUSI rejects funding that is incompatible with its independence or honesty