Northern Plains Ethics Journal
The Northern Plains Ethics Journal publishes articles in three sections.
In the first section are scholarly articles peer reviewed by other scholars in the field. In the second section, community members contribute their thoughtful exploration of issues. The third section showcases the work of students delving deeply into moral problems.
Roby Barret: Special Edition, Summer 2024
Zaydi Yemen, Western interests, and the protection of global trade pose a complicated set of riddles for US policy makers. A clan-dominated, sectarian tribal faction in upland Yemen, the al-Houthi family, is determined to disrupt global trade and regional stability while largely ignoring its own population, which is teetering on the brink of a humanitarian disaster. The juxtaposed issues of strategic interests and concerns about the humanitarian disaster have resulted in Western policies that have been confused, inconsistent, at times misguided, and almost always ineffective. Pseudo-ethical considerations, i.e., handwringing over narrow, unsolvable humanitarian issues in southwest Arabia, have undermined pragmatic interest-based policies while at the same time offering no workable alternatives.
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