In this year's presidential elections, the U.S. and Mexico are both anticipating complaints of election fraud and potential violence at the polls. "This will likely be a year of high political violence in Mexico," said Payan. "Candidates have already been killed and others are being intimidated by organized crime."
Coates Ulrichsen speaks with Arab Digest on the cycle of violence in the Red Sea shipping lanes, a result of the spreading violence stemming from the Gaza war.
“There remains no regional appetite, on either side of the Gulf, for an escalation of the Israel-Hamas conflict, and the strikes in Yemen go against the de-escalatory dynamics that have been so evident since 2022,” said Coates Ulrichsen. “Much may depend on whether the strikes were a one-off or will be part of a larger campaign, and of how and where the Houthis respond.”
Bahrain was the only Arab country that supported the American and British strikes on Yemen’s Houthis. Bahrain “likely sees any action against Iran-aligned groups in the region through the prism of its close security and defense ties with Washington and its tense relationship with Tehran,” said Coates Ulrichsen.
Palestinian-Americans in Houston are working to get their families out of Gaza, but options remain limited. “Individuals have just exhausted all other possible avenues,” including lobbying the U.S. government to have their names added to the exit list, said Norman.