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Sheila Carapico

Sheila Carapico is a professor of political science at the University of Richmond. She edited Arabia Incognita: Dispatches from Yemen and the Gulf (2016) and has written books and articles on Yemen and on gender, human rights, political economy, and international development assistance.

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War of Aggression: The Saudi & UAE Slaughter in Yemen isn't a Proxy Conflict with Iran

War of Aggression: The Saudi & UAE Slaughter in Yemen isn’t a Proxy Conflict with Iran

Sheila Carapico

Some headlines reflect sloppy journalism. However, make no mistake, they also reflect big petrodollar spending around DuPont Circle

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