The recently discovered explosive-parcel plot will put renewed focus on Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, but Yemen's government is limited in its ability to fight the jihadists.
The explosive-parcel operation failed to reach its first objective but did attain its second, which was to generate worldwide media coverage and sow fear in the West.
Russia wants to form an understanding with Germany, France, Turkey and Poland to prevent these regional forces from interfering with its plans in the former Soviet sphere.
