The latest Chatham House publications, media and events related to Yemen.

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Publications

Yemen's Economy: Oil, Imports and Elites
Programme Paper, Peter Salisbury, October 2011

Opportunities and Obstacles for Yemeni Workers in GCC Labour Markets
Programme Paper, Jessica Forsythe, September 2011

Yemen, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States: Elite Politics, Street Protests and Regional Diplomacy
Briefing Paper, Ginny Hill and Gerd Nonneman, May 2011

The UN Role in Yemen's Political Transition
The Social Science Research Council, Ginny Hill, May 2011

Yemen and Somalia: Terrorism, Shadow Networks and the Limitations of State-building
(also in Arabic)
Briefing Paper, Sally Healy and Ginny Hill, October 2010

Yemen: Fear of Failure
Briefing Paper, Ginny Hill, January 2010

Transcripts and Event Summaries

Yemen: The Way Forward
Transcript, Atiaf Alwazir, Husam Al Sharjabi, Maysaa Shuja al Deen, Rafat Al Akhali, March 2012

Yemen: Strategies for Change – Playing the Policy Game
Workshop Report, October 2011 

Yemeni Diaspora Meeting
Meeting Summary, September 2011

Yemen: Fragile Lives in Hungry Times
Meeting Summary, September 2011

Yemen Update: Youth, Opposition and Elite Politics
Study Group Notes, September 2011

Malnutrition in Yemen: Developing an Urgent and Effective Response
Workshop Summary, February 2011

Accountability and Political Inclusion in Yemen
Workshop Summary, November 2010

Yemen: Political Dynamics and the International Policy Framework
Transcript, Alan Duncan MP, November 2010

Helping Yemen to Help Itself
Transcript, Stefan Wolff, November 2010

Yemen and Somalia: Terrorism, Shadow Networks and the Limitations of State-building
Transcript, Sally Healy and Ginny Hill, October 2010

Tribes, Conflict and Rural Livelihoods in Yemen
Meeting Summary, June 2010

Tipping the Balance: A Regional Approach to Yemen's Economic Challenges
Meeting Summary, May 2010

Yemen, the Region and the World: Perceptions of Regional and International Interests
Meeting Summary, April 2010

Reform Priorities for Yemen and the 10-Point Agenda
Roundtable Summary, February 2010

Yemen's Future: The Road Towards Stability and Development
Transcript, HE Abu Bakr al-Qirbi, Foreign Minister, Republic of Yemen, January 2010

Yemen and the Horn of Africa
Roundtable Summary, June 2007

Comment

The Politics of Hunger in Yemen
Muftah, Leonie Northedge, April 2011

Yemen's Tipping Point
Expert Comment, Ginny Hill, March 2011

Yemen: Divided Dissent
The World Today, Saleem Haddad, March 2011

Egypt Crisis: Promises of Change Hold Little Weight
Expert Comment, Kate Nevens and Jessica Forsythe, February 2011

Addressing Youth Unemployment in Yemen: International Support and Domestic Reform
Muftah, Leonie Northedge, February 2011

Aggregating or Aggravating the Terrorist Risk in Yemen and Somalia?
Expert Comment, Ginny Hill, November 2010

Yemen: Lives At Risk
The World Today, Ashley Jonathan Clements, November 2010

Across the Gulf: Yemen and Somalia (in Arabic only)
Comment piece, Ginny Hill, October 2010

Befriending Yemen
Expert Comment, Kate Nevens, September 2010

Democracy on Hold in Yemen
(also in Arabic)
ArabReform Bulletin, Carnegie Endowment, Ginny Hill, July 2010

Yemen: Avoiding Freefall
The World Today, Ginny Hill, July 2010

What is Happening in Yemen?
Survival, Ginny Hill, April-May 2010

Yemen: Test for the West
Expert Comment/The World Today, Ginny Hill, January 2010

Yemeni Jihadi Networks on the Rise
Expert Comment, Ginny Hill, June 2009

Media

Pitfalls Ahead Despite Saleh Quitting Power in Yemen
BBC News, Ginny Hill, 23 November 2011 

Yemen: the Family War
The Guardian, Ginny Hill, 20 September 2011 

Yemen Unrest: A Deadly Game of Elite Brinkmanship
BBC News, Ginny Hill, 19 September 2011

An Uncertain Future
Economist audio podcast, Ginny Hill, 6 April 2011

Riyadh will Decide the Fate of Ali Abdullah Saleh - and of Yemen
The Guardian, Ginny Hill, 23 March 2011

Yemen: Beginning of the End?
BBC News, Ginny Hill, 21 March 2011

Stand-off in Yemen as Protesters Reject Concessions
BBC News, Ginny Hill, 12 March 2011

Yemeni Protests Unlikely to have Immediate Impact
Bloomberg, Kate Nevens, 3 February 2011

What Next in Yemen?
BBC News, Ginny Hill, 29 January 2011

Insecurity in Sanaa as Westerners Targeted Once Again
BBC News, Ginny Hill, October 2010

Yemen 'Serious' about Facing al-Qaeda
Today Programme, BBC Radio 4, Ginny Hill, July 2010

UK Envoy in Yemen Escapes 'Suicide Bomb'
BBC News, Ginny Hill, April 2010

Yemen: Security and the Collapsing State
BBC News, Ginny Hill, January 2010

A New Forum for Yemeni Voices
Yemen Observer, Ginny Hill, January 2010

'Increasing al-Qaeda Capacity' in Yemen
Today Programme, BBC Radio 4, Ginny Hill, December 2009

Attack Stokes Yemen Terror Fears
BBC News, Ginny Hill, December 2009

Cold War Roots of Yemen Conflict
BBC News, Ginny Hill, September 2009

Yemen's Point of No Return
The Guardian, Ginny Hill, April 2009

Multimedia

Yemen's Youth Movement
Video, January 2012 

Tawakkol Karman: A Democratic Future for Yemen
Video, December 2011

Inside Yemen's Youth Movement
Podcast, 2011 

Egypt and the Road Ahead: Era of Change?
Event Video Highlights, February 2011

Yemen: Political Dynamics and the International Policy Framework
Conference Videos, November 2010

Events

Yemen: The Way Forward
7 March 2012 

A Democratic Future for Yemen (Video/Transcript)
Tawakkol Karman, Nobel Prize Laureate 2011, Journalist, Activist and Founder of Women Journalists Without Chains
16 December 2011

A View from Yemen
Laura Kasinof, Yemen Correspondent, New York Times
8 December 2011

Salafism in Yemen: Transnationalism and Religious Identity
Laurent Bonnefoy, Author
Fernando Carvajal, PhD Candidate, Exeter University
22 November 2011

Yemeni Diaspora Meeting (Meeting Summary)
13 September 2011 

Where Next for Yemen? Perspectives on the Youth Movement
7 July 2011

Yemen and the Gulf States: Elite Politics, Street Protests and Regional Diplomacy
12 May 2011

Egypt and the Road Ahead: Era of Change? (Video/Audio/Transcript)
7 February 2011

Yemen Forum Workshop: Accountability and Political Inclusion in Yemen (Meeting Summary)
2 November 2010

Yemen: Political Dynamics and the International Policy Framework (Video/Transcript)
1 November 2010

Yemen and Somalia: Terrorism, Shadow Networks and the Limitations Of State Building (Audio/Transcript)
20 October 2010

Tribes, Conflict and Rural Livelihood in Yemen (Meeting Summary)
28 June 2010

Tipping the Balance: Yemen's Economic Challenges and a Regional Response to Security and Stability (Meeting Summary)
18 May 2010

Yemen, the Region and the World: Perceptions of Regional and International Interests (Meeting Summary)
6 April 2010

Yemen: A New Challenge for Europe?
Event at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Brussels
10 March 2010

Reform Priorities for Yemen and the 10-Point Agenda (Meeting Summary)
Jalal Omar Yaqoub, Deputy Finance Minister, Republic of Yemen
18 February 2010

Yemen's Future: The Road Towards Stability and Development (Audio/Transcript)
HE Abu Bakr al-Qirbi, Foreign Minister, Republic of Yemen
26 January 2010

The Crisis in Yemen: A Holistic Approach? (Meeting Summary)
Dr Nabeel A Khoury, Director, Near East South Asia Office, US Department of State
3 December 2009

Yemeni Detainees and Jihadis: Guantanamo Repatriation and Saudi Arabia (Transcript)
David Remes, Legal Director, Appeal for Justice
Dr Mai Yamani, author, Cradle of Islam: The Hijaz and the Quest for an Arabian Identity
16 April 2009

Yemen and its Region (Meeting Summary)
Dr Christopher Boucek, Carnegie Endowment
19 January 2009

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