Acknowledgments
Peter was assisted in his work by a group of consulting researchers: Nadwa al-Dawsari, a non-resident senior fellow at the Project on Middle East Democracy, who provided research on Mareb and Al Jawf; Iona Craig, an award-winning independent journalist whose work is supported by the Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting; and Iain Smailes, an independent consultant and former military officer. Deeproot Consulting, a Yemeni-led development consultancy, also provided assistance. Without this group, the project would not have been possible. Thanks are also due to Jane Kinninmont, Lina Khatib, Tim Eaton, Renad Mansour, Sophie Grant, Nicole El Khawaja, Reni Zhelyazkova and Mais Peachey from Chatham House’s MENA Programme for their support and advice over the course of the project. Andy Bolton provided digital consultancy services to the project and built the digital map of Yemen’s ‘chaos state’. More of his work can be found at www.isthmi.co.uk.