Yemen

Countries across the Middle East have engaged in an unprecedented pattern of reconciliation to protect their interests amid fluctuations in the international order. But without deliberate international support, these new ties can easily unravel.

This sensitive oral history of the conflict’s early years forgoes political analysis to reveal the suffering endured by all Yemenis, says Helen Lackner.

Examining the crossover between water security and climate change with the next two COPs taking place in regions with a history of being water stressed.

The UK has axed its Middle East and North Africa minister. This will leave the Foreign Office stretched thin and constrain Britain’s global influence.

Experiences from the MENA region show that successful energy subsidy reforms must focus strongly on mitigating social impacts.

In diplomatic circles, there is an obsession with how to deal with the Houthis, but the decision to abandon Yemen before the war started has clearly backfired.

Reducing foreign aid damages our international credibility while harming the world’s poorest, writes Baroness Sugg

In a series exploring women in international affairs, Alanoud Alsharekh and Azadeh Pourzand speak to Gitika Bhardwaj about the evolution of women’s rights across the Middle East.

Chatham House experts look ahead at what’s in store for the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) countries in 2021.

Greg Shapland on a study of hydro-politics in a troubled region

Farea al-Muslimi on how Yemenis are long adept at pursuing their own aims at the expense of their sponsors

International policymakers have failed to stabilize states such as Iraq and Yemen, partially because of the assumed binary distinction between state failure and success. This paper advocates for a ‘middle–out’ approach that aims to strengthen the connectivity between the bureaucracy and de facto authorities.

To have any chance of success, post-conflict governance models for Iraq and Libya must acknowledge ‘hybrid’ armed groups and incorporate them in rebuilding the state, but focus on improving their accountability.

Elizabeth Palmer witnesses the devastation wrought by a brutal civil war

This paper provides a systemic analysis of Yemen’s ‘chaos state’, aimed at giving policymakers and political leaders the context and tools required to rethink their approach to Yemen.

Peter Salisbury says some are profiting from prolonging the conflict

Saudi Arabia’s air strikes on Yemen are causing concern among its allies

Amid fractured alliances, the era of a united Yemen is coming to an end

Q&A: Ibrahim Mothana, 24, is a Yemeni political activist and co-founder of the Watan Party

The repercussions of drone strikes

Rumours surrounding the health of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, reportedly recuperating in Saudi Arabia from injuries caused by a missile attack on his presidential compound, are now so numerous that it is impossible to know how ill he is. Nevertheless, it seems likely that his 32-year reign as the head of the state will soon be over.

The popular uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia have ushered in what many see as a new dawn in Arab politics, sparking debate about potential knock-on effects throughout the Arab world.

The threat from Al Qaeda in Yemen has forced itself onto the international agenda this year. But for Yeminis themselves there is a greater and more immediate threat: the lack of food. Despite the increased global interest, little has so far been done to meet these needs.

Yemen had its moment in the international spotlight six months ago for all the wrong reasons. Despite the sudden at ention, the economy is get ing worse. There is a danger too that the country could become a safe haven for radicalism and militancy, but hot pursuit might backfire.

The botched plot to bomb Northwest Airlines Flight 253 – believed to have been hatched in Yemen – has turned the media spotlight on terrorism in this strategic Arabian peninsula state.

The missile strike on an Al Qaeda suspect in Yemen marks the beginning of a new phase in American counter-terrorism.

Arriving in Yemen on the morning of the suicide attack on the USS Cole in Aden, and the day before an explosion in the British Embassy compound in Sana’a, could hardly be an auspicious start to a three week tour of the country. It brought back bitter memories of the loss of life and mayhem caused by similar terror attacks in the final days of Aden as a British colony with its hinterland administered as protectorate territory.